GEN 1 Best LED/CREE headlight bulbs?

Stanghunter said:

Who has the best ENGINEERED LED/CREE headlight bulbs? I don’t mean the brightest I mean the best engineered for build quality, no glare for on coming cars, longevity etc etc.
The set I have now was over $100 a pair but in less than a year the driver side has turned a blueish tint(they are crystal white) and the pass side flickers once in awhile.
My truck is a ‘12.

Thanks!!

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4x4TruckLEDs.com said:

I think we have one of the best kits available right now, which is why we sell it.

Our CrystaLux XHP Series utilize CREE XHP50/XHP70 chips to give a terrific output. And the bulb is designed not to cause glare to oncoming drivers. Our XHP Series are offered in all of the popular bulb sizes including H13 for the 2014 and older F150s.

We recommend our XHP Series for non-projector housings (OUR XHP50 are for non-projectors but we do have our XHP70 which are for projectors, it's a single diode instead of 2 diodes, but it's not for ALL PROJECTORS, you want projectors that are open on the back for the fan/larger bulb).

We also have our new G9 Series, which are actually better then the XHP. They throw more lux BUT they are not offered in H13. They are mainly for single beam applications but are for all housings including projectors. Our G9 are so far the best LED lights we've tested on the market (and we've tested all the well known products. OPT7 FluxBeam, Profile Peak Performance, Diode Dynamic SL1s and a few other popular brands on amazon). So far, only DD SL1s came close to our G9 Series, everybody else was behind in terms of lux and design.

We only sell those 2 styles of LED Conversion Kits under our own name because we wanted the best of the best.

Our XHP Series are the same as the Putcos, they just use a different cooling method.

I would not recommend the OPT7... you don't get a lot for your money and they feel really really cheap. We did a shootout a while back and have a new shootout coming up (the new shootout has about 5-7 different brands of LED bulbs, the most popular we found on amazon and from recomendations so we can show real results).

Photos attached of our XHP Series H13 bulb and the G9 Series for reference (the G9 are not available as I said, we did a test run but the collars didn't seat right so we're still tweeking the collars on the G9 Series)

We're also a vendor here so you know you can rely on us:

F150 Specific Kits: Vehicle Specific - Ford - F-150 (2009-2014) - Page 1 - 4x4TruckLEDs.com

Use coupon code RAPTORFORUM and you also get 10% off

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Stanghunter said:

I appreciate the feedback but yours are the ones I'm have the issues with.

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4x4TruckLEDs.com said:

Well our bulbs carry a 2 year warranty. We don't get a lot of H13 bulbs back. The blueish tint could be the bulb failing, does the fan spin on that side? If not, it's most likely just overheating. And the other side flickering is probably because the vehicle is sensing the load (amperage) is off (if you disconnect one side completely it'll cause the other side to flicker off/on and finally turn off).

Shoot us an email, [email protected], and we can RMA the faulty side for you. But i'm betting the fan just stopped is all. Any bulb can fail but like I said, H13's we don't get a lot of (once in a blue moon) coming back to us. H11 bulbs on the 2015+ Trucks more then the H13 due to the completely closed off design of the 2015+ housings (that's why our G9 Series were brought to market, for those enclosed housings).

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