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I've been looking at inventory and I'm seeing a trend. I can find the truck I want with EVERY thing but LED.

Must haves:
Hard top
Cold weather group
8.4 Uconect
Max Tow
Aux switches
LED.

Every match has been missing LED. Any color of 5 I like I can find. I have found 10-12 matching rigs ALL with out LED.

I can find LED in the same configuration less Max Tow.
No LED on max tow from the factory?
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If you need LED, my suggestion is to keep trying to find one as the after market for LED has been an experience to say the least. I ended up using LED bulbs that still aren't right but im dealing w it.
 

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If you need LED, my suggestion is to keep trying to find one as the after market for LED has been an experience to say the least. I ended up using LED bulbs that still aren't right but im dealing w it.
I was in a similar situation as well wanted/must have LED headlights and none of the dealers stock vehicle has all those features I wanted along with LED. During my extensive research before deciding to order my Mojave I realized aftermarket LED headlight sets usually comes out more expensive and i hear problems with auto hi-beam correction or calibration if going with some other less expensive options. So I finally decided to ordered with all specs I needed rather than going for a stock vehicle.
 

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Consider ordering one just the way you like it.
Also, since you must have the cold weather group, I'll assume there is a chance you plan on spending time in snow country. Might want to do some research on how the Gladiator LEDs are in snow. For me, that moved the oem LED s (at least the headlights) from the "like to have" column to the "do not want" column. Your mileage may vary.
 

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I've been looking at inventory and I'm seeing a trend. I can find the truck I want with EVERY thing but LED.

Must haves:
Hard top
Cold weather group
8.4 Uconect
Max Tow
Aux switches
LED.

Every match has been missing LED. Any color of 5 I like I can find. I have found 10-12 matching rigs ALL with out LED.

I can find LED in the same configuration less Max Tow.
No LED on max tow from the factory?
What about this one?
https://www.postfallschryslerjeepdodgeram.com/inventory/1C6JJTAG8ML566479

or
https://www.jimdoranauto.com/new/Jeep/2021-Jeep-Gladiator-fb304bac0a0e09711100bd1690ebdb58.htm

It looks like the Freedom trim is what you're looking at.
 

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You can get a Freedom with all those items...that's what I ended up going with instead of ordering.
 
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Ohhh ok I’ll look for those.
Kinda like the black wheels on the sport s

lol always a trade off eh?
 

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If you've already had LED's in a Jeep you just can't go back. I just installed Oracle LED's for my headlights, and purchased someone's OEM fog's, and fender lights. A little cheaper than the LED package and just as good.
 

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I have a 2020 Sport S with Max Tow. Yeah, non-LED headlights were pretty much useless.

After a lot of research, I also went with Oracle LED headlights and fog lamps. The install was very easy and there was no need for any "flashing" or computer updates to make them work. (I posted an install thread with pictures here in the lighting forum.)

I did have some issues with getting fog lamps that fit. Oracle was still figuring out what lamps fit which trim lines. But we got it all worked out and I'm very happy with the Oracle lights.
 

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On my Max Tow, I took out the halogen bulbs and replaced them with genuine Supernova V.4 bulbs from Headlight Revolution.

On this current Overland, I ordered the factory premium LED package.

If we're ONLY talking headlights, I would go with the LED bulb retrofit into halogen housings 6 days a week and twice on Sunday. More light, larger field of view, and still a fantastic beam pattern.

Bonus points if you do the Supernova V.4 in the fog housings also. That is an AMAZING upgrade.

Again, just in terms of forward lighting, that route blows the factory LED stuff out of the water. The key is to order quality LED bulbs engineered properly with the proper chip set, heat sink design, proper distance from diode to mounting tab, etc. And you can't do that if you buy cheap bulbs from eBay or Amazon.

The reason I got the LED package this time around was because I liked the fact that ALL the other bulbs on the truck would also be LED.
 
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After looking I found a Freedom with everything I wanted and went that direction.

Other wise I had planned on retro upgrading to aftermarket LED. Looks like price wise it's a wash and you can opt for your own detailed lighting.
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