ACZL wrote:
I too am not a fan of the stock lights on my '17, but they do a decent job. While I did remove the upper brackets for the aux springs to lesson the BANG when encountering bumps w/ the 5er, back end didn't change much as far as drop was concerned. Really no problems at night being flashed w/ the 5er attached. Now come winter, I tossed in about 1200 lbs of tube sand and towing a 4 place V-nose snowmobile trailer w/2 sleds in front, 1 in back, yes I did get flashed several times. FWIW, trailer was level due in part to B&W adjustable hitch (AWESOME BTW!).
Now even w/o the sled trailer in tow, I've gotten flashed at. IMO, I feel it's due in part to all the headlights on at same time from factory. Same goes when I don't have sand in truck or towing anything. I've seen many GM's come at me w/ low beams on, yet have fog lights on and those things are killers to oncoming traffic-----yet legal. Would like to hear from the Ford camp owners who actually have either HID or LED lights from the factory what they are experiencing as far as seeing down the road and wether or not they get flashed.
:) Hi, my 2014 F-150 has the factory HID headlights. They are much brighter than anything that I have ever owned. I was concerned about getting flashed, but I never have been. With a bed full of stuff, including my generator, and my trailer connected, I was sure that someone would flash me. I went basically from Oregon to Maine, to South Carolina, and back to Oregon. Over 13,000 miles and for 3 1/2 months, never got flashed.
