HID Headlight Kit
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HID Headlight Kit
I want to upgrade my stock headlights on my 2016. I'm thinking Bi Xenon HID's may be better for me. Has anyone had good experience with H13 Bi Xenon HID kit manufacturers ? Reliability and a nice white beam pattern with out pissing off other drivers is what i'm looking for. Or a led make and model that hit the road with out blinding other drivers and that has a good low and high bean.
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Unless you’re retrofitting with projectors, don’t drop HIDs into a reflector housing. There are some decent LED kits out there, but HIDs in a reflector housing meant for halogens will result in a ton of glare for oncoming traffic and a useless beam pattern in any sort of foul weather.
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I'm looking the Bi Zenon Hid H13 and was hoping these would give me control over low and high beam without pissing people off. From what ive been reading people say drop in led have little difference between high n low,light scatter etc ?. What led's are you running on your F350?. I got some H13 Sylvania Silverstar ultra halogen in the mail as an alternative..
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Unless you’re retrofitting with projectors, don’t drop HIDs into a reflector housing. There are some decent LED kits out there, but HIDs in a reflector housing meant for halogens will result in a ton of glare for oncoming traffic and a useless beam pattern in any sort of foul weather.
Start here at this site:
https://www.headlightrevolution.com/...350_Super_Duty
Here is the latest in H13 bulb in the LED application where the fan blows the hot air into the housing to keep snow and ice melted, so they claim. I have no personal experience with these, they are not DOT legal, they get good reviews, so do your homework.
https://www.headlightrevolution.com/...lbs?quantity=1
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I still have halogens in my OEM housings. But I am running VLEDs Extreme 3157 LEDs in front and rear. They are really bright. I do have plans to upgrade my OEM fog light housings with these:
https://www.diodedynamics.com/ss3-le...250-f-350.html
I'm going to go with the yellow bulbs in either Pro or Max.
As to the headlights, I have not really figured out what I'm going to do. But those Diode Dynamics fog lights would benefit me the most out here in the hills where I live to help see the whitetails running around.
I may just throw a set of those DD bulbs in a driving light to help with seeing way out. I don't know yet...
https://www.diodedynamics.com/ss3-le...250-f-350.html
I'm going to go with the yellow bulbs in either Pro or Max.
As to the headlights, I have not really figured out what I'm going to do. But those Diode Dynamics fog lights would benefit me the most out here in the hills where I live to help see the whitetails running around.
I may just throw a set of those DD bulbs in a driving light to help with seeing way out. I don't know yet...
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Dave how how long have you had your lights. I have been waiting for a chance to do this but money seems to go out the door faster than it comes in. Story of my life
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I’m running the SV4 LED headlight kit from Headlight Revolution. I did the whole drop in HID kit in other vehicles and seen a lot of other people do the same, they’re not a good idea. They give you a ton of scatter. Halogens generate a single hit spot in the bulb and reflector housings throw that light out onto the road. HIDs are a long, thin ‘bulb’ and they generate light along the whole length of the bulb. When you throw them into a reflector housing, you get a lot of light in areas you didn’t intend. LED alternatives attempt to mimic the halogen hotspot but they’re not all created equal. One LED light may work well in one housing but be complete crap in another. That was one of the reasons I went to Headlight Revolution, I appreciated their videos they make of the LEDs in the Super Duty housing.
in my opinion, the LED kit is much brighter than the stock halogens were. They do mimic the stock beam pattern fairly well, I don’t get flashed or any thing, and they are definitely brighter.
in my opinion, the LED kit is much brighter than the stock halogens were. They do mimic the stock beam pattern fairly well, I don’t get flashed or any thing, and they are definitely brighter.
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Hey Bone, I've been meaning to start my own thread on my truck. I don't want to hijack this thread. So you will know when you see it. There's a lot of new users here, so hopefully it will benefit someone. Every time I buy and install something, I can add it to my thread instead of starting a new thread every time.
See you in the new thread.
See you in the new thread.
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Pugga I'm sold on the SV4LED there reviews check all the boxes for what i'm looking. Bit pricey but quality parts cost more. Gonna get the GTR swichback running/turn signal also. Thanks for all your input guys and steerings me away from the HIDS to a quality LED
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I’m running the SV4 LED headlight kit from Headlight Revolution. I did the whole drop in HID kit in other vehicles and seen a lot of other people do the same, they’re not a good idea. They give you a ton of scatter. Halogens generate a single hit spot in the bulb and reflector housings throw that light out onto the road. HIDs are a long, thin ‘bulb’ and they generate light along the whole length of the bulb. When you throw them into a reflector housing, you get a lot of light in areas you didn’t intend. LED alternatives attempt to mimic the halogen hotspot but they’re not all created equal. One LED light may work well in one housing but be complete crap in another. That was one of the reasons I went to Headlight Revolution, I appreciated their videos they make of the LEDs in the Super Duty housing.
in my opinion, the LED kit is much brighter than the stock halogens were. They do mimic the stock beam pattern fairly well, I don’t get flashed or any thing, and they are definitely brighter.
in my opinion, the LED kit is much brighter than the stock halogens were. They do mimic the stock beam pattern fairly well, I don’t get flashed or any thing, and they are definitely brighter.
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Does the HR SV4 LEDs have a provision in them to heat the headlight housing so ice and snow melt. The OP is up in BC, and I've personally experienced the problem of running LED's when it's snowing. I've actually shifted to running my stock halogens in the winter, which was a good thing on this Fall's deer hunt up in the mountains. Lots of snow, and I would have been screwed with the LED headlights installed. Unfortunately, changing the lamps in these trucks isn't a quick unplug, twist, and pull. The grill has to come off first, and then the headlight assy has to be tilted forward. Otherwise, I'd carry both lamps with me and change as needed.
Also, you can change the bulbs without pulling the grille. I got the kit installed without pulling the grille. I had to pull the driver’s side battery, but that’s it. I got the passenger side installed by just pulling the cold air duct. I don’t exactly have tiny hands either, it’s possible and not ideal, but I did not want to pull the grille, it’s a pain in the neck.
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there isn’t any provision that i’m aware of. That said, I live in MA and drive to upstate NY frequently and have not had an issue with snow or ice build up, at least no worse than I did with halogens.
Also, you can change the bulbs without pulling the grille. I got the kit installed without pulling the grille. I had to pull the driver’s side battery, but that’s it. I got the passenger side installed by just pulling the cold air duct. I don’t exactly have tiny hands either, it’s possible and not ideal, but I did not want to pull the grille, it’s a pain in the neck.
Also, you can change the bulbs without pulling the grille. I got the kit installed without pulling the grille. I had to pull the driver’s side battery, but that’s it. I got the passenger side installed by just pulling the cold air duct. I don’t exactly have tiny hands either, it’s possible and not ideal, but I did not want to pull the grille, it’s a pain in the neck.
Oh I'm sure you are right about getting to the back of the headlight assy, but the grill removal is pretty straight forward and doesn't take too terribly long. Impact for bolts and then a long flat screwdriver to release the bottom clips. I think I'd much rather do that than pulling a battery and the cold air duct, but I'll look at it next time I'm in there. The point is changing these lamps isn't like changing them on most passenger cars, which is why I'm running the halogens in the winter. I can change the lamps on my wife's car quite literally in about 3-5 minutes.
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There's now way I would run a set of LEDs without the feature of those new ones I linked to in a previous post here that the cooling fan exhausts into the housings to help keep the housings clear of ice and snow. I am curious about them but I want to get those Diode Dynamics fog light set first.