what headlights you suggest for HIDs?

projectors or some nice ford lightning headlights?

If projectors, do you need seperate bulbs for high/low?

If just the ford lightning headlights, can you run HID's in there? The bi-xenon 9007 or w/e without glare and those issues?

What do you guys recommend? Or do you need to retrofit projectors into the crystal headlights?

I need some help.

And can you spray paint the insides to make it black without affecting light output?

thanks!

 

I'll answer in order

First off with headlights *housings* - It's your truck and it's up to you if you want projectors or if you want to keep the stock look and just aim them down. In which case get the lightning/harley housings.

Projectors and hi/low beam - As far as this goes I am not positive but I don't see a reason why you would need too. As far as i Know NCSU_FX4 has a retrofit with a single hi/low kit.

As far as glare if you aim them down as stated it will solve the problem *at least should

Spray paint housing - This one I just straight up don't know the answer too, but i'm sure someone else does.

Hope some of this helped. good luck

 

that definitely helped some. isn't the stock housing for the 2001 truck use the 9007 bulb?

 

Yes, 9007. I just put in a Reto-Solutions lit in my Lighting headlights last night. World of difference. 6,000K with a 55w kit. Went in easy and fired up the first time. Unlike the "other" brand i replaced them with that i could never get both ballasts to fire at the same time twice in a row.
Very happy..

 

thanks for the info.
canyou link me to the reto guys? or whatever.

did you do retrofits or just the regular hids in the headlights

 

VIP3R,
Sent you a pm..

 

got it.

 

I have 8000k 55w Retro Solutions kit in my Lightning headlights. Looks perfect. You go can that route, or retro fit projectors in them if you have time/skills.

 

just realized the costs of doing retrofit projectors...might as well get some lightning headlights and a retrosolutions kit and be done with it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-...Q5fAccessories

are those the same as the lightning ones? i love the black look.

if not i found tons of places with the lightning stock color look.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-...item483c71cdf1

 

They are all just replicas, but ya they will work. I would stick to one of those, or find clear lightning corners without the amber strip on the bottom.

Here is the retrofit. Lots of work.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ot...t-upgrade.html

 

ya i figured I dont want to spend the time and money..
but you guys recommend the lightning headlights over any other projector headlights? i heard those aftermarket projector headlights are usually crap..
just still worried about the glare issue. but youguys say it shouldnt be a problem

 

lightning headlights over aftermarket projectors, yes. They are crap. The lightnings have a glare cover which reduces the glare. Aim them down and your good to go.

 

thank you sir

 

would these work?
http://www.makotoautotrends.com/prod...87422623e6c1f4

 

I dont like them, but its your truck. Itll work.