ArturoL3333
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I have a 2017 ram 1500 with the factory halogen headlights. Would it be possible to upgrade to factory led headlights. If it is hwat would i need.
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Very good info, thanks for post this.Halogen, no matter what flavor, is Stone Age tech - you'll get very good at replacing them because they don't live long. I've done overwattage, SilverStar Ultras, etc - big waste of time/money.
Skip HID, that's Bronze Age. LED (Digital Age) is fantastic and you have a lot of options. Definitely try to stay at 6500°K or lower (higher is bluer, lower is yellower). Do not get bulbs with any kind of color filter/tint. If you get snow where you drive, yellow LED foggies are amazing.
It is important to "clock" LED bulbs for best focus; typically, you rotate them so the LED arrays are oriented at 9:00/3:00 in the reflector. Practically all LED kits allow this.
I don't know if this applies to your rig (mine is a 3rd gen), but DRLs are often driven in the high beam side. LEDs don't respond to the reduced voltage of DRL and they will run at full brightness, which is annoying to oncoming traffic. I have LED in all my vehicles and I disable DRLs for that reason.
If you have depth/space concerns, you might want to try https://www.amazon.com/NINEO-9005-H...o+9005+led&qid=1630160367&s=automotive&sr=1-7
Lastly, although there are many attractive aftermarket replacement headlight kits, practically are are garbage, except Morimoto, which are shockingly expensive.
Kurek, I typically love your posts but could not disagree with you more on the LED issue. I have a 2018 CC BigHorn with the basic quad reflectors. When I purchased the truck I had never driven it at night and I was absolutely disappointed with the halogen quads. I went with LEDs and it is literally a night and day difference. My old eyes don’t see as well at night anymore and the LED bulbs illuminate the roadway in a superior manner compared to halogen bulbs. I’ve not had any issues with glare in both rain and snow. I did take my vehicle behind the local grocery store at night, measured from the ground to the center of the reflector lens that’s marked with the tiny circle, subtracted two inches from that measurement, marked it with masking tape on the store wall and backed my vehicle up 30ft to adjust the low beam cutoff as described in the service manual. In two years of using LED bulbs I have not had one flash from an oncoming vehicle thinking my high beams were on. All the overhead drone pics won’t change what the seat of my pants says from the cab looking out into the night. I respectfully disagree, LED is superior to halogen.Higher quality than stock halogen bulbs are both a bigger and easier upgrade. The only thing LEDs deliver is a fashionable 6000k color that disappears in rain