2013 LED Headlights

[medicjack]

Changed headlights on the 2013 I just purchased to Beamtech LED. I didn’t realize it had DRL but guess it does. Anyway to turn those off? Looks like the headlights are on at full intensity. Searched and found a few posts saying a dealer might be able to...any other way?

Lights look good at night but I am afraid they may be too bright for oncoming cars. Will test soon.

 

[07navi]

Changed headlights on the 2013 I just purchased to Beamtech LED. I didn’t realize it had DRL but guess it does. Anyway to turn those off? Looks like the headlights are on at full intensity. Searched and found a few posts saying a dealer might be able to...any other way?

Lights look good at night but I am afraid they may be too bright for oncoming cars. Will test soon.

I think that's in the manual.

 

[medicjack]

Went back and checked the manual. Only talks about when they are supposed to come on but not about turning them off.

 

[bloodhound]

I thought only Canada models had DRL, I've never seen a 2013 U.S. model with them. But if you do have them, I would say your only hope is using Forscan to disable them.

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

I turned my DRL off using FORSCAN on my 2011. Easy to do and adapter was cheap on Amazon.

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

Changed headlights on the 2013 I just purchased to Beamtech LED. I didn’t realize it had DRL but guess it does. Anyway to turn those off? Looks like the headlights are on at full intensity. Searched and found a few posts saying a dealer might be able to...any other way?

Lights look good at night but I am afraid they may be too bright for oncoming cars. Will test soon.

Just curious which Beamtech bulbs you are using and if the headlight is the stock reflector type. I tried some LED bulbs in my stock 2011 housing and they were garbage with less light than the old yellowish stock ones.

 

[medicjack]

I ordered the adapter today from Amazon to give Forscan a try.

I put in the Beamtech H13 bulb. I am not sure what type of lens this one is called. I assume reflector?

 

[bloodhound]

I used these bulbs, been in since May. Very happy with them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G6ZP9CM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

I ordered the adapter today from Amazon to give Forscan a try.

I put in the Beamtech H13 bulb. I am not sure what type of lens this one is called. I assume reflector?

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Those are the reflector headlights I have too and the bulbs did so poorly in. Light was scattered with one hot spot on the driver side. Was worried I was going to get us into an accident with them.

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

I used these bulbs, been in since May. Very happy with them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G6ZP9CM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Blood, what year is your truck? Stock housing too?

 

[bloodhound]

Blood, what year is your truck? Stock housing too?

2014 Limited. Stock housing.

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

Maybe I should give that one a go. Thanks!

 

[Nitro_Alltrac]

I used these bulbs, been in since May. Very happy with them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G6ZP9CM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I think I will be buying a set of these soon.

 

[Thunderbirdsport]

These are the ones I ordered, and just received them a few minutes ago. I'll update after I've gotten them in and see what they're like tonight. Stay tuned!

 

[Jason Cousins]

ordered just now and coming Sunday.

 

[Johnathan M]

I turned my DRL off using FORSCAN on my 2011. Easy to do and adapter was cheap on Amazon.

I know this is an old thread, but do you have a source for ForScan code changes for the 2011 Expedition? I have a 2013 Expedition, and it has been very hard to find a source of codes for it. Most of the info out there is for 2015 and newer.

 

[Kjhawkeye1]

I know this is an old thread, but do you have a source for ForScan code changes for the 2011 Expedition? I have a 2013 Expedition, and it has been very hard to find a source of codes for it. Most of the info out there is for 2015 and newer.

I didn't keep notes and went thru my pictures on this. I think I posted this somewhere on the forum so maybe use the search function.

 

[Johnathan M]

Thanks.