Infinite Reality's LED Thread

[Z TEAM RACING II]

Okay have a question that is probably gonna make me sound dumb but let's give it a shot. I have a 012 raptor and it's got the standard factory halogens on it. Now I'm looking to buy some of the LED recons for the tail and buying the 2014 HID headlights for the front. Now I read that simply taking off and mounting on the headlights won't do it so what exactly do I have to do. Sorry for the nooby question but I'd rather ask y'all then look stupid on paying over 1k for lights I can't use

 

[infinitereality]

Okay have a question that is probably gonna make me sound dumb but let's give it a shot. I have a 012 raptor and it's got the standard factory halogens on it. Now I'm looking to buy some of the LED recons for the tail and buying the 2014 HID headlights for the front. Now I read that simply taking off and mounting on the headlights won't do it so what exactly do I have to do. Sorry for the nooby question but I'd rather ask y'all then look stupid on paying over 1k for lights I can't use

@raptorretrofit I believe sells a wiring harness so it's plug and play into the 2013+ projector headlights. You can also search on threads I started back in 2013 for an alternative way to install 2013+ projector headlights for $350 without cracking open the headlight even.

EDIT:
Here's the link
www.fordraptorforum.com/f81/2013-stock-black-hids-$350-retrofit-21015/

 

[Skyfrog]

I'll second that those are great. I just picked some up on Amazon.com
JDM ASTAR 800 lumens Extremely Bright Error Free 921 912 PX Chipsets LED Bulbs For Backup Reverse Lights, Xenon White

I'll update with pictures when I get off work.

Deckmaster

Since my end-of-day parking involves backing up to fence, I was really getting tired of the dim reverse lights on my Raptor. So, I did a quick search of the forum and found these comments on the JDM ASTAR brand. I'm sure there are better and I probably should have bought from a vendor here, but I just needed something quickly, so I went to Amazon:
JDM ASTAR Auto LED Bulbs,LED Headlight,Fog Lamps & Turn Signal Brake Tail Light
They were a bit more expensive ($30), but I liked the lenses to focus the light and they are 950 Lumens. OK, and they looked cool too.
Installation was easy, just be careful twisting the bulb holder back in, the plastic is a bit thin. Since I installed these during the day, I only have daylight pictures of before and after, but I think you'll get the idea. The light is actually blindingly bright.

 

[oplersx]

Since my end-of-day parking involves backing up to fence, I was really getting tired of the dim reverse lights on my Raptor. So, I did a quick search of the forum and found these comments on the JDM ASTAR brand. I'm sure there are better and I probably should have bought from a vendor here, but I just needed something quickly, so I went to Amazon:
JDM ASTAR Auto LED Bulbs,LED Headlight,Fog Lamps & Turn Signal Brake Tail Light
They were a bit more expensive ($30), but I liked the lenses to focus the light and they are 950 Lumens. OK, and they looked cool too.
Installation was easy, just be careful twisting the bulb holder back in, the plastic is a bit thin. Since I installed these during the day, I only have daylight pictures of before and after, but I think you'll get the idea. The light is actually blindingly bright.

I am looking at these too. No errors on 2014 model year truck?

 

[Skyfrog]

I am looking at these too. No errors on 2014 model year truck?

It seems to be working fine for me, no errors.

 

[ddd269]

Let us know how it looked through the backup camera at night. Hot spots etc.

 

[Skyfrog]

Let us know how it looked through the backup camera at night. Hot spots etc.

Here's a picture of my fence with the backup lights. I plan on replacing the fence soon, so no jokes there.
I expected to see some hot spots due to the lenses, but the distribution seems pretty even. There seems to be a dark area at the bottom of the fence door. This could be from the lenses, as it appears circular. But there are side LEDs as can be seen in the camera, so the light pattern is wide as allowed by the rear housing.
I will try to get a backup camera picture tonight.

 

[oplersx]

It seems to be working fine for me, no errors.

Thanks, ordered.

 

[4x4TruckLEDs.com]

Hey for what it's worth, we actually have our own brand of LED Replacement bulbs (CrystaLux) so if anybody is looking for a quality LED replacement bulb check out our line:

LED Replacement Bulbs - Page 1 - 4x4TruckLEDs.com

We still have to photograph all of the available bulb types, but we're working in it. We brought the line to market when we got tired of certain name brands charging an arm and a leg for bulbs. While not as cheap as some ebay bulbs/etc... you do get a quality product with a great warranty and a brand brought to you by a supporting vendor.

We sourced the best lights we could find and offer some really great lumen options ranging from 400 lumen to 900 lumen.

The most popular are obviously our 921 CL90 bulbs for the 2014 and earlier reverse (921 is the bulb size, CL90 is our model for a 900 lumen bulb).

We have all of the popular bulb sizes in all of the popular colors/lumen ratings.

Check them out. We don't advertise too much on here with the replacement bulbs but wanted to let you all know. This isn't some brand we're reselling, it's actually our own house brand so we control everything from the chips going into the bulbs down to the packaging.

Forum members get 10% off as well using coupon code RAPTORFORUM

 

[oplersx]

Since my end-of-day parking involves backing up to fence, I was really getting tired of the dim reverse lights on my Raptor. So, I did a quick search of the forum and found these comments on the JDM ASTAR brand. I'm sure there are better and I probably should have bought from a vendor here, but I just needed something quickly, so I went to Amazon:
JDM ASTAR Auto LED Bulbs,LED Headlight,Fog Lamps & Turn Signal Brake Tail Light
They were a bit more expensive ($30), but I liked the lenses to focus the light and they are 950 Lumens. OK, and they looked cool too.
Installation was easy, just be careful twisting the bulb holder back in, the plastic is a bit thin. Since I installed these during the day, I only have daylight pictures of before and after, but I think you'll get the idea. The light is actually blindingly bright.

This set doesn't work on my truck (2014) but the 800 lumens set works.

 

[Skyfrog]

This set doesn't work on my truck (2014) but the 800 lumens set works.

Did you try reversing the polarity? I installed license plate LED lights today, and sure enough I had both reversed.

 

[oplersx]

Tried both ways... returning it, keeping the 800 lumens for now.

 

[infinitereality]

I know Raptors don't have fog lights, but wanted to post anyways for anyone that drives a beater daily or maybe for wife's vehicle (my wife is also running these as well). They makes these for most, if not all, headlight/fog light bulbs sizes. Something different and kind of the best of both worlds having white and yellow light output. They are only COB LEDs, so not necessarily the best LEDs for actual headlights IMO but do make for decent fogs. HIDs are still winning the lumen battle, but LEDs are slowly getting there.


When you first turn them on they're white (5500-6000K I'd guess), but turn them back off and on and they're yellow. You can keep on turning off and on and they'll keep flipping colors.

BTW The 3157's I posted a while back, I ended up getting a set of amber ones for my C5's signals. Very bright and work great. Really digging them.

 

[infinitereality]

Came across this today, appears to be LED replacements for the mirror flood lights.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2Pc...ht-For-Ford-Rear-Mirror-Lamp/32884964018.html

 

[TrevsRaptor]

Awesome thread. Thanks!

 

[PTYHRD]

Bumping this as I’ve just gone down the rabbit hole.

Replaced the turns and markers with Amazon leds. Hyper flash. Ordered plug n play resistors for the fronts and rears. Might as well go all in and see if they work.

Replaced cargos, license plate and puddle. No issues there.

Will update. Hope works. If not just going back to regular bulbs.

 

[PTYHRD]

Installed the resistor Harnesses in the front today and I bought Diode Dynamics 6000k HIDs. I didn’t install the rear LEDs yet….I have the harnesses I’m just hesitant Bc everything is working at this point. No hyperflash. Before I was having hyper flash of the turn signals only when the headlamps were on. No idea why. But the turn signals work properly.

I put the resistors in the little cut out in the frame and wrapped the end in electrical tape since its not protected really behind the headlight housing. Those little things get HOT.

As for the HIDs, honestly I didn’t do my research and the OEM might be the same temperature color as the 6000k. Still looks good.

Anyways, I will prob do the taillights this weekend. Got the itch and the parts.

Resistor Kit
Reverse and Bed lights
Font Turns (Yellow) and Rear breaks (red)
License Plate replacement housing and bulbs
Side markers

 

[ThirtyAughtTex]

Installed the resistor Harnesses in the front today and I bought Diode Dynamics 6000k HIDs. I didn’t install the rear LEDs yet….I have the harnesses I’m just hesitant Bc everything is working at this point. No hyperflash. Before I was having hyper flash of the turn signals only when the headlamps were on. No idea why. But the turn signals work properly.

I put the resistors in the little cut out in the frame and wrapped the end in electrical tape since its not protected really behind the headlight housing. Those little things get HOT.

As for the HIDs, honestly I didn’t do my research and the OEM might be the same temperature color as the 6000k. Still looks good.

Anyways, I will prob do the taillights this weekend. Got the itch and the parts.

Resistor Kit
Reverse and Bed lights
Font Turns (Yellow) and Rear breaks (red)
License Plate replacement housing and bulbs
Side markers

How're the resistors you bought holding up? Did you need the resistors in the rear?

Edit: Looks like hyperflash can be disabled via FORScan which is not only free but highly preferred. When I eventually get around to doing full LED I'll be doing that. Google shows its already been done successfully.

 

[PTYHRD]

How're the resistors you bought holding up? Did you need the resistors in the rear?

Edit: Looks like hyperflash can be disabled via FORScan which is not only free but highly preferred. When I eventually get around to doing full LED I'll be doing that. Google shows its already been done successfully.

So the front is totally fine. The rear I lost all my lights. Like the lights would not light up when the brake pedal was depressed. So I removed the resistors and went back to the stock bulbs. It was tripping the system somehow.

I’ll sell you the harnesses if you want.

 

[ThirtyAughtTex]

Huh. I'll leave the rear as is and focus on the front lighting for now. Kinda thinking about going to Morimoto tails later.