Quick question for those that have done the "H11 to H9" low beam conversion.

[likes2build]

I thought about doing the highs, while I had it apart, but I live and work on the city, so I pretty much never use my high beams.

It's nice to have them for even once in a while. It's just an extra $12-$15 to do the highs and you're already going to have the light assemblies out. I did the entire conversion with nothing but a pair of side cutters and a sheetrock knife because I didn't have a Dremel. Just go on You-tube and watch some different videos.

 

[crazykid1994]

I just purchased amber led fog lights and have been running zxe lamps in my low beams. They’re slightly whiter and noticeably brighter. Expensive though but I like them

 

[ram1500rsm]

Joined the H11 to H9 bandwagon . I was really going to go with the H11 Extreme visions as i went by my local Pepboys today to buy an oil filter for my other truck and they happened to have Phillips bulbs in every model, more expensive than Amazon but what that heck. The H11's were too expensive though so that was the excuse i needed to choose the H9's, also replaced the hi beams 9005 with 9011's.
I'll check the setup tonight as i wan to double check i won't blind anybody.

 

[Matts175]

UPDATE:

I just drove home from work. WOW!!!!! What an amazing difference! When I was reading about this, I thought, ohhhh, they are probably just a little brighter. I was wrong. It's a huge difference. The pictures online and the videos on YouTube don't do it justice. When you actually see it in person, it's awesome.

 

[ram1500rsm]

I had to aim them a little down than before as i had some extra glare up top.... it's easier to check the aim at a stoplight behing a Corolla or Honda accord. If you can see the cutoff in their rear seats they're aimed too high

In any case i can tell the light throw is crispier compared to the H11's and things looks a lot clearer.
Also to comment on the job required to run them... shaving the stupid tab from the H9's was a bit of a pita as all my cutting blades were too big to fit in there so i ended up using a small drill bit to remove it.
I didn't have to remove the grill at all, but i had to unplug it from the sides to reach the headlights bolts at the bottom, then the stupid plastic crap from behing the housings that you're supposed to slide down got the best of my curses this afternoon. I thought changing headlight bulbs was supposed to be a breeze but no, RAM engineers had to make the job more complicated than normal, and as i was pulling and twisting on the driver side housing is when i realized something else besides the two front bolts was holding the housing down and i ended up breaking the plastic slider crap on that side, not a big deal since i had duck tape to fix it hahaha, had to turn the wheels away from the little liner door to reach inside the housings from behind to get the job done. passenger side was easy learning from the mistake. Of course it would have helped to watch a youtube video before hand to know all about changing the bulbs, but then again i thought it's was just a bulb changing job, how hard can it be ??

 

[ThunderMug95]

UPDATE:

I just drove home from work. WOW!!!!! What an amazing difference! When I was reading about this, I thought, ohhhh, they are probably just a little brighter. I was wrong. It's a huge difference. The pictures online and the videos on YouTube don't do it justice. When you actually see it in person, it's awesome.

You wouldn't think 10watts difference would be that noticeable, but it is.

 

[hodge-xj]

I had to aim them a little down than before as i had some extra glare up top.... it's easier to check the aim at a stoplight behing a Corolla or Honda accord. If you can see the cutoff in their rear seats they're aimed too high

In any case i can tell the light throw is crispier compared to the H11's and things looks a lot clearer.
Also to comment on the job required to run them... shaving the stupid tab from the H9's was a bit of a pita as all my cutting blades were too big to fit in there so i ended up using a small drill bit to remove it.
I didn't have to remove the grill at all, but i had to unplug it from the sides to reach the headlights bolts at the bottom, then the stupid plastic crap from behing the housings that you're supposed to slide down got the best of my curses this afternoon. I thought changing headlight bulbs was supposed to be a breeze but no, RAM engineers had to make the job more complicated than normal, and as i was pulling and twisting on the driver side housing is when i realized something else besides the two front bolts was holding the housing down and i ended up breaking the plastic slider crap on that side, not a big deal since i had duck tape to fix it hahaha, had to turn the wheels away from the little liner door to reach inside the housings from behind to get the job done. passenger side was easy learning from the mistake. Of course it would have helped to watch a youtube video before hand to know all about changing the bulbs, but then again i thought it's was just a bulb changing job, how hard can it be ??

I have a stock driver headlight in perfect condition. Fyi

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[ram1500rsm]

I have a stock driver headlight in perfect condition. Fyi

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lol.

 

[4eyedconekiller]

Been looking for a cheaper alternative to a light upgrade... Think this might be it!

 

[Casper]

After you've pulled the grill and fought those stupid sliders in the wheel wells 50 or 60 times, it gets easier.

 

[Matts175]

After you've pulled the grill and fought those stupid sliders in the wheel wells 50 or 60 times, it gets easier.

I didn't pull the grill... and I still found it to be super easy.