1500ram12
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So about a month and a half ago I picked up a set of the 2019 style modifystreet headlights. I installed Hikari ultra led's in the lows and some auxbeam led's for highs. The Hikari led's I'd say compare pretty close to a 35w hid kit. The auxbeam led's sucked in the highs. Barely brighter than the lows. I knew from the beginning I'd open these up and atleast paint them. But I figured since I'd have them open I'd swap out the turn led for a switchback led's. So I ordered a set of profile pivot switchback led strips to replace the current led turn signal board. Then in the clearance section on TRS I found some "cheaper" switchback strips so ordered them also. I wanted them to be as bright as possible so I removed the silicon casing on both strips. Removed the current led board's and attached the new strips.
Pic's to come.
Since I drive on back roads at night that are heavily occupied by deer I knew something had to be done with the highs. I thought about grabbing a different set of led's or modifying a set of 9005 led's to fit. But decided to on something different. For about the same price as another set of Hikaris I decided to go with the profile pivot HI-LENSE LED highbeam projector.
Pic's to come.
For the low's I'm going to try some hid's for comparison.
Opening the headlights up was interesting. First one went smoothly. Second one put up a fight. For whatever reason it just didn't want to separate. In the end I won but have some reforming to do.
I'm not sure if this is because I have the matte black version or if this will be the same for the gloss black one's also but they painted over the chrome. So I'm not sure over time how that would hold up. So using brake clean I stripped the paint off, came off really easy, then used oven cleaner to remove the chrome finish. Takes about 20 minutes for it to remove it. Washed the bezel and primed and painted. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it mono toned or try and add in some black to break it up.
I'd like to paint the "shrouds" but everything is one piece and taping just the shrouds off is extremely difficult. Tried that first before figuring out the bezel was actually chrome just painted black.
I'm just waiting for the high Beam to come in so I can finish up
2018 2500 6.4L
Pic's to come.
Since I drive on back roads at night that are heavily occupied by deer I knew something had to be done with the highs. I thought about grabbing a different set of led's or modifying a set of 9005 led's to fit. But decided to on something different. For about the same price as another set of Hikaris I decided to go with the profile pivot HI-LENSE LED highbeam projector.
Pic's to come.
For the low's I'm going to try some hid's for comparison.
Opening the headlights up was interesting. First one went smoothly. Second one put up a fight. For whatever reason it just didn't want to separate. In the end I won but have some reforming to do.
I'm not sure if this is because I have the matte black version or if this will be the same for the gloss black one's also but they painted over the chrome. So I'm not sure over time how that would hold up. So using brake clean I stripped the paint off, came off really easy, then used oven cleaner to remove the chrome finish. Takes about 20 minutes for it to remove it. Washed the bezel and primed and painted. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it mono toned or try and add in some black to break it up.
I'd like to paint the "shrouds" but everything is one piece and taping just the shrouds off is extremely difficult. Tried that first before figuring out the bezel was actually chrome just painted black.
I'm just waiting for the high Beam to come in so I can finish up
2018 2500 6.4L
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