Headlight upgrade major confusion

[Stratus109]

Keep in mind if you go to LED , you lose the melting of snow and ice that you get with Halogen. Wire up some JPP led’s on the bumper those things put out a ridiculous amount of light. Not sure where you live but that def pissed me off.

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[redrider]

My experience with Silverstars has been mixed. Good to see with but about half the lifespan in the sealed beam halogen style. Aftermarket H4 bulbs seem to be much better in my later model vehicles, especially the yellow color.

 

[Radio Guy]

I ended up with the Oracle 4,000Lm LED replacement bulbs with separate driver box and they are really nice and bright. I checked the headlight alignment before swapping and the upper cutoff was very sharp and after minor alignment the new LEDs have the same sharp cutoff but massively brighter and very noticeable light out to the sides where the stock Halogens were very dim. Nobody has flashed me yet and I don't expect them to after viewing my oncoming lights from a distance.

I might add that you should watch the install video and understand the bulb clocking as its not a simple plug and play item. After swapping the lights I noticed the pattern sucked and the LED housings were canted at a 45deg angle. I then watched the install video where they took the heatsink off, removed some tabs and reversed the heatsink for a better fit. I did not see any detailed info on clocking the bulbs and you should not have to do this, an H13 bulb is an H13 bulb and they all should be interchangeable but for some reason the Oracle came canted 45deg from the factory.

I saw mention of possibly needing to clock the bulbs in the install video but found no detailed info to the extent it answers all questions and I ended up with one bulb correct and the other 180deg out pointing that light into the dirt when the high beams were on. After figuring that out the end result is very nice and bright with a great pattern.

 

[NC_Overland]

My factory LEDs are a legitimate safety feature on the dark mtn roads I drive and because they’re properly designed I’ve never once had anyone flash their high beams at me. This is a pic of my high beams.

 

[Ted Striker]

Google can help with this. Check the usual 4x4 websites. Personally and JMO, I like the standard Halogens when there is snow, that said, I'm not a huge LED fan for winter driving. I do have 9 forward LED mounted off-road AUX lights, driving lights, backup lights and so on, but headlights I like non-bright white Halogens, to melt falling snow that sticks to the headlights. I don't care for all the LED "Halo's" in different colors and so on. I'm old school "Function over form" But thats just me. I do like lots of light, so if your not running any additional off road lights, LED's might be a good alternative to just stock lighting. See you on the trails............hopefully.

OP lives in Florida. I don't think snow is going to be an issue for him.

 

[Sunbeam63]

I upgraded my headlights to Koito H4 Headlights at the recommendation of Daniel Stern. LEDs have a lot to offer, but I like a timeless look of H4s. These headlights allow me to retain that look but have the best lighting I can get. He also recommended a pair of 60/55w bulbs made by Tungsram. If you do install 7” headlights, you will need to get adapter wiring harnesses and headlight brackets, which you can find online.

Below is an image before and after I installed the headlights.The brightness is hard to judge accurately because it was dark by the time I got the Koito headlights installed, but you can see how clean the beam pattern is. I also added a photo of what it looked like after install (I’ve since removed the fender air dams)

 

[Choice Mojave]

Let there be LIGHT!!!!! do you also have Infrared??

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