New exterior lighting on my 2011 RAM 1500 Longhorn

unixadm · Aug 17, 2013

Nope. They have a shutter door in the projector which retains the high beam functionality.

sausec17 · Aug 17, 2013

Hard to believe, but from you pics it looks like the ebay projectors are 10x better, and that's only with halogen bulbs!

BlownGP · Aug 17, 2013

unixadm said:
Nope. They have a shutter door in the projector which retains the high beam functionality.

Ohh ok. Cool

So you just leave the high beam plug unplugged?

unixadm · Aug 17, 2013

Every connector I had on my truck plugged right into these headlights. Nothing extra, no splicing, no issues.

Ossurvivor06 · Aug 21, 2013

unixadm said:
Every connector I had on my truck plugged right into these headlights. Nothing extra, no splicing, no issues.

I'm assuming you had the dual headlights on your truck, not the quads?

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audio1der · Aug 21, 2013

I'm also really surprised by the light output of those; nice!!

Q- what tires are you running? they look like Cooper Zeons?

WhiteExpress · Aug 21, 2013

If you have had FX-Rs, you will not be happy with the output of halogen projectors.
Now JJ can set you up with some FX-R'd '13s. That'd be the ticket!

I would go with chrome headlights, or paint your grill to match the truck, and do a sick 2 tone '13 headlight. Ungodly amounts of $$ (to me anywho) but MAN it'd be badass & custom!

RedRam20s · Aug 21, 2013

Ossurvivor06 said:
I'm assuming you had the dual headlights on your truck, not the quads?

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A Longhorn is going to come with quad headlights, not duals.

Ossurvivor06 · Aug 21, 2013

RedRam20s said:
A Longhorn is going to come with quad headlights, not duals.

Yea i figured as much... The only reason i ask is because i was looking up the eagle eye projectors on Ebay and couldn't find any compatible with quad lamps. Just wanted to know if a different wiring harness had to be used?

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0212353 · Aug 21, 2013

Ossurvivor06 said:
Yea i figured as much... The only reason i ask is because i was looking up the eagle eye projectors on Ebay and couldn't find any compatible with quad lamps. Just wanted to know if a different wiring harness had to be used?

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Quads and duals are swappable without ANY harness.

Here's why.....

Duals - H13 bulb. Truck's OEM harness is H13, plugs right in.
Quads - has a built in splitter from H13 --> H11/9005. H13 plugs right to the truck's harness.

Those eBay jokers have no damn clue what they are selling......and the amount of sales they lose because of it just makes me laugh. Poor marketing.... :boxing:

Ossurvivor06 · Aug 21, 2013

Thanks for the help man!

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BlownGP · Aug 22, 2013

0212353 said:
Quads and duals are swappable without ANY harness.

Here's why.....

Duals - H13 bulb. Truck's OEM harness is H13, plugs right in.
Quads - has a built in splitter from H13 --> H11/9005. H13 plugs right to the truck's harness.

ahhh. That makes sense.. Thanks JJ

0212353 · Aug 22, 2013

no problem guys!

My truck came with quads.......I've ran those, duals and 13s!

Ticeblue · Aug 23, 2013

I like the headlights, black is a good color inside headlights, chrome makes some lights look to flashy.

unixadm · Aug 29, 2013

I decided to change the black headlights to chrome. I think it fits my truck better for the time being. I also installed a Morimoto 3Five 35Watt 5k H9 HID kit with the Can-Bus and relay harness. The headlights are the same as what I bought before, however I got these for $159. The only issue that these had compared to the black ones is that the pair I received did not have a resistor for the turn signal, so it was hyper flashing. I bought two 50 watt, 6 ohm resistors off of eBay and solved that issue. These are the "Transformer" edition headlights which isn't something I really wanted, for for the price it was hard to pass up considering I paid $216 for the black set. I also figured if I retrofitted FX-R's, then I was further ahead. These projectors actually are not half bad with HID's.

The only thing I think I'm going to do is switch from an H9 Morimoto bulb to a H11B Morimoto bulb. That should eliminate the shadowing I'm getting. It will hurt my high beam performance a little bit, but I'm fine with that since I use low beams about 99% of the time.

Same headlights, with an H9 halogen bulb as I was running last week:

LED side firing CREE bulbs through the backup camera:

0212353 · Aug 29, 2013

looks like a weird cat eye! LOL

Spiffy though, can't wait til you bounce into the FX-Rs on them. Hit me up when you are ready, we resell TRS parts - saving you a few bucks on whatever you need. Even if its not on my site, I can get it!

XTrooper · Aug 29, 2013

They look fantastic! Nice work!

C.Carmichael · Aug 29, 2013

Where did u get the cree reverse lights?

unixadm · Aug 29, 2013

C.Carmichael said:
Where did u get the cree reverse lights?

Click Here

johnnysart · Aug 29, 2013

I did a few chops when I saw your first pic.

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