Headlight bulbs? LED?
Hotshot
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It was already a problem back in the nineties when these trucks were new and now it is far worse. I remember reading an article way back when that said the new halogen lights, when shining in your rear view mirror, were 47 times as bright as the old sealed beams. There is nothing wrong with sealed beams. I can see just fine with sealed beams and I'm old for this group.
Laughing Gas
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From: Oxnard
Hardscrabble,
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
Tuned
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LED light bars look so ricey to me, like altezza tail lights from 2002.
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Negative, it's a 2019, the LED headlights are factory and in housings designed for them.
They are bright, but they have a sharp cut-off to keep from blinding oncoming traffic.
If you add LED bulbs to a halogen housing, the beam pattern isn't going to project correctly and you'll blind oncoming traffic.
They are bright, but they have a sharp cut-off to keep from blinding oncoming traffic.
If you add LED bulbs to a halogen housing, the beam pattern isn't going to project correctly and you'll blind oncoming traffic.
Disagree. Factory LED are way too bright and when hitting a bump blind oncoming traffic. My night vision shouldn’t be screwed up by low beam lights either from a vehicle coming at me or driving behind me especially when I’m in my truck.
Hotshot
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Hardscrabble,
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
Hotshot
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Ive got another question for y’all. I’ve got this 1997 F250 HD, and I’m looking to replace all the bulbs in my headlight with LED’s, and I mean all four in each headlight. The main headlight, blinker, and daytime running lights. Am I going to need to Install a resistor or anything along the lines of that to not draw to much powers or anything?
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Hardscrabble,
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
Do you have any experience W/the metal chrome half moon some folks used to put on their sealed beam headlights? I can recall seeing them years ago on a few vehicles, but really never knew if they helped focus the headlights sealed beam or if they were more cosmetic.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Oxnard
TexasGuy001,
Yes, those are the chrome metal half moons I remember seeing when I was a kid, really never knew if they helped focus the sealed beam headlight and reduced the illumination upward, or if they were purely cosmetic. Thanks
Yes, those are the chrome metal half moons I remember seeing when I was a kid, really never knew if they helped focus the sealed beam headlight and reduced the illumination upward, or if they were purely cosmetic. Thanks
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