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Go HID for low beams in the projector. LED high beams. Check Amazon. Hikari & Farren or Sealights are good brands.
He said projector low beams, factory bulbs. Which upgrade are you talking about?
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Duh, I missed that lol.
The right leds aren't bad and super easy to install vs hid, those morimoto leds you tried are one of the worst ones for projectors, just have to find the thinnest between the chips. My lumibrites were great until they started to fade after 2 years, i now have the new hikari 2023's to try.I recently did a side by side comparison in my 2017 2500 w/projectors -- in case you wanted to see the difference... (hint, the high quality LED's were a clear loser when put up against a high quality HID setup
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Gonna do yet _another_ quick update here just to keep it all in one thread… I decided to give the HID Ultra “kit” from Headlight Revolution a try as I’m not really liking the dead-spots that are VERY visible in the beam pattern thrown with the Morimoto 2-Stroke 3.0 LED’s . I’ve installed...
Hmmmm, wellllllll -- I've _certainly_ done my due diligence by spending the time to investigate (as best I could online - YouTube, forums) what light output looked best to MY eye! Which reminds me... what looks good to one could look like a bag of assholes to the next person... lol!The right leds aren't bad and super easy to install vs hid, those morimoto leds you tried are one of the worst ones for projectors, just have to find the thinnest between the chips. My lumibrites were great until they started to fade after 2 years, i now have the new hikari 2023's to try.
All the hid kits I tried were 35w or 45w and idk they just weren't bright enough for me.
Next it will be anzo, made in Taiwan vs the others from China, so maybe better quality control
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It has been quite the opposite from what I've read -- but, I've been wrong before and am not too proud to admit it again... hahaha!
I didnt like the color the ddm dc ballasts gave my 5500kv bulbs, the 45w hylux ballast was much better.Hmmmm, wellllllll -- I've _certainly_ done my due diligence by spending the time to investigate (as best I could online - YouTube, forums) what light output looked best to MY eye! Which reminds me... what looks good to one could look like a bag of assholes to the next person... lol!
After many, many, many hours of research - I ended up with the Morimoto's because of this Headlight Revolution video. Got them ordered up and installed and was NOT impressed with the light output on the ground (leading up to the "hot-spot"). I guess I could have spent tons more money trying to figure it out but I figured I'd use the work that others had already done on the subject (trial and error). You are literally the first and only person I've seen that says that the Morimoto's are one of the worst choice(s) for my specific projector housing...
As far as what I ended up with -- the GTR Ultra HID (Projector Low-beam) 55w / 6000k: The installation was a breeze -- my 13 year old son (who I'm starting to teach to work on his own stuff!) installed one side as I was installing the other... lol. We simply zip tied the ballast to the supports inside of the headlight pocket... but -- potato / po-tat-oe.
After all was said and done tho -- I drove around for about 2 weeks with the Morimoto LED's and kept reaching for the headlight switch to make sure they were on (I kid you not!) so I called up Headlight Revolution and exchanged them for the GTR HID's and installed those and was blown away by the difference! What I found was that my eye is getting to be like a crusty, old butt-hole and needed to see the light on the ground not just at the hotspot. So the HID's fit the bill hands down over the LED's.
Also, as a side note for anyone else reading this post in the future...
I installed the Diode Dynamics SS3 LED Fog Light Kit (White (without backlight) SAE Fog Max) and IMO -- this was the biggest WOW factor for light output "upgrade"... I can probably ride around with JUST my fogs on (and no -- they aren't blinding everyone, I aim my headlights properly!)
Cheers gents!
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I had a 2015 tried to go Led. Disaster. Now in 2023 they may work better. But I traded my truck while on a trip because my LEDs kept having problems
