Patoka
New member
I just can't decide if I should pull the trigger and buy a set of led bulb. I've always ran hid bulbs and anymore they just scatter too much . Anyone on here run led bulbs in a factory style housing? Pros ? Cons? I need Input.....
Led headlight bulbs in a factory style housing
- Thread starter Patoka
- Start date
Ron's Power Stroke
Member
Pstrke96
Member
I ran them in my 02 and were awesome in my opinion
Pstrke96
Member
I gotta find some for the d max anyone have any suggestions my oracles from diesel cartel were great but came with some warning they would t fit the gm's for a rear clearance reason?
PSD POWER007
Member
Potential cooling issues are making me stick with my DDM Tuning HID kit that I've been running for the last 7 years.
mind if I smoke
New member
in the old style head light housings the low beam is great with no problems but the high beam really doesn't do much of anything. I love mine and just use the spot lights in place of the high beam.
Radioflyer
New member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2012
- Messages
- 1,889
- Reaction score
- 0
Some of them you have the clear, just depends on the boddy. IIRC, buddy had a 06 GMC and he had to trim to fit the low beam? It's been a while and I can't remember.
On a side note, I have the life time 70w in my 08 and love them.
Josh@dirtydiesels hooked me up with my LED bulbs.
I think Big Time Kustoms sells the Lifetime Led's. Those are nice. I had them in my 05, but bought them straight from someone else before I found out about big time. Give them a shout on here.
http://powerstrokearmy.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=197
I had aftermarket housings that were for 05-07, but yeah I don't see why they wouldn't.
Powerstroke214
Active member
Did you not try them before?
Everyone said Josh @DD already, give him a shout. I don't see how you're having any issues with them or finding them, for that matter. The only "difficulty" I ran into was installer incompetence when I originally put mine in. Didn't turn the bulbs to seat them correctly in the projector.
Been pretty content with my heads and fogs from Josh, definitely better than factory light output.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Josh@DirtyDiesels
New member
In my opinion, the LEDs are your best drop in option. They have a better beam pattern than drop in HID but are still no where near what you will get with a projector retrofit and quality HIDs. Another common question is the high beams. As with most drop in HID kits, the high beams on the drop in LED's are subpar. You don't get a huge difference between low and high beam as you do with a stock halogen bulb, BUT the bright low beams make up for that. As far as drop in LED vs. HID, the LED are nice in the sense that you have no additional wiring or no relay harnesses or ballasts needed to run the bulbs. They truly are a drop in, plug in, and go install.
The setup that we have had the best luck with is the LED headlight bulbs paired with rigids DOT fog lights in the oem location. Both of these options are fully plug and play and allow you to have much more light than stock but not blind everyone on the road and get bothered by LEO's.
The setup that we have had the best luck with is the LED headlight bulbs paired with rigids DOT fog lights in the oem location. Both of these options are fully plug and play and allow you to have much more light than stock but not blind everyone on the road and get bothered by LEO's.
