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The yellowing of the headlights is typically an effect of UV rays on the unprotected plastic lens. Using a "headlight restoration" kit that sands and polishes the outer layer off the headlight, and clear coating the lens will keep it looking clear and bright for years. The inside of the lens is almost never the issue unless there has been water intrusion.
Headlight harness, good quality bulbs and either a restoration kit or new assemblies. I went the good bulbs, new headlight assembles and harness. I wax the lenses when I wax the truck, supposed to cut down on the yellowing from the sun.
Actually, blue-white is not a preferred color for best ability to see with any definition in the dark. Slightly yellow-white is where you want to be. think about it; when was the last time you saw blue performance (Cibie, Hella) foglights? Either clear lenses with selective yellow bulbs or yellow lenses with clear bulbs.
I'm partially night blind so proper lighting is key for me. I used the TYC CAPA certified housings from Rock Auto and Vosla +100 bulbs which can be found at Interlightus.com. My harness in the truck at the moment is from CE Auto Electric Supply. LED bulbs don't have the ability to mimic the filament positioning in an incadescent bulb. That's the key reason they can't be aimed properly to function with the reflector meant for halogen. The housings were meant to work with a 65/55w bulb but if a fan quits in an LED, say goodbye to that housing, any nearby wiring and maybe your truck.
Just adjusting headlights down for glaring LED or HID retrofits is not a desirable way to achieve having a useful beam on the road while driving. It does not fix the problem. It will just give you excessive foreground light giving the illusion that you can see better but not putting light where you need it to see at night.
Just my .02, LED's are terrible for on coming traffic. Go with a Retro fit HID, the right way... Pop off the lens, install projectors, put lens back on, plug in the relay, put power to the ballasts, put high beam wire to the cutoff plate and away you go. 100ish bucks and a Saturday afternoon will get you the best OBS headlight out there.
If you wanted the projectors to blend in a little better, one thought would be to install chrome projector shrouds instead of black. Another piece I left out is that you can go name brand like Morimoto and spend 500 bucks on the retro kit. That way you can spend alot on your upgrade First HID kit I put in the black Flareside was in fact Morimoto at 450ish bucks. Second HID kit on the red flatbed (shown above) was off brand 50 dollar projectors that look absolutely identical to the Morimoto, 40 dollar ballasts and bulbs, 10 dollar relay kit that plugs into the 9007 socket. Just my 2 cents
Sure thing man. The bulb holders are not necessary but nice to have. Also the "devil eyes" along with backlit grill was just for kicks, I rarely use them, seemed cool at the time lol. The HIDs are H1 size and not HI-low bulbs. they're one beam. The high/low feature comes from the "cut off plate" in the projector body. Again, descriptions suck for some reason, my projectors are not" angle eyes"/ halos around the outside edge, just the regular black shroud. Not sure if you're going LED parking and turn signals or not but included them minus the 3107 turn signal. ps you'll need to put a resistor in there, 10 bucks at Autozone. If you want the Morimoto retro kit, its on their website; it includes the projectors, ballasts, bulbs, and relay but for ALOT more money. It's all made in China. I wish I could show you the projectors side by side, they're identical. The ballasts are again made in china, I've had no issues with the Morimoto ones or the eBay ones listed below. Hope this helps man
The picture below shows them installed in a friends Bronco before I did mine. They really clean up the front of the truck versus the glazed original housings that were in there.
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First HID kit I put in the black Flareside was in fact Morimoto at 450ish bucks. Second HID kit on the red flatbed (shown above) was off brand 50 dollar projectors that look absolutely identical to the Morimoto, 40 dollar ballasts and bulbs, 10 dollar relay kit that plugs into the 9007 socket. Just my 2 cents
