LEDs not recommended for low beams??

[Wild one]

There ya go again, Rick. Showing off your purply bumper scuff pads

Since i sold them,i gotta use pic's i already have,lol. The cars 500 miles away,and the trucks about 250 miles away,so running outside to get pics of them is no more

 

[mands0807]

Headlightrevolution.com They are pricey, but their kits are canbus safe, meaning you do not have to use alphaobd to program anything. I have a set of SV4 yellow LED fog light bulbs in my OEM housings(they have a set screw so that you can clock the chip to the desired angle), and a set of 55w/8000k HID's in my factory projectors. When I bought the truck used, there were already white LED's in the fogs, and some basic LED's in the low beams. I live in a high light pollution area, but the yellow fogs, and the the HID's are beneficial in the glare of the dark puddles omw to work at 5am. Check out headlight revolution on youtube for more info...they helped me with my purchases

 

[dpinvidic]

LEDs in reflector housings just scatter light and blind other drivers. Don’t be that guy.

Grab some projector housings and get much better lighting for you without blinding other people.

2009-2018 Dodge Ram 1500/2500/3500 Dual/Quad Projector Headlights – ModifyStreet

www.modifystreet.com

This is a good point. The OEM reflector housing is designed based on the position of the filament when a normal bulb is installed.
Inserting a LED bulb changes the position of the light source ...and therefore changes the the angle of the beam of light.
If you have a proper LED bulb, the headlight should be able to be re-aimed back to proper specs.

Think of shining a flashlight onto a mirror and then back to a wall behind you. If you change the angle the flashlight just a little the beam moves on the wall a lot

 

[PaleFlyer]

Can't speak to the snow performance down on North Carolina, but my entire truck has been upgraded to LED. I went with LasFit, and I didn't even need to reaim my factory projectors. (Rebel, so not the quad lights.)

 

[Dan Topp]

All I can say is the 19 classic has 60 w low 40 w high they have had numerous grown adults comment that they were 2 to 3 times better and I welcome anyone that wants to see them are welcome to. I listened to the company on the arrangement and oct.21 they have saved me numerous times.

 

[Duskybay]

Hi
I I walked into my local auto parts store to upgrade my wife’s 2014 ram 1500 for better lighting. The sales person didn’t recommend LEDs for low beam because he said they don’t work well with snow and fog. The light just bounces back as if you have your high beams on. He recommends just OEM for low beams. I live in Alberta so having good vision in fog and especially snow is important. What’s your experience?
Thanks for the help.

I replaced ONLY my low beams on my 2016 last year, and boy, I should have done it years ago. It makes a world of difference. Note: I also installed them on the fog lamps which was equally as nice, as it makes for a much wider Field of View.

 

[Hemi395]

I've had LEDs in the reflectors housings of my 13 Bighorn for several years now. 0 issues in the snow and as mentioned make sure they are aimed properly. Even our strict state inspection here didn't find anything wrong with having LEDs in the lows and highs.

The only thing I have noticed living in the northeast US is the LEDs don't get hot enough to melt snow off the headlight housings like the halogens did. So if you're driving in heavy snow they can get caked with snow just like the rest of the front end. Not a huge problem for me since it's not my daily anymore but just something to be aware of.

 

[Wheatboy]

I've been using LEDs in our vehicles, in reflector housings, for over 10 years. I buy 3-4, test/orientate them, & keep the one that works best. Each brand, style, stc, can be quite different in their brightness, focus/scatter, etc., so it's best to compare IMO.

Anyone that says they are crap likely either didn't aim them, or purchased the cheapest/crappiest ones (without comparing to others) and simply gave up without putting in any effort.

 

[Craig52]

Hi
I I walked into my local auto parts store to upgrade my wife’s 2014 ram 1500 for better lighting. The sales person didn’t recommend LEDs for low beam because he said they don’t work well with snow and fog. The light just bounces back as if you have your high beams on. He recommends just OEM for low beams. I live in Alberta so having good vision in fog and especially snow is important. What’s your experience?
Thanks for the help.

I installed LEDs low, high and fog in my 2018 Big Horn. They are a huge improvement and aimed well without fussing with an adjustment. I get about 10 days of snow, but haven’t used them yet in winter. I don’t think they’ll be a problem.

 

[Moparfanatic21]

Big thing is LEDs in a Halogen housing. They suck no matter what people tell you here on the forums. Also LEDs in SOME Halogen Projectors suck as well.

 

[megabass2]

Hi
I I walked into my local auto parts store to upgrade my wife’s 2014 ram 1500 for better lighting. The sales person didn’t recommend LEDs for low beam because he said they don’t work well with snow and fog. The light just bounces back as if you have your high beams on. He recommends just OEM for low beams. I live in Alberta so having good vision in fog and especially snow is important. What’s your experience?
Thanks for the help.

Get in touch with " Headlight Revolution" . I've used them for years when upgrading my headlights. I've bought HIDs and LEDs for my previous 2 Rams and all have been plug n' play.

 

[Bighorn_Brown]

BS. I have OEM LED on MY 19. When U change out to LED's from Halogen, type, beam light projecting, needs to be aimed properly, for that U need to talk to someone whom has put in LED's.

Per turkeybird56’s post… I just installed Sylvania LED’s in my 2024 Ram. They took the place of the Headlight Revolution's SV-4’s I had installed in the low beam position.

The HR bulbs are bada$$… had them in my 2016 Expedition. Pulled them out before trading for the Ram. However, was having issues with the bulb(s) in my passenger going dim. Not 100% sure, but it seems like a characteristic that I read would happen as designed per engineering standards to prevent from doing exactly what it is we’re doing. Since the headlight signal is monitored by the PCM it knows when the power draw isn’t right; thus, causing issues. At first I called BS on that because they were installed for months with no issue.

All of a sudden I started having erratic behavior on the passenger side. Even reached out to HR and they recommended a PWM to spoof the signal. Installed, worked for a second, then issues again.

All that said, decided to try Sylvania LED bulbs. So far so good. It’s been approximately 2wks now. Then, came up with the idea of throwing the HR bulbs in at the fog light position. Mind you, this is all equipment I marked bad at this point. Well, guess what… works absolutely fine. Still scratching my head about that one.

Happy it all works because I hated the halogen/ LED mix. Looks super sexy, and bright now!!! Be sure to orientate (clock) the bulbs correctly!!! This is the difference between a nice clean beam cutoff, and a beam shooting up into drivers eyes as if you had high beams on.

For proper orientation, pay attention to how the halogen bulb was positioned as you remove it. Put the LED in the same way. The base/ housing can spin independently from the bulb to achieve this.

Should you decide to go with the Sylvania bulb (I do recommend them. They are just as bright as my HR bulbs at approximately half the cost. Also, they don’t need a ballast to achieve this) be careful when installing as the clocking tab ring can be completely removed. You can potentially spin the bulb completely free of the housing potentially losing the ring, or the bulb unexpectedly falling out.

HR SV-4 bulbs have the same adjustment capabilities, but you must loosen/ tighten a set screw to do so.

Anyway… I call BS on the salesman just like the others.

 

[Dan Topp]

As long as we’re talking about suppliers mine walked me through the packing the fan and power pack in on the phone at 7 pm. I was very satisfied.

 

[MrFigs]

This is a good point. The OEM reflector housing is designed based on the position of the filament when a normal bulb is installed.
Inserting a LED bulb changes the position of the light source ...and therefore changes the the angle of the beam of light.
If you have a proper LED bulb, the headlight should be able to be re-aimed back to proper specs.

Think of shining a flashlight onto a mirror and then back to a wall behind you. If you change the angle the flashlight just a little the beam moves on the wall a lot

Cheap LED bulbs and old ones, yeah the output is wider than the oem filament. there are some newer LED bulbs that can replicate the positioning of the halogen filament almost perfectly which make for a much better beam pattern.

 

[Garth Schindel]

Yellow would likely work best in fog/snow but the white was nice as a driving light.

Which LEDs replicate a halogen?

 

[RamDiver]

Yellow would likely work best in fog/snow but the white was nice as a driving light.

Which LEDs replicate a halogen?

I'm very happy with my white driving lights too. I plan to add yellow stand alone fog lights so I can keep the driving lights.

LEDs to replicate halogen? How about brown?

Why would you want to replicate halogen?

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[Idaho Dave]

Say what you want, granted you can see LED's coming from miles away however as far as reaching out as far as halogens or zenon's, no comparison.

 

[RamDiver]

Say what you want, granted you can see LED's coming from miles away however as far as reaching out as far as halogens or zenon's, no comparison.

I don't understand what you're saying.

Are you suggesting halogen or zenon bulbs illuminate the road out front, better than LED?

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[pscarbor]

I bought a 2006 Ram 1500 a couple of years ago. The previous owner had installed LEDs. Low beams didn't work, only high beams did. He put the original bulbs back in but the low beams still didn't work.

There are no headlight fuses or relays; everything is controlled by the TIPM. A used TIPM is big bucks and I couldn't find a new one. A company in California rebuilds Dodge TIPMs. I sent them mine and $195 and a few days later they sent it back. I installed it and the headlights now work, low and high beam both.

One of their techs told me this was a common issue with Dodge trucks: LED lights will often fry the TIPM. I see a lot of posts from people who successfully use LED replacements on Dodge trucks so maybe it was the brand the other owner used - I don't know. I do know that my Halogen lights are plenty bright for driving in rural Louisiana and so no LED lights for me!

 

[PA Ram]

I bought a 2006 Ram 1500 a couple of years ago. The previous owner had installed LEDs. Low beams didn't work, only high beams did. He put the original bulbs back in but the low beams still didn't work.

There are no headlight fuses or relays; everything is controlled by the TIPM. A used TIPM is big bucks and I couldn't find a new one. A company in California rebuilds Dodge TIPMs. I sent them mine and $195 and a few days later they sent it back. I installed it and the headlights now work, low and high beam both.

One of their techs told me this was a common issue with Dodge trucks: LED lights will often fry the TIPM. I see a lot of posts from people who successfully use LED replacements on Dodge trucks so maybe it was the brand the other owner used - I don't know. I do know that my Halogen lights are plenty bright for driving in rural Louisiana and so no LED lights for me!

Most of the newer Rams have option for led headlights so even if it doesn't come installed you can use Alfaobd to tell your truck you have them installed. 2006 probably didnt have that option so that may be why it's an issue.