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Old 07-17-2021, 02:04 AM
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Hi all, 2nd post..
I bought an 06, ran fine, but decided to bring some life back into the ole girl, new shocks, had transfer case and front/rear diff oils changed (ouch on that price of oil) full service, AC compressor, made need a alternator soon, light will come on every now and then, but still charging at 14.2, anyway, I took the headlights out because they are basically crap, lighting up 5 feet from the car, discovered the adjustment plastic things had deteriorated beyond fixing, got them fixed, now going to wet sand the plastic light lense and polish, I am going to go with LED bulbs, what do you guys recommend? I also want to LED the lower spot lights........
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I'm a fan of LED everywhere but in the headlights (low or main beams). I tried them but there is a problem (discussed by our forum guru = Thermo) that I experienced. LED have nice output but it doesn't "reflect" back to you. So they look great and bright looking into them but, in driving they do not feel very bright. I converted every light in my car exterior and interior with lots of added LED lighting in the interior, under hood, in the trunk (pics in my threads), (except blinkers = "rapid interior flash" problem).
I chose to go with Osram for the low beams and did an HID conversion for the main beams (brights are still halogen). I chose a blue white color but you can do pure white, yellow white, etc.

Here are some pics

Front view of car

Back up light regular bulb

Back up lights LED bulb

Rear lights regular bulbs

Rear lights LED bulbs

On the front view I neglected to turn on my fog lights which are the same color as well. The lower lights shown are added on DRL's.
 

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