Headlights not very bright

[NMExpy]

Does anybody else think the headlights on your late model Expy are a bit dim?

I replaced the headlights on my '05 F-250 with HIDs and am considering doing the same with my '12 Expy because I'm really disappointed with the brightness.

Anybody done the HID conversion?

 

[911jason]

I've always been very impressed with my 07's Headlight/Driving light combo. Never need my brights at all.

 

[GAINMOB]

nothing will compare to HIDs...change'em...fogs too

 

[NMExpy]

nothing will compare to HIDs...change'em...fogs too

Yeah I love the ones I put in my F-250. I got them from Retro Solutions and they are ten times brighter than the factory lights. Guess I have my first Expy mod.

 

[sgtowing]

nothing will compare to HIDs...change'em...fogs too

I agree. I love my HID's.

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[Toyman]

Are these retro HID lights using projector lenses?

 

[sgtowing]

Mine aren't. They are just straight bulb replacements. The only thing different is you have to wire in the ballast box and that's not hard.

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[911jason]

So they are technically illegal then right? Aren't they also pretty blinding to oncoming traffic?

 

[Toyman]

That was my thought. The reflector lens is designed for a specific bulb application otherwise the light is scattered and can be blinding to oncoming traffic.

 

[ELVATO]

It's not as bad with the second gens, since we have a dedicated low and high beam. With the 1st and 3rd gens (or any car with the dual filament crap), any misalignment of the arc can be the difference between a low and high beam output. The same goes for HIDs in the fogs, since those don't really have cuttoffs.

Either way, I think you can get everything you need to do a retrofit for $200-300 from TRS.

 

[rayt]

http://www.expeditionforum.com/showthread.php?t=15292

 

[dariod]

Mine aren't. They are just straight bulb replacements. The only thing different is you have to wire in the ballast box and that's not hard.

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It is illegal and very dangerous for incoming driver to do that. You need to have projectors installed.

 

[sgtowing]

As Elvato stated, the second gens don't have as big a problem cause of the dual light design. Not one person has complained to me about my lights and that includes the cops in my neighborhood as well. I haven't tried it because I don't have one, but what about just reaiming the headlights a little lower if you put the HID bulbs in? How wide the beam is isn't the problem, just how high it progects.

 

[GAINMOB]

who says its illegal...when i had them in my OEMs...i drove pass and pulled up behind cops...city...sherrifs...state...and not one said anything or did anything...i see a state every morning at 7 eleven and he compliments me...VA

 

[VexedEX]

I'm not very bright either but I got great headlights!!!!!

 

[sgtowing]

I'm not very bright either but I got great headlights!!!!!

Do I need to move this thread to the NSFW thread.haha

 

[Robert Gift]

Stillegal?

Yeah I love the ones I put in my F-250. I got them from Retro Solutions and they are ten times brighter than the factory lights...

Yes, but how much money?
Legal?

 

[VexedEX]

I thought you would get the joke haha But seriously my 1997 headlights are alright but I would think the 2012 should be much improved? I still plan to replace them for brighter niceer look anyways.

 

[NMExpy]

Yes, but how much money?
Legal?

It was just the bulbs with ballasts and if I remember correctly was around $150. Made a world of difference. Don't see what would be illegal about them. A lot of new cars come with HIDs. Sylvania makes some Ultrabright bulbs but from what I've read they don't last very long.

 

[GAINMOB]

I paid $35 per set for nine frm eBay...others have paid $50-$70 frm ddtuning.com and are very happy with quality...$150 is too much unless its factory...even then...go to tascaparts on vendor section...they beat dealer pricing for ford parts...


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