Light bulbs

[lricaud81]

I have a low beam light and a fog light out. It's a 2020 limited . Does anyone have a light guide I find conflicting answers.
Thanks in advance.

 

[wakeboarder]

For the low beam, whatever is written on the housing at that bulb is correct. I’m assuming that you don’t have the factory LED headlights.

 

[lricaud81]

I'm not around my vehicle I was wanting to order the lights so when I'm back put them in. Pretty sure my housing isn't led pretty sure this is my housing . If I remember right it's a projector with halogen bulb right

 

[wakeboarder]

Top light is HB3. I believe these are the low beams.
Bottom light is H9. They would be the high beams.

 

[lricaud81]

See I was seeing h11 and 9005 on what I'd look at. Never saw hb3. I guess I'll just have to wait till I'm at it to check for certain. I was wanting to have it in when I get home tho. Thanks for the info

 

[ROBERT BONNER]

This is going to be confusing, so read carefully:

This applies to 2020 NON LED headlamps only.

The Owner's Manual is WRONG!

* My owners manual states that the "Halogen headlamp low beam" (top location, parabolic reflector) is a "H11" bulb. However, a "9005" Halogen was actually installed at the factory and fits/works.

* My owners manual states that the "Halogen headlamp high beam" (bottom location reflector optics) is a "HB3" bulb. However, a "H9" was installed at the factory and fits/works.

You can't make this stuff up....

I have no explanation for this confusion.



I discovered this while replacing my Halogens with an HID system. Imagine my dismay when I ordered a new system based on the Owners Manual misinformation....

BTW, you will need a 5.5mm socket to unscrew numerous screws attaching the front (and bottom) of the fender liner from the fender and other components along with popping a few Christmas tree connectors to allow you to pull back the fender inner to access the headlamp housing/bulbs. Pop off the appropriate round rubber dust cover, rotate the bulb ~30 degrees CCW and pull the bulb out of the housing with the wire connector attached, then remove the connector from the bulb assembly while a few inches outside of the housing, then reverse the process for installing the new bulb. Once the bulb is connected and installed you'll need to carefully align the dust boot and carefully "iron it out with you fingers, starting at one point and pressing it into place a few degrees at a time until it is completely installed. If you have ever driven in dirt road conditions....you will get dirty with this job and a dust mask might be advisable....Just saying.

 

[lricaud81]

O wow thats craziness. So I definitely need to check it before ordering some.

 

[HILLY]

This gets comes up a lot of times on various Expedition boards. OM is proven to be wrong.

LEDs for High Beam/Low Beam/Fog Lights

Can you provide a link for 9140 H11’s? Ive never heard of such a thing before. 9140’s are the same base as a HB3 or 9005 not h11 - h11 is about half the size base as that of an hb3/9005 Links in Post #1 are what to use on the Expedition. I've been running them on my 2020 for weeks now. Great...

www.expeditionforum.com

 

[tribbl]

18’ Limited used auxito.com LEDs

Lows- 9005
Highs- H11
Fogs- H11

 

[lricaud81]

So I finally got to check it out. Lol
Low beams 9005
High beams h9
Fogs h8
Now only problem is I have to figure out the h9 and h8 compatible bulbs since I can't find them in the sylavania silverstar ultra bulbs

Has anyone successfully interchanged the h9 and h8 with another bulb no issues.

 

[ROBERT BONNER]

So I finally got to check it out. Lol
Low beams 9005
High beams h9
Fogs h8
Now only problem is I have to figure out the h9 and h8 compatible bulbs since I can't find them in the sylavania silverstar ultra bulbs

Has anyone successfully interchanged the h9 and h8 with another bulb no issues.

I used H11's in place of the H9 High Beams

 

[lricaud81]

I had an old h11 in my shed I got it to go into socket but the plug wouldn't plug in. I did read they have a universal led that'll plug in but my regular bulb wouldn't

 

[ROBERT BONNER]

I had an old h11 in my shed I got it to go into socket but the plug wouldn't plug in. I did read they have a universal led that'll plug in but my regular bulb wouldn't

Sorry about that. Full disclosure: the rest of the story is that the H11 I'm using is an HID bulb that uses a pass through connection that plugs the Ford pig tail into a harness that loops through an igniter, Transformer and Capacitor before returning to the bulb.

 

[bocabimmer]

I have the Alla Lighting kit for high and low beams. Like others have said my high and low beam bulbs are backwards from what their website says. Had to purchase a second set of lows and to get the right bulb, I have to order what they advertised as the high beam bulbs.

 

[Mr Big]

There are plenty to choose from on Amazon. I favor Lasfit bulbs because they last and are bright.