LED headlight upgrade question

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03-01-2018, 22:17
00tec

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Originally Posted by zimagold

Consider polishing or having someone recondition the lenses. This significantly improved two older vehicles at night.

Sam's club does this. For like $35
03-01-2018, 22:43
cableguy11

I had some LED's for awhile in my truck. I liked them but for some reason they seemed washed out for lack of a better term, when faced with halogens. It is like the lighter lights were stronger than mine. Took awhile to notice but once I did it bothered the hell out of me. I just did an HID retro with my headlights with TRS projectors. They came out pretty good and the light output is awesome.

https://i.imgur.com/AE1RhZp.jpg
03-01-2018, 23:38
Graves

I'll echo staying away from the cheapos, they have a tendency to not put off enough heat to keep ice from building up on your lenses during snowy weather.
03-02-2018, 01:18
sniper7

Best thing to do with a ford that old is take a YouTube video of it actually running, send it to ford and find out how it made it this long.

Honestly. I would buy a good battery and put a set of LED flood lights on that thing and flip them on without other traffic nearby. Much cheaper option that can be done for <$50
03-02-2018, 01:53
Irving

I was going to say the exact same thing. If you spend a bit more you can get focused spot beams that aren't as obnoxious to other drivers.
03-02-2018, 10:49
SouthPaw

I have used HID's for a very long time and the el cheapo ones have always lasted years. Sure a bulb or ballast would burn up every now and then but no big deal. On that old a truck, one of the cheapie kits would be more than fine.
03-02-2018, 13:58
Grant H.

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Originally Posted by SouthPaw

I have used HID's for a very long time and the el cheapo ones have always lasted years. Sure a bulb or ballast would burn up every now and then but no big deal. On that old a truck, one of the cheapie kits would be more than fine.

With a projector, HID's rock.

HID's in a halogen reflector are not so great.
03-02-2018, 15:19
SouthPaw

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Originally Posted by Grant H.

With a projector, HID's rock.

HID's in a halogen reflector are not so great.

As long as you adjust them correctly, I've never had any issues. It's the jackass' that throw them and don't adjust them accordingly.
03-12-2018, 21:17
ben4372

Get regular headlight housings and upgrade the bulbs. Use the 9012 bulbs, replaces low beam bulb. I think they were OE in vipers and a few others. They require a tab to be filed to fit. Should be easy for you to figure out. I swapped them in the Minivan and it is night and day. Buy the Phillips brand. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
03-12-2018, 21:39
00tec

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Originally Posted by ben4372

Get regular headlight housings and upgrade the bulbs. Use the 9012 bulbs, replaces low beam bulb. I think they were OE in vipers and a few others. They require a tab to be filed to fit. Should be easy for you to figure out. I swapped them in the Minivan and it is night and day. Buy the Phillips brand. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

At $92 a pair for 9012 Silverstars for my car (takes 9012 OEM), I went HID when the halogen bulbs lasted 8 months.

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