I have a 2004 FX4 and would like to get a pair of headlights like the harley headlights, but for cheaper. I really like these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/04-08-FORD-F...dd42a3&vxp=mtr

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What do you guy's think of those?

I am thinking of eventually doing an FX-R Retrofit and was wondering those would work well with these headlights?

Should I buy a pair of cheap projector headlights instead of these?

In the meantime what is the best way to go to get the brightest headlights that have a more white tint to them instead of the standard yellow?

 

Any feedback is greatly appreciated, I would like to order these today unless someone recommends something else.

 

I would go with those simply because you would be using your stock bulbs. From what I understand, cheap projector lights have horrible light output. As far as bulbs are concerned, you might want to read this. https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...ulb-guide.html

 

Yea I have some friends that have the cheap projectors and they were terrible. I guess I will go ahead and buy those headlights later this afternoon. As long as you don't recommend another pair of projector headlights I will just buy these ones and down the road do the FX-R kit. For now I am not sure what I will put in as far as bulbs go, I would like to get something with a white tint to it like my HIDs on my current truck. I am on a lot of dark mountain roads with elk and deer constantly crossing the roads, so something with good light output is a necessity. If you have any recommendations let me know.

 

Get those lights with some FX-R projectors, and as for bulbs, either Sylvania Silverstar Ultra H13s or Philips XtremePowers

 

Sweet I will order them then, I will hopefully get projectors sometime within the next year, but we will just have to see

 

Those low priced knock-off's do tend to leak...point is, if you are not going to do the retrofit right off, I would suggest using a little silicone around for a little assurance. I had a pair of those same lights and had that problem with them before they went through a resurrection with the FX-R's.....

 

Just ordered the lights and that is what I hear...use some RTV silicone I think is what someone said...where do you put the silicone around (maybe it is obvious I haven't seen them yet). I am guessing I can get the silicone from ace hardware or something

 

I did mine exactly like those with my original lights, a can of krylon semi flat, my oven and about an hour of my sweat and tears.

All for about 4 bucks. Well free sense i already had the paint laying around

 

Yea...just run a small bead of RTV Silicon around where the plastic lens goes on..it's quite obvious when you get the lights where to seal them. You might get lucky and get a set that doesn't leak, it's hard to get a nice clean looking seal when you add with your finger. Try them first, seal if necessary.

 

Sounds, good what is the best way to check for leaks?

 

Take a hose to them on the truck, and look for moisture, fogging, water on the bottom. If you get that take the bulb out for the night or until they dry out. I would just run some Silicon around the edge to make sure they are sealed way easier. It will also give you practice for when you do the retrofit.

 

Yea I will just do it before I install them

 

Do it and keep an eye on them after carwashes or rain for a bit.

 

Guys- new headlights will always fog up!

This seems to be a common misunderstanding here. Unless you have visible water droplets forming a puddle in the bottom of your housings, there are nothing wrong with your headlights. They may have been made in China, but they still do full submersion tests on the housings prior to shipment. Due to atmospheric changes, they will fog up anywhere from 1-7 days before they equalize. Sometimes taking the bulb out will help (only hot and dry days) but there are one or two fabric vents over a small 7/16" hole on the back of your headlights that act as one-way gates to allow the moisture to escape.

tl;dr- Fogging is normal. Unless you have water pooling up on the bottom, there is no need to run silicone around the edges.