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Also, be prepared to spend between $2000.00 & $3000.00 dollars for all of the parts.
Fleet Mechanic
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You said it but the statement is a fact. Here in Texas we call it the "bubba" factor. These guys are happy as a pig in you know what and think they really have a great set of lights. In fact, they are crap and blind but for the most part they do not care or some legitimately do not know any better. Easy to tell as well. It is also a good excuse to get pulled over!I seriously hate the LED in halogen housings so bad that I wish they would pass a law and ticket the jack asses who do this !!
Fleet Mechanic
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this !! quit being a cheap ***, you spent at least 50K on your truck, don't buy 20 dollar ****ty light bulbs and stick them in cause they look cool.
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NOT True anymore as long as you go with a decent site like the one I suggested. They test each bulb in each housing extensively to reduce light scatter and get the right cutoff. I ran these on three trucks and I live in a place where the sun comes up at 8 in the morning and goes down at 4 in the afternoon during the winter.
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
Fleet Mechanic
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NOT True anymore as long as you go with a decent site like the one I suggested. They test each bulb in each housing extensively to reduce light scatter and get the right cutoff. I ran these on three trucks and I live in a place where the sun comes up at 8 in the morning and goes down at 4 in the afternoon during the winter.
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
https://youtu.be/SKkEdonjsuw
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
https://youtu.be/SKkEdonjsuw
if this is true, then good on this company for trying to educate their customers, but most just go for cheapest/brightest with no regard for cutoff
Laughing Gas
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From: DFW
There already is. If the LEO s a real stickler he can have your vehicle towed. Your lights re not legal to drive on public roads. Federal Regulation.
Laughing Gas
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NOT True anymore as long as you go with a decent site like the one I suggested. They test each bulb in each housing extensively to reduce light scatter and get the right cutoff. I ran these on three trucks and I live in a place where the sun comes up at 8 in the morning and goes down at 4 in the afternoon during the winter.
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
https://youtu.be/SKkEdonjsuw
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
https://youtu.be/SKkEdonjsuw
Funny in that video he never tells you that these are illegal. Pattern was garbage as well.
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I didn't watch the video, I can appreciate a company trying to educate the buyer, but I don't think for a second these could ever come close to a true led light housing.
Laughing Gas
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Not gonna spend the money for LED’s but I think I’ll try some Sylvania halogen bulbs. My 04 F250 threw decent light down the road so I figured the new one would too but it’s actually quite a bit worse as far as range is concerned. Can’t see very far ahead at highway speeds.
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NOT True anymore as long as you go with a decent site like the one I suggested. They test each bulb in each housing extensively to reduce light scatter and get the right cutoff. I ran these on three trucks and I live in a place where the sun comes up at 8 in the morning and goes down at 4 in the afternoon during the winter.
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
They were a huge upgrade over stock and they saved my *** and a few deer.
And you don't have to preach to me about driving in the dark a lot. I have worked 2nd and 3rd shift for the past 13+ years. I upgraded my 2016 Ram with the OEM projector headlamps from the Laramie trim level truck, and used 35W HID bi-xenon bulbs in them. Amazing light output with a glass projector lenses designed for the output. They have been the best headlights I have ever driven behind...perfect light output, perfect beam pattern, and I was never flashed.
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Nobody is lecturing you or anybody else about anything. Don't panic! I bought my truck with the stuff I wanted on it(with LED lighting from the factory being a requirement!).]
All I did was post a solution for those that are unfortunate enough to be running halogen bulbs on their trucks. The solution I posted is a viable one. I ran their solutions on a few of my trucks and was never flashed, pulled over or complained about. Light output is slightly better on HID but honestly they take longer to install, have more parts to fail, especially the externally mounted ballast and the technology is on its way out. Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover....all of them made the move to LED technology a while back. The LED lighting system on my Mercedes S550 outperforms any HID system that they had put on any of their vehicles in the past.
We all have to make our own informed decisions. Buy what you want, use what you want.
All I did was post a solution for those that are unfortunate enough to be running halogen bulbs on their trucks. The solution I posted is a viable one. I ran their solutions on a few of my trucks and was never flashed, pulled over or complained about. Light output is slightly better on HID but honestly they take longer to install, have more parts to fail, especially the externally mounted ballast and the technology is on its way out. Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range Rover....all of them made the move to LED technology a while back. The LED lighting system on my Mercedes S550 outperforms any HID system that they had put on any of their vehicles in the past.
We all have to make our own informed decisions. Buy what you want, use what you want.
Tuned
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From: Indiana
If FoMoCo would've offered the LED option with the sport package I would've spent the extra money on the Ultimate Package, BLIS, and the LED. Not sure why they didn't come out with a blacked out version of the LED for the sport package. I really like the Morimoto replacement lights but reading through that huge thread on here gives me doubt, and I absolutely REFUSE to put factory LEDs in with all that chrome on my sport. I honestly don't think the halogens are that bad, but I'm used to junk halogens in a 3rd gen Cummins with 25% windshield tint.
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