LED headlight conversion
The headlights in my 2007 Dodge 2500 are very poor, especially after driving my daughter's 2016 Toyota with LED headlights. I have aimed them with my 5'er hooked up and my airbags adjusted to keep my ...
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Gdetrailer wrote:GordonThree wrote:
I always curse you guys running hid or led in a reflector style headlights. Very unfriendly move towards your fellow drivers. I don't flash, not worth getting in a headlight pissing contest.
Check a scrapper for the factory projection headlight assembly if you want to join the hid / led club. Alternately retrofit projector lenses can be had for most trucks.
Actually it is not HIDs or LEDs in THOSE folks lights..
They are the cheapo incadescent bulbs which are TINTED BLUE to make their lights LOOK LIKE HIDs!
Those blue tinted bulbs are not DOT approved for ON ROAD USE and often do not have the filament in the correct place to focus the light correctly..
The blue tint adds to the SCATTER of the light making it even worse for the motorist in front or approaching a vehicle with those junk blue tinted cheapo wannabe be "HIDs"..
That's a good theory, it could be part of the problem!
My neighbor's kid is very proud of the 100 watt "15000K" HIDs he put in his beater F250. They're not bluish, they're pure purple. He was bragging about how he got them from e-bay for $25 and claimed they snapped right in. I doubt the power rating, but they're definitely scatter-shot "no aim" type lights, just blasting purple out in every direction.
