Headlights not very bright

[dariod]

All new cars have HIDs put in projectors due to cut off beam. Some people dont get whole concept of halogen headlights being built for halogen bulbs and not for HID bulbs.

And just because you passed by cops and did not get pulled over does not make it legal. I drove past cops without seat belt buckled up and did not get pulled over so does that make it legal to have no seat belts on?
:-|

 

[sgtowing]

Read my old post carefully. I did not say it was legal. I said I have had no one complain about blinding them.

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[GAINMOB]

around my parts...they pull us over for whats illegal and whats not..if you ADD the LED strip lights to your headlights trying to have the audi look...ticket...different color light output (i.e red halos...green halos...)...tickets...so they monitor lights and arent illegal...PLUS...it will vary state to state...

 

[dariod]

around my parts...they pull us over for whats illegal and whats not..if you ADD the LED strip lights to your headlights trying to have the audi look...ticket...different color light output (i.e red halos...green halos...)...tickets...so they monitor lights and arent illegal...PLUS...it will vary state to state...

So if Audi has passed DOT Law with having LED strips on headlights why you cant have them (being that they are color like audi)??

 

[sgtowing]

The led's aren't "on"them, they are built "in". They have also passed dot inspection.

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[rburch]

IMO the the light from HID's dont bother me because it is a cleaner light compared to halogen which make me squint and HID's dont.

And for vehicles that sit as high as our Expys projectors make it worse by making a beam of light that is concentrated in a narrow beam so people get more of the light projected right at them. In my area I see more people with projectors/retro's getting high beamed than the hid's in halogen housings.

And nobody does everything "legal" so why is this a debate?

 

[hovocop]

how long did it take you to change out the lights?

 

[GAINMOB]

IMO the the light from HID's dont bother me because it is a cleaner light compared to halogen which make me squint and HID's dont.

And for vehicles that sit as high as our Expys projectors make it worse by making a beam of light that is concentrated in a narrow beam so people get more of the light projected right at them. In my area I see more people with projectors/retro's getting high beamed than the hid's in halogen housings.

And nobody does everything "legal" so why is this a debate?

dont know...think it started with someone making this thread...lol

how long did it take you to change out the lights?

who?

 

[ELVATO]

As far as I know, it's illegal to do any modification to your headlight system that didn't come factory. This includes both drop in kits, as well as projector retrofits. Are you going to get stopped for either? It depends on your area, but you probably won't get caught (especially with retrofits) since I think it's more a federal thing.

Your state may have it's own laws governing such things, but usually ppl get ticketed for the obnoxious colors, or for heavily misaligned/glarey lights.

I aimed a little lower than halogen cutoff point. I know it's not perfect, but I haven't been high beamed in years.

 

[AzteCypher]

I'll be looking to slap on some projectors and HIDs and call it a day.

 

[AngryBird]

I've got to do something to help the lights. They are dim on my 2011. I threw HID's straight in my 2012 F150 and they have a decent cutoff for reflector housings. I've seen this Projector/Reflector HID debate a whole lot on different forums. It gets pretty heated :-/
Retrofitting projectors really sucks IMO. I've done a couple of sets with some friends and ugh........ Hours and hours of my life I'll never get back. I like working on trucks, just not tedious shit like that.

 

[AzteCypher]

How about some fleabay projector headlights?

 

[AngryBird]

Well I've seen a lot of posts on the Raptor Forum from guys that have had those. They seem to be nothing but trouble. Supposedly they don't have a very good cutoff either which is the whole point of going with projectors. Maybe somebody that has the ebay ones can chime in and/or post some light pattern pics. I think for $400 dollars I'd have to man up and just do a retrofit. I do have a Retrofit Source Kit sitting in my garage so I might try to put in in the expedition today. If I do, I'll post pics of the output tonight.

 

[GAINMOB]

How about some fleabay projector headlights?

unless you put HIDs in them...no difference...i had 2 sets...style was great but output was like normal headlights...the halos werent great...but with HIDs it would be good for output

 

[AzteCypher]

Didn't really want/need halos but really wanted the projectors to put HIDs in them.

 

[AngryBird]

So I threw some HID's in the stock headlight housings last night. I used this kit from retrofit source which I had originally bought for the Raptor to replace the HIDs that are in it now. I made the mistake of buying DDM tuning crap which I can assure you is the cheapest Chinese HID set you can buy. I've had problems with bulbs, a ballast, relays, and bad wires. Their customer service is a pain in the ass too. I installed the 50watt 4300k kit from TRS which is much higher quality. The bulbs are actually 4300k (unlike DDM which sent me 6000k and refused to replace them when I had ordered 4300k) so they look like factory HIDs to other drivers and the fuzz. Took me about an hour and a half to install (I'm very OCD about my wiring) and aim the lights. I only had to turn down the left headlight about 3 rotations of the adjustment screw. I went and drove around for about 2 hours after it was completed. I didn't get any headlight flashes from other drivers, passed several cops going the other direction and didn't have any problems. The brights work great and activate very fast. Needless to say I think my wife and I will be much safer driving the Expy at night with all the Deer and Elk we have around here.

 

[rwmorrisonjr]

Angry, how's the light output/pattern with just the stock housing? I'm thinking of doing this but don't really want to retrofit the projectors into my brand new truck.