FX4 and LED Headlights

[Rotorhead451]

As shown in #116 post above, my LEDs operate perfectly, and have no issues.

 

[JohnT]

I have those ones, watch the reflection of your lights in the car in front once autostart restarts your car at traffic lights etc. Assuming you have your lows as your DRL

 

[Mike Wolfe]

All LED bulbs in stock housing. Lows, Highs, DRL's, fogs, brakes, reverse, license plate.

My DRL's and brakes cause hyperflash on the internal indicator, but not on the external turn signal itself. I'm assuming this could be disabled with FORScan.

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Looks just like ours Stone Gray FX4 with HD tow & A bunch of other options
We used Hikari Philips Lumileds for high & Low beams
No Flicker with ours & very bright
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BT6M6Z/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Mike Wolfe]

I'm getting a bit annoyed at the ravmix lowbeam LED lights specifically the flicker on autostart

Has any one bought LEDs that don't flicker?

I will leave the main beams in, I don't foresee a time where I will have them on and have autostart engage

John

We bought Hikari Philips Lumileds & no flicker
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BT6M6Z/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Dscustoms]

Finally brought mine into the dealer to complain about the totally useless factory halogen lights. They "adjusted" them as high as possible. Made no significant difference in night driving. Even with the LED bulb replacements, the projector design is poor and the cutoff is too low on dark roads.

Anyone reading this with Halogen lights, please file a complaint on the NHTSA site if you think they should be better. There are only four complaints already, not enough, and eventually this could be addressed. Even if you spend the money to upgrade them on your own, a recall could provide you with potential OEM quality LED bulbs or a full replacement with the LED modules. It just takes 5 minutes to fill out the form.

The ONLY way this gets fixed is with more complaints.

File a complaint here!
https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/

 

[wojo23323]

I have those ones, watch the reflection of your lights in the car in front once autostart restarts your car at traffic lights etc. Assuming you have your lows as your DRL

Mine flicker too. I’ll have to order the more expensive ones that Mike Wolfe recommends.

 

[dlcorbett]

Mines is starting to do this thing where the light output goes down. I dont think they go out because i can see the light reflect off cars, but the view infront of me dims dradtically almost as if it were goin out.

 

[JohnT]

Placed an order for the low beams today as above, to be fair to ravmix supplier I raised it as an issue with them and they refunded me the full amount, no quibble.

 

[Yukon Joe]

Dynamic dioed will be running a black Friday sale. I'll be buying mine then.

@Yukon Joe

 

[ag4wake]

I will be trying the led simple headlight replacement as well. Thanks foe the great thread.

I saw that there are full taillight led assemblies. I am about to check if that one is plug and play with the XLT. I believe it should be, but haven't looked at the breakout diagram yet.

Anyone have any ideas on the taillight assembly replace if it is simpler than the headlight. I gotta believe it's just a pull and pop.

Alan

 

[Tampa Expedition]

So driving up i75 I passed an expedition with out the led lights... was surprised how much better the led were.. the othe expedition may have thought the same thing as they sped up to pass me and the slow back down again several times.

 

[dlcorbett]

I think that everytime i see one with the leds even with led bulbs, and how the front end looks so much better with the c-led strip. Kills me everytime.

 

[ag4wake]

Yeah, I have it in my mind to try to install the opt7 fluxbeam or xtralights DRL strips to mimic it.

 

[ag4wake]

I know this thread started with someone wanting to put the limited led lights on the XLT Expedition. I wonder if the F150 led conversion kit would work...

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/f150-oem-led-conversion-3553.html

 

[ag4wake]

A followup.. Just finished putting in the low beams and foglights. Use Hikari for lows and beamtech for the fogs. It's working good. Hikari's flicker once on auto-start restart at a stop sign. But it's no biggie.

I didn't realize that the lows are on in DRL mode, so the headlights look to be full power in DRL daytime driving from what I can tell when switching from DRL to regular beams on. I don't mind it, but it was something I didn't notice before doing the work.

As others have mentioned, the fogs are definitely harder to do on the driver side. I went through the wheel well skirts and that side was just tricky because of the metal obstruction behind that light.

Next will be to swap out the highs since I didn't buy all the parts to start out with.

 

[O5111]

Mine flicker too. I’ll have to order the more expensive ones that Mike Wolfe recommends.

I have been paying closer attention since reading this, and have noticed my halogen lights do the same thing. It is most noticeable at night. So I wonder if more expensive ones will actually fix it.

 

[ag4wake]

Like I mentioned, my Hikari Ultra's flicker when the auto start/stop is activated. I was thinking of ordering a flicker harness like https://www.theretrofitsource.com/capacitor-link.html to see if it helps.

 

[George Lama]

Going back to the LED Conversion. I bought the Oem LED Headlights for my 2018 Expy XLT without knowing they weren´t plug-and-play. Now I´m stuck with these cause I can´t sell them back. I decided to go forward with the conversion even if I have to buy any other Harness. Any help on what exact parts to buy?

 

[George Lama]

Also, are the LED Tail Lamps plug and play for the 2018 XLT Expy? Have not bought those, but just wondering in order to buy them.

 

[ag4wake]

Just saw your msg. Rear taillights are not quite plug n play. You need forscan or you need a resistor I believe I remember from the f150 forum. Resister route makes the circuit pretty hot though.