Mike Wolfe
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Thanks a bunch
FX4 and LED Headlights
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EricExpedition
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Looks like seller has good reviews... Anyone willing to shell out $1600 to let us know if they are plug-and-play? 
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They aren’t plug and play, 100%. The wiring harness is different. I stopped looking at that point, seems to be part of a main engine bay harness and it would be difficult to replace. I may end up getting a pair of them when the price comes down and doing a custom driver board for them, but that’s something far beyond the typical user.
Mike Wolfe
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Which LED bulbs did you get
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CN7MP4N/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MWXVDQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CNH2XB7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MWXVDQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Mike Wolfe
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Are you happy with the LED bulbs you purchased?
Are you happy with the LED bulbs you purchased?
very much so. Looks way better, and much brighter.
Mike Wolfe
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Great
Ordered the same today
Ordered the same today
DCS_express
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Quick Question and hopefully not a dumb question. It looks like the bulbs you are ordering are high/low beam. With two separate bulbs would you just need a single beam for each bulb? 1 bulb for high, 1 bulb for low, and 1 bulb for fog on each side?
Mike Wolfe
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Bulbs are separate
HB3 for low beam
H9 for high beam
9140 for fog lamps
HB3 for low beam
H9 for high beam
9140 for fog lamps
Yukon Joe
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18-FX4-GUY
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Double checking is the low beam the top bulb? will be switching mine out want to make sure
I do it right.
I do it right.
Mike Wolfe
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low beam is the top bulb with the projector lens & uses the HB3 bulb type
Yukon Joe
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This is what I've learned over the past two days of research on the Expy lights.
XLT:
Standard with halogen low, high, and fog. The upper bulb is the low beam, and it is a projector. The lower bulb is in a quad beam reflector housing and is a high beam.
Aftermarket
Halogen LED
Low. HB3 9005
High. H9 H11
Fog. 9140 H10
NOTE: someone mentioned on here that the Ford user manual is wrong for low and high halogen bulbs. The table above reflects the correction, although I have no way to confirm this.
Limited:
Standard with halogen, upgrade to LED available for low, high, and fog. Manual states the LED is not serviceable.
Platinum:
Standard LED in projector housing for low, high, and fog light. The manual states the LED is not serviceable.
@Yukon Joe
XLT:
Standard with halogen low, high, and fog. The upper bulb is the low beam, and it is a projector. The lower bulb is in a quad beam reflector housing and is a high beam.
Aftermarket
Halogen LED
Low. HB3 9005
High. H9 H11
Fog. 9140 H10
NOTE: someone mentioned on here that the Ford user manual is wrong for low and high halogen bulbs. The table above reflects the correction, although I have no way to confirm this.
Limited:
Standard with halogen, upgrade to LED available for low, high, and fog. Manual states the LED is not serviceable.
Platinum:
Standard LED in projector housing for low, high, and fog light. The manual states the LED is not serviceable.
@Yukon Joe
Randy Schmidt
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Platinum:
Standard LED in projector housing for low, high, and fog light. The manual states the LED is not serviceable.
Meaning what? The bulb cannot be replaced or upgraded?
Standard LED in projector housing for low, high, and fog light. The manual states the LED is not serviceable.
Meaning what? The bulb cannot be replaced or upgraded?
Yukon Joe
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That is a good question. I suspect it is either integral to the housing, or Ford doesn't expect it to ever need to be replaced for the life of the vehicle.
Now this website identifies replacements LEDs for the factory LEDs.
https://www.headlightexperts.com/carfinder/?find=2018-ford-expedition-w--projector-h-l-458435.
But again, not sure where they got their info since the bulb type is not listed in the manual. Perhaps they pulled one off an Expedition?
@Yukon Joe
Most factory LED headlights are a sealed unit where the “bulbs” are soldered to the circuit boards.
Long life means not user or dealer serviceable and will have you replacing the entire housing.
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Long life means not user or dealer serviceable and will have you replacing the entire housing.
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Rotorhead451
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So using these updates, I'm going to obtain these bulbs for my XLT
Aftermarket
Halogen LED
Low. HB3 9005
High. H9 H11
Fog. 9140 H10
Aftermarket
Halogen LED
Low. HB3 9005
High. H9 H11
Fog. 9140 H10
Yukon Joe
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That's my plan as well once I see in person how bad they are.
RaptorRetrofit recommends diode dynamics.
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