ALLA LED headlights issue

[ViperVette]

I installed ALLA LEDs in my main headlights and my fogs on my 2021 XLT-FX4 about 2 years ago. All was fine until a week ago when the passenger side low beam light got dimmer.
Is this a common issue? Seems like they should last a lot longer than 2 years!?

What should I replace them with? Or, is there something I should or check?

Thanks!

 

[mr_dave]

Honestly surprised you got 2 years out of cheap LEDs. The only LEDs I would run are Morimoto.

 

[ViperVette]

Honestly surprised you got 2 years out of cheap LEDs. The only LEDs I would run are Morimoto.

Are the Morimoto plug and play?

 

[sjwhiteley]

The quality of the eastern ‘brands’ tends to rise and fall with the tides. Just get another set. I had a switchback turn signal fail, just purchased another set, different brand, and went on with life.

The headlights, beams and fogs have been fine for the past 3 years or so. I believea mix of Hikari, ALLA an JDM. Whatever seemed to have good reviews at the time.

 

[LokiWolf]

The quality of the eastern ‘brands’ tends to rise and fall with the tides. Just get another set. I had a switchback turn signal fail, just purchased another set, different brand, and went on with life.

The headlights, beams and fogs have been fine for the past 3 years or so. I believea mix of Hikari, ALLA an JDM. Whatever seemed to have good reviews at the time.

This. Cheap "No Name" off of Amazon are a crap shoot, and honestly most have actual less light output than a classic good brand Halogen. Many times they are not sending light correctly to bounce off the reflector.

 

[ViperVette]

Any good recommendations given it’s a new year and it’s been over two years since I bought these?

 

[LokiWolf]

Light output is more important to me than looks, so I would go Silverstar Ultra in a regular reflector housing. It is a Halogen. Won’t last 2 years, but light output will be far superior.

Otherwise, do the same brand, or what @sjwhiteley said, and read the recent reviews.

 

[sjwhiteley]

Light output is more important to me than looks, so I would go Silverstar Ultra in a regular reflector housing. It is a Halogen. Won’t last 2 years, but light output will be far superior.

Otherwise, do the same brand, or what @sjwhiteley said, and read the recent reviews.

That is a bulb I had thought of going with if the LEDs didn’t work out in the projectors. Just treat it as a consumable, which I think, even high output LEDs are. Even factory LEDs fail for one reason or another (albeit at a potentially lower rate), but you have to open your wallet to fix them.

 

[apex96]

Check out https://www.bulbfacts.com/ for information on better quality halogen and LED bulbs in different housings (reflector or projector). Link helped me make decisions on what I wanted to install.

 

[ViperVette]

Check out https://www.bulbfacts.com/ for information on better quality halogen and LED bulbs in different housings (reflector or projector). Link helped me make decisions on what I wanted to install.

Thanks! I know these are consumable items but I thought they would last longer than 2 years - or, is that the the life expectancy of LEDs these days?