Plug and Play LED Headlights

[Quick_Shifter]

I prefer the quad headlights on the 4th Gens and that’s why I put them on my truck. What most people do is install their new LED headlight bulb and drive. Then they form their own options about them and either love them or hate them. In this thread I am going to compare the AuxBeam to one of our preferred vendors new release Underground Lighting. And go over the proper installation. Both are H11 bulbs in a smoked black housing.


When I switched my headlights I went for the Auxbeam as they were $50 and had decent reviews and as we all know the canbus systems in our trucks are very picky. One huge factor in installing LED headlight bulbs is making sure the bulb is oriented with the actual led’s pointing left and right. Again when the bulbs are snug in the housing the led’s need to be sitting at 3 o’clock and 9 o’Clock. Most negative reviews on led headlights are either installed wrong or installed in projectors. Here are the Auxbeam 30W 3000 Lumen per Bulb

The original install was tricky to drill and tap the bulbs in order to orientate them properly. As you can see above their are extra holes drilled into where the bulb physically sits in the housings. The light output is good but when you pull up to a structure you can see the slight flicker in the light.


The Underground Lighting Bulbs were very different right out of the box. The cost of these are $199 and the saying you get what you pay for reins true.

Underground lighting is a preferred vender on this forum and the first thing I noticed was the all metal housings. These are 60W 7000 Lumen per Bulb

 

[OC455]

Did you take any output shots showing down the road?

 

[Quick_Shifter]

I had the pleasure of talking with Danny @Underground Lighting and he knows his lights.
Here is the underground lighting bulbs

Everything fit inside the housing and the dust cover fits on with no issues.
As always with anything electrical on your truck use a dab of dielectric grease on your connections. If you look closely at the bulb in the housing notice the led’s are at 3 and 9 o’clock. I did not have to modify the Underground lighting bulbs at all. They clocked perfectly. The Plugs had a Black wire that lines up with the black wire in the headlight harness which made it simple by not having to guess which way the plug faces

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Auxbeam

@Underground Lighting

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Auxbeam

@Underground Lighting
The big difference here is how the Auxbeam washes out the shrubs and creates a bright spot. The Underground Lighting keeps it natural and in focus. Much easier to drive on back roads. The light is so much cleaner

 

[Quick_Shifter]

What I have noticed is that @Underground Lighting creates a cleaner more balanced light output with no flicker or any type of pulse. I wouldn’t call the Auxbeam a flicker more of a pulse.
Notice in the picture pointing down the road you can see the light output is flatter and balanced throughout. With the Auxbeam the hot spot is very clear with light plooming out from the hot spot. With the underground lighting lights the hot spot is much larger and cleaner. Both Auxbeam and Underground lighting are 6K so their is no color difference.
I highly suggest you use the link @Underground Lighting and send Danny a PM or scroll through the preferred vendor list and look them up. These bulbs are top notch and the service Danny provides is phenomenal. Since these bulbs are newly released I will let Danny explain the details and warranty which is longer than most.

Super clean light output not blinding other drivers. A very nice beam with no strays. Notice my headlights are aimed properly and my light output doesn’t light up the inside of a small car.

 

[Quick_Shifter]

https://undergroundlighting.com/

 

[Quick_Shifter]

@Underground Lighting has an all metal housing. Auxbeam is metal and plastic where holding the rubber seal

 

[Quick_Shifter]

 

[madtrucker2016]

Looks good whats the warranty on these baby,s

 

[Graygoose]

Looks great!!!

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Looks good whats the warranty on these baby,s

2 Years

 

[madtrucker2016]

2 Years

thanks for the info they look really good on the vehicle good luck

 

[Quick_Shifter]

thanks for the info they look really good on the vehicle good luck

Thank you, I am very happy with them. Plug and play NO decoders or resistors

 

[Underground Lighting]

Looks good whats the warranty on these baby,s

We will be releasing all the final details this week. The warranty will be 2 years.

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Did you take any output shots showing down the road?

Yes I did. You were too quick between my uploads

 

[OC455]

Yes I did. You were too quick between my uploads

Yeah, I think I pulled the trigger a bit quick on that post...LOL.

 

[likes2build]

Nice write up, I went to check them out on the link you posted but they show "out of stock"

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Nice write up, I went to check them out on the link you posted but they show "out of stock"

Thank you,
Yes they are being released this week. I was fortunate enough to score a set. Hit up Danny @Underground Lighting he can set you up. Really nice dude

 

[popcenator]

Looks good. I bought their plug-and-play resistors for my LED taillight bulbs and they work perfectly, really happy with them.

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