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<blockquote data-quote="4x4TruckLEDs.com" data-source="post: 1213735" data-attributes="member: 24442"><p>Yes actually. See a lot of guys around these parts don't realize it but one of our biggest sellers on our site are our XHP Series (and now are newly release G9 Series) LED Conversion Kits. A lot of F150 owners didn't get the LED package from Ford so they were left with poor lighting... so we came up with a terrific LED kit (we tried a LOT of kits before settling on the ones we sell, trust me on that).</p><p></p><p>So a lot of the older LED kits REALLY sucked but the ones we sell are TOP of the line.</p><p></p><p>They work very well in projectors actually and halogen housings.</p><p></p><p>Now HID will give you a bit more throw/lux then LED but what is intersting is as you double up on the distance, the HID light gets lost VERY fast. We did a quick test at 25' and then 50' with our XHP/G9 Series kits.</p><p></p><p>The Morimoto HID Elite kits put out 2,160 of lux @ 25'. Our XHP Series kits put out 1,002 lux and our G9 Series put out 1,172 lux.</p><p></p><p>So naturally HID had twice the light. The drawback to HID was that it it took about 10 seconds to fully power up and you can't flash them on/off.</p><p></p><p>Now at 50' the Morimoto HID dropped to 537.7 lux. Our XHP were at 235.3 lux and our G9 were at 314.4 lux</p><p></p><p>So you can see there was a TREMENDOUS amount of light loss.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now if you have HID lights arleady, well you might as well keep them. you can upgrade the bulbs but you may not see a WHOLE lot of difference unless you went with a higher powered ballast and different bulbs. BUT that's going to cost a lot and you can damage your housings (they'll get real hot and melt your housing possibly).</p><p></p><p>We do offer our XHP and G9 seres in D1/D2/D3/D4 bulbs. Our XHP come in D1/D3 bulbs and our G9 are a D1/D2/D3/D4 combo bulb.</p><p></p><p>We did some testing in the Ford Projectors. I had to trim the opening of the 2014 OEM Projector to make the XHP Series bulb fit. As our XHP series bulbs are bigger/have fans.</p><p></p><p>However our G9 series bulb seemed to fit just fine (they have fins on them, so it's a smaller bulb).</p><p></p><p>NOW... is there an improvement. I have NO IDEA. I have a broken set of projectors here from a junkyard I got just to test fit. So my projectors light output is not correct.</p><p></p><p>I'm actually looking for someone who is willing to order a set of our G9 D1/D2/D3/D4 bulbs and try them out. Then send them back for a refund (or keep them if you want).</p><p></p><p>So if anybody wants to try it out, let me know.</p><p></p><p>You do have to basically bypass your wiring on the ballast, because you no longer use your factory ballast anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4x4TruckLEDs.com, post: 1213735, member: 24442"] Yes actually. See a lot of guys around these parts don't realize it but one of our biggest sellers on our site are our XHP Series (and now are newly release G9 Series) LED Conversion Kits. A lot of F150 owners didn't get the LED package from Ford so they were left with poor lighting... so we came up with a terrific LED kit (we tried a LOT of kits before settling on the ones we sell, trust me on that). So a lot of the older LED kits REALLY sucked but the ones we sell are TOP of the line. They work very well in projectors actually and halogen housings. Now HID will give you a bit more throw/lux then LED but what is intersting is as you double up on the distance, the HID light gets lost VERY fast. We did a quick test at 25' and then 50' with our XHP/G9 Series kits. The Morimoto HID Elite kits put out 2,160 of lux @ 25'. Our XHP Series kits put out 1,002 lux and our G9 Series put out 1,172 lux. So naturally HID had twice the light. The drawback to HID was that it it took about 10 seconds to fully power up and you can't flash them on/off. Now at 50' the Morimoto HID dropped to 537.7 lux. Our XHP were at 235.3 lux and our G9 were at 314.4 lux So you can see there was a TREMENDOUS amount of light loss. Now if you have HID lights arleady, well you might as well keep them. you can upgrade the bulbs but you may not see a WHOLE lot of difference unless you went with a higher powered ballast and different bulbs. BUT that's going to cost a lot and you can damage your housings (they'll get real hot and melt your housing possibly). We do offer our XHP and G9 seres in D1/D2/D3/D4 bulbs. Our XHP come in D1/D3 bulbs and our G9 are a D1/D2/D3/D4 combo bulb. We did some testing in the Ford Projectors. I had to trim the opening of the 2014 OEM Projector to make the XHP Series bulb fit. As our XHP series bulbs are bigger/have fans. However our G9 series bulb seemed to fit just fine (they have fins on them, so it's a smaller bulb). NOW... is there an improvement. I have NO IDEA. I have a broken set of projectors here from a junkyard I got just to test fit. So my projectors light output is not correct. I'm actually looking for someone who is willing to order a set of our G9 D1/D2/D3/D4 bulbs and try them out. Then send them back for a refund (or keep them if you want). So if anybody wants to try it out, let me know. You do have to basically bypass your wiring on the ballast, because you no longer use your factory ballast anymore. [/QUOTE]
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