LED Headlight Bulbs (Low & High beams)?

[shinysideup2]

Have you guys replaced your headlamp bulbs with LED bulbs? Which brands have you had the best luck with?

I tried searching this forum for "3rd gen LED bulb" which only yielded 4th gen and 2nd gen results. Not sure how to search just this 3rd gen forum.

 

[gixer2000]

Have you guys replaced your headlamp bulbs with LED bulbs? Which brands have you had the best luck with?

I tried searching this forum for "3rd gen LED bulb" which only yielded 4th gen and 2nd gen results. Not sure how to search just this 3rd gen forum.

I wouldn't recommend led lighting for headlights. They don't perform in a reflector as they should and even though you have a whiter light it won't give you any better vision down the road(some will claim otherwise). You didn't specify what year you have but if you have a 15-17 the diode dynamics SL1 led is the only Led that performs well but only works in a single filament bulb socket so it wont work on 07-14

 

[jlanka]

Yeah leds don't do well in my 17 I went back to the normal bulbs

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[shinysideup2]

I wouldn't recommend led lighting for headlights. They don't perform in a reflector as they should and even though you have a whiter light it won't give you any better vision down the road(some will claim otherwise). You didn't specify what year you have but if you have a 15-17 the diode dynamics SL1 led is the only Led that performs well but only works in a single filament bulb socket so it wont work on 07-14

Thanks G. I've got a 2017 EL Limited, which I think have the projectors.

 

[shinysideup2]

Yeah leds don't do well in my 17 I went back to the normal bulbs

What trim do you have?

 

[shinysideup2]

What are some other solutions for brighter lighting? The halogens are dismal.

 

[jlanka]

What trim do you have?

King Ranch

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[gixer2000]

What are some other solutions for brighter lighting? The halogens are dismal.

Quality HID bulbs for the low beam in the projector. Diode dynamic SL1 led for the high beam.

Low beam Hid because they still maintain a good cutoff in the halogen projector but put much more light on the road

High beam SL1 because the led chips are positioned exactly like the original halogen so it distributes light exactly how the halogen would. Typically with an led you get so much streaking and scatter it cancels out any of the good they provide. Meaning light will improve in some ways but fall off in others.

 

[07xln]

I had LEDs in my 17 Limited and they worked great

 

[shinysideup2]

I had LEDs in my 17 Limited and they worked great

Low beam? High beam? Or Both?

 

[gixer2000]

I had LEDs in my 17 Limited and they worked great

I feel like we've been over this a couple times... Still waiting on those wall output shots so I can show and explain the issues

 

[Mak725]

I have both low and high led from xentech and they work flawless in my 16 limited, so much brighter

 

[gixer2000]

I have both low and high led from xentech and they work flawless in my 16 limited, so much brighter

But its really not, its actually just putting light where it doesn't belong leading you to believe its brighter. Much better off with a quality HID in the projector

 

[shinysideup2]

Quality HID bulbs for the low beam in the projector. Diode dynamic SL1 led for the high beam.

Low beam Hid because they still maintain a good cutoff in the halogen projector but put much more light on the road

High beam SL1 because the led chips are positioned exactly like the original halogen so it distributes light exactly how the halogen would. Typically with an led you get so much streaking and scatter it cancels out any of the good they provide. Meaning light will improve in some ways but fall off in others.

Which HID kit are you using for your low beams? Would you recommend it?

 

[gixer2000]

Which HID kit are you using for your low beams? Would you recommend it?

Order one from diodedynamics.com. you won't be disappointed

 

[gixer2000]

Check out this video.


Theretrofitsource.com and diodedynamics and lightwerkz are the only places I'll order lighting products from. The bulbs used in this video are all Morimoto/profile products and they make sure the led chip/hid capsule are correctly positioned to distribute light as the projector was designed to. All these other chinese manufacturers aren't so they are hit or miss.

Plus as you can see the hid outout kicks the leds butt

 

[shinysideup2]

Order one from diodedynamics.com. you won't be disappointed

That's out of my price range. I'm going to start with these $40 kits and see how they do. If they go up in smoke or perform poorly, I'll consider the premium brand you're recommending.

HID Kit 9005: http://a.co/d/30RQEfT

LED Bulb H9/H11: http://a.co/d/f8t0sn6 - similar to Halogen beam pattern (allegedly)

Why are Diode Dynamics kits so expensive (like 4x)?

 

[JExpedition07]

LEDs are garbage in reflector housings compared to halogens. The 15-17 trucks have really poor light output compared to the 07-14’ trucks reflector housing setup. They switched to a projector/halogen on many and it doesn’t cut the mustard. Some still used a reflector housing so depends what you have.

 

[shinysideup2]

LEDs are garbage in reflector housings compared to halogens. The 15-17 trucks have really poor light output compared to the 07-14’ trucks reflector housing setup. They switched to a projector/halogen on many and it doesn’t cut the mustard. Some still used a reflector housing so depends what you have.

That's a bummer to hear. I have a 2017 EL Limited, so low beams are projectors. Thanks for the info. I'm going to try HID low beams to see if that helps any.

 

[William_ff]

I can't find the exact ones, but am pretty certain that I have these ones. They have been in for 3 years and are great.
'08 Expedition
https://smile.amazon.com/111114-Headlight-Assembly-Clear-Chrome/dp/B00SSC9Q3O/