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Rumour has it the new current 2018's on showroom floors have upgraded headlights in the projectors with LED or HID's ... ??

So curiosity has me wondering if the stealerships have OE replacement bulbs to "upgrade" the 16-17 Halogen garbage??
 
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rumor from who a salesman?

First I have heard of this, we have a few 2018 owners here, maybe one of them can confirm
 
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Haven't heard of this. I highly doubt they invested R&D on an outgoing design of a vehicle to add new technology that will have to meet DOT standards just to run it for it's final year or so. The existing projectors are designed for halogen. To run anything else in them that is OEM, RAM would have to also redesign the projectors, wiring, CANBUS system, etc...

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DwnDak said:
Rumour has it the new current 2018's on showroom floors have upgraded headlights in the projectors with LED or HID's ... ??

So curiosity has me wondering if the stealerships have OE replacement bulbs to "upgrade" the 16-17 Halogen garbage??
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Doubtful, but maybe coming on the 19s. If you are correct, I would be looking to put them on my 16.
 
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Nick@GotExhaust said:
Haven't heard of this. I highly doubt they invested R&D on an outgoing design of a vehicle to add new technology that will have to meet DOT standards just to run it for it's final year or so. The existing projectors are designed for halogen. To run anything else in them that is OEM, RAM would have to also redesign the projectors, wiring, CANBUS system, etc...

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Wouldn't be much R&D as our 04 grand Cherokee came equipped with hid. Just a hardware upgrade. Never understood why this was never offered on Ram trucks.
 
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huntergreen said:
Wouldn't be much R&D as our 04 grand Cherokee came equipped with hid. Just a hardware upgrade. Never understood why this was never offered on Ram trucks.
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2 different head light assemblies so there would be some and that costs money. Why cut into profit to do when redesign is coming so soon.

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