I’m looking to put new bulbs in my 2015 F350. I like a 6000k bulb but I don’t want a bulb that’s so bright I’m constantly getting flashed when I’m low beam. I’m thing a 60 or 75 watt but I’m not dead set on that. What’s a good quality brand to consider. Been looking at the Sealight website but havnt pulled the trigger on anything.

 

You have to remember one thing, just because some folks say they are great because they are sooo bright, doesn't necessarily mean that the bulbs are putting light where it belongs and NOT scattering light everywhere which includes in the eyes of oncoming drivers.

I have Morimoto 2 Stroke 4.0s on my truck. I like them and bought them instead of the GTR Ultra 2 bulbs because the Morimoto's suck in fresh cool air over the hot circuits and exhaust into the bulb housing itself to help keep the lens ice free...

There's threads in the 6.7 section but I'll post a few links to help you decide. And the saying goes with these LED replacement bulbs, you get what you pay for. The reason reason the Morimotos and the GTRs function like the old halogen bulbs is that they are designed to be in the same position as the halogen filaments, the LEDs, so they function about the same as the halogen bulb and put more light where the old bulb did because the reflectors are designed to be used with a filament style bulb.

The only thing that sucks is that the Morimotos high beam is useless which is a non-issue for me as i have Diode Dynamics SS3 foglights.

I will post a couple of links when I'm back on my laptop... on my phone now.

 

Here's the bulbs I have now... the only downside to these IMO and personal experience with my truck and the wife's 11 Escape, same H13 bulbs, is that the high beam is useless. But low beam works well..


If I had to do it again, I would go with the GTR Ultra 2s. A user in the 6.7 section with a 11 to 16 truck said that both the low beam and high beam are great. I can link to those threads and posts later.


Stand by for more links... I'll post a good website later when I'm home and my laptop...

 

 

 

I used Beamtech H13. Plug and play no issues. 2008 F250 Powerstroke.

 

The whole "blinding people" and "getting flashed by oncoming drivers" has WAY more to do with the housing than with the bulb itself.

The factory Ford housing (at least all the ones I have) have a shroud around the bulb that makes it so that all the light comes off the reflector and is aimed like stock (see pic below, the bulb shroud even has a little "Ford" logo on it).



Assuming whatever housing you're using has a bulb shroud like this, then use whatever LED bulb you want without fear of blinding anyone or getting flashed. Personally , I'm a big fan of these bulbs from DieselSite (see link below). I have them in a bunch of vehicles ,even my younger sons retired police crown vic. I tried a bunch of different Amazon knockoffs before finding the DieselSite bulbs.

https://www.dieselsite.com/ledheadlightbulbH13.aspx
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So are you correcting me again my man? 😂

Always appreciate the viewpoint of a guy in the auto manufacturing field but one thing I do experience enough is halogen equipped headlights on vehicles with aftermarket LED bulbs blinding the eff out of me as the light scatters everywhere whicj is good for them but bad for oncoming drivers.

Hell, even OEM LED equipped projector headlights on some cars are blinding... once again, aggravates the snot of me out of me.

So maybe you can throw some more wisdom our way... thanks.

 

This is a great website that tests not only LED bulbs but aftermarket halogen, HID and HID/Xenon bulbs. The website has not been updated since 2023 and I haven't been on it awhile, but check it out...

https://bulbfacts.com/


Their last update on the News part:

March 11, 2023

We are still testing! - an update from BulbFacts

It's been an eventful last few years, but we are still making rounds of testing new products, especially in the LED and Halogen categories. We have completed lifespan testing on our halogen inventory, and will be testing new halogen products as people suggest them to us. We have tested a few dozen or so LEDs so far for their lifespan, and the results have been certainly interesting. We are planning more LED products as time goes on. The most important thing though is that we are still testing products and keeping our website up-to-date, so be sure to check the charts and recommendations, as they change every so often. We are planning some new videos this year, so be sure to check back on our YouTube channel for them! As always, we appreciate the support and strive to always keep our data true and sponsor-free!


Here's a link to my thread for the Morimoto H13s.

Link to the post about the GTR Ultra 2 LED bulbs in an 11 to 16 Super Duty here...

Check out that website I linked to... lots of different brands to see there.

Good luck.

 

IDK, I actually didn’t read your responses, I was just responding to the OP question.

But I do 100% stand by what I wrote. If the light is coming off the rear housing reflector ( like the shrouded bulb OEM housings force it too) then the light pattern will be the same regardless of what that light source is ( LED, halogen, HID, freaking candles, whatever, now how far that light is projected, and at what intensity, is subject to the light source, but not the pattern ).

All DOT approved headlights are aim adjustable, if you’re blinding oncoming drivers (using a shrouded bulb OEM housing), then adjust the headlight aim accordingly

Cheap Chinese knockoff housings (like frequently sold on Amazon or eBay) often don’t have the bulb shroud. There is no hope of getting those to have a decent pattern and to not blind oncoming drivers regardless of what bulb gets installed in them.
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There is a reason why it is against the law to retrofit LED headlight bulbs into vehicle housings originally designed for halogen bulbs.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretation...lights-m-baker

 

Yeap, there sure is a reason,,, money and bureaucracy is that reason. Here's a copy/ paste straight from your linked article

"manufacturers submit to NHTSA for review and acceptance various design specifications for the bulb. If accepted, this design information is then placed in a publicly available docket to facilitate the manufacture and use of those light sources. As of the date of this letter, no submission that includes LEDs as the light source for a replaceable bulb headlamp has been listed in the docket."

Has nothing to do with LED performance or functionality, has everything to do with who has "kissed the ring", and paid their money, to NHTSA.
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Any luck on your search Eddie?

Here's the You Tube channel for the Bulb Facts link I posted above.

https://www.youtube.com/@BulbFacts/videos

Here's a website where I've reached out to before and they were very good about getting back to me. If I ever decide to go with different LED H13s, I'll go through these guys.

https://brisource.com/

 

I run the Beamtechs in my ‘14, they’re much better than the stock halogens and I’ve never been flashed by other drivers.

 

I'd have to agree... lots of mumbo jumbo listed in that article.

I went to that website, softlights.org, and it seems they are concerned about the blue light aspect of LEDs, which could be a concern when ones are used in the higher Kelvin temperature ratings, also HIDs...

Some from the factory in newer cars with projectors are blinding AF when the bulbs are at higher K temp.

Still want to look into this deeper.