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Any reco for a decent brand in terms of lumens and bulb longevity?
How many lumens from typical halogen bulbs?
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Unless you have projector (ellipsoid) style headlights, they are a waste of money. Not to mention they blind oncoming traffic with uncontrolled beam scatter. O.E. LED headlights on newer cars are designed to put the light where it should be, older halogen based lights are not.
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I run Lasfit LED lights in my ‘22 Chev 2500D and love them. Nice a bright, huge upgrade from the factory halogen lights.
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Unless you have projector (ellipsoid) style headlights, they are a waste of money. Not to mention they blind oncoming traffic with uncontrolled beam scatter. O.E. LED headlights on newer cars are designed to put the light where it should be, older halogen based lights are not. That’s a concern. From things I’ve been told, it sounded like it’s not an issue with newer bulbs. This is for my ‘11 f250. Got one burned out and thought it a good time to upgrade. Don’t want to mess with changing housings.
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Last year I installed a pair of Beamtech H13's in my Dodge Ram. I did have to add decoders to prevent flickering. They fit just like a regular halogen bulb. The dims have a distinct cutoff for oncoming cars. Being a pickup, I drive with different loads which will change the light angle. When it's heavy, oncoming cars will get blasted but they do with other types of bulbs, too. It's the load, not the lights. They greatly increased the brightness. The stock bulbs in this pickup were terrible. The brights were dimmer than the dims on most cars. Now I finally have some decent lights.
The stock halogens say they're 1000 lumens. These say 16000. They're much brighter but certainly not 16x brighter. I don't know how to compare them accurately.
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I put Trueland lights from Amazon in my 22 F250. Nearly a year now, no complaints.
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Any reco for a decent brand in terms of lumens and bulb longevity?
How many lumens from typical halogen bulbs? My research has aligns with what Badger posted above, however YMMV. Is a light bar, mounted on the front-end of the truck an option?
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I run Lasfit LED lights in my ‘22 Chev 2500D and love them. Nice a bright, huge upgrade from the factory halogen lights. Lasfit have good reviews https://www.lasfit.com/collections/h4
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Any reco for a decent brand in terms of lumens and bulb longevity?
How many lumens from typical halogen bulbs? My research has aligns with what Badger posted above, however YMMV. Is a light bar, mounted on the front-end of the truck an option? I was hoping (in one hand 🤔 ) that LED replacement bulbs for stock halogens had made a transition to direct replacement. Alas. A light bar is for sure an option, and one I’ve procrastinated on. Low beams are just OK. It’s the throw from high beams that’s the issue.
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I was hoping (in one hand 🤔 ) that LED replacement bulbs for stock halogens had made a transition to direct replacement. Alas. They have. Go to the Headlight Revolution website or YouTube channel. Plenty of educational videos about LED replacement bulbs and other options. I bought a new F-250 in ‘21. Wanted the Quad beam LED’s but it he only way to get them was with certain packages in the 5 thousand dollar range. I bought it without them with the plan of simply replacing the bulbs with quality LED bulbs. The stock headlights are lame. I replaced the bulbs with GTR Ultra2 bulbs. Watch the comparison videos on Headlight Revolution. Great swap. A friend bought a new truck with the Platinum Package the same month, so it was fully loaded with the Quad beams. We compared the two on a mountain side during an elk hunt this year and my replacements are better. Especially the fog lamps which are now like 2 extra headlights
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Unless you have projector (ellipsoid) style headlights, they are a waste of money. I've read that on the internet on several forums. But the headlights on my 2014 F150 were terrible. I didn't realize how terrible until we bought a newer 2020 Explorer that my wife drives. After driving the Explorer at night, I had to try something. I ordered a set of these. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XKSQQB6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I figured I've wasted $60 on worse ideas and decided to give them a try. They aren't in the same league as my Explorer but were a definite improvement. I could have spent several hundred for complete headlight assemblies and had better, but for the money I'm happy. They don't project light much farther down the road, but the light is white instead of yellow and is brighter. The light beam is in a flat oval shape. The bulbs are adjustable. If you allow the light beam to be vertical it will blind other drivers. If adjusted so the beam is horizontal to the ground, it isn't any worse on other drivers than the factory bulbs. It was a simple job of just plugging them in. I did order a set for my 2007 Tacoma. The new bulbs are longer. I had no trouble fitting them in my Ford, but the battery is in the way on one side and the wiper fluid tank on the other. They were a no-go on my Tacoma.
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For those of you that upgraded, do you need to change out your fog lights too? Any interference or electrical issues running led headlamps and factory fogs? 2016 F250, NO daytime running lights. Thanks
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I was hoping (in one hand 🤔 ) that LED replacement bulbs for stock halogens had made a transition to direct replacement. Alas. They have. Go to the Headlight Revolution website or YouTube channel. Plenty of educational videos about LED replacement bulbs and other options. I bought a new F-250 in ‘21. Wanted the Quad beam LED’s but it he only way to get them was with certain packages in the 5 thousand dollar range. I bought it without them with the plan of simply replacing the bulbs with quality LED bulbs. The stock headlights are lame. I replaced the bulbs with GTR Ultra2 bulbs. Watch the comparison videos on Headlight Revolution. Great swap. A friend bought a new truck with the Platinum Package the same month, so it was fully loaded with the Quad beams. We compared the two on a mountain side during an elk hunt this year and my replacements are better. Especially the fog lamps which are now like 2 extra headlights Yowsah they’re pricey. But I think I’ll try ‘em. Gotta polish lenses first - or try. RC you sound happy with them.
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I've had really good luck using Katana LED bulbs. They have a good cutoff, don't blind oncoming drivers, and seem to work well in factory housings. I've put them in a 2010 Honda Accord, a 2017 Chevy Silverado, and a 2019 Nissan Frontier. All three vehicles had factory housings, and all three benefited greatly from the improved bulbs. Best part is, Katana bulbs only run $40 - $60 a pair on Amazon.
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Razz, no interference of running LED headlight bulbs and halogen fog/driving lights. However in my opinion I think it looks kinda goofy because the headlights are nice and bright and white while the fog/driving lights are dim and have that yellow halogen dullness to them. Do both, you will be much happier with the look and you will also notice a difference with fog/driving lights done as well when driving at night.
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