Can-bus needed ?

[Mauro bugarin]

I have a 2017 express and wanted to change out all my lights to led do I need Can-Bus lights or non ?

 

[madtrucker2016]

Go to Headlight Revolution.com everything you will need for your Ram . I put Hid can bus 5000k 55 watt set in my Ram also 5000k 35 watt for the fogs. their a great company and lifetime free parts I dealt with the return dept. and fast service.Led lights are OK but I like the clean white bright light for night driving.All the parts I got plug and play not one problem with them no messages on dash and most important no sick wiring to do, no stupid relays and diodes to wire in.

 

[JoeCo]

I have a 2017 express and wanted to change out all my lights to led do I need Can-Bus lights or non ?

Seems like it is kind of a crap shoot, some people have luck and others have issues. Another option you can look into is alfaobd, with that tool you can simply change the computer settings for any light you change, to LED or HID and then you don't have to worry about extra adapters or resistors to make sure things work properly. I've recently gone to LED for my low beams/high beams and fogs. My lows/highs worked fine without adjusting the settings, my fogs started to flicker a couple of weeks in, got the alfaobd and changed the setting and they've been fine ever since. I'd recommend looking into this considering you're thinking of changing everything over to LED, could save a lot of time and frustration. Here's an incredibly long thread with information on it:


https://www.ramforum.com/threads/alfaobd.123982/

Led lights are OK but I like the clean white bright light for night driving.

LEDs are offered in the same color range as HIDs (5000-6000k being the most popular range), so the light will be the same between the two. Stock halogens (I believe 4300k) are the dim yellow ones that are awful. After having both HIDs and LEDs in ram projectors, the LEDs I just put in are real close to my HIDs, just a little bit short of them. However, I'll happily take the slight decrease in performance if they hold up for longer than a year or two like all of the HIDs I've had in the past.

I'll have my truck for at least 2 more years so we will see how they do.

 

[big daddys house]

I obviously agree with @JoeCo....
AlfaOBD and the MX might cost you around 100 bucks in the beginning but the list of what this app can do does not stop at LED lights sir. I have a few videos on it to tame down the intimidation Factor....
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCjicTh12KSFdkr5IITlDbiHvFWAogXP

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[JoeCo]

I obviously agree with @JoeCo....
AlfaOBD and the MX might cost you around 100 bucks in the beginning but the list of what this app can do does not stop at LED lights sir. I have a few videos on it to tame down the intimidation Factor....
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCjicTh12KSFdkr5IITlDbiHvFWAogXP

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Yes it really is quite the tool, with all of the things you can do with it. At $50 + an obd reader for it to communicate with, is a hell of a value for all you can do with it.