LED headlights installed

[yardy_b]

Finally got the LEDs set in place and properly put in. The LEDs are torchbeam 9007s.

 

[Dirtman]

Hows the beam pattern? Everytime I've seen LEDs in a stock ranger headlight housing the bulbs are plenty bright but they are horribly focused and scattered to the point of being useless.

 

[yardy_b]

I'm not really sure. They are fairly bright, but I haven't had a chance to see how focused they are yet

 

[Dirtman]

Let us know. I'd love to find a set of bulbs that work well in the ranger housings!

 

[yardy_b]

Will do

 

[Jodygoodwin704]

Are you concerned about burning up your wiring? The amperage should be an issue shouldnt it? I want to do the same to my 90 ranger. Any advice?

 

[black_demon69]

LED use alot less current then standard halogen headlights.

 

[Jodygoodwin704]

Wow. I didn't know that. I hope to upgrade to less soon.

 

[black_demon69]

they also don't produce very much heat so in cold snowy climates headlights can ice up

 

[Jodygoodwin704]

I wont have much problem with that, North Carolina don't get much cold or icy weather. I have been looking at Led's for my truck. I was wondering if you installed the resistor that I see is sold separately? What does it do and why install that?

 

[Dirtman]

For headlights the resistors are for vehicles that have indicators for when a bulb is burned out. Since LED lights draw less current than conventional halogen bulbs the computer thinks the bulb is bad because it's not detecting enough current. The resistors add extra load onto the circuit to prevent this by tricking the computer into thinking there is still a halogen bulb present. Rangers don't have bulb out indicators so there's no resistors needed for the headlights.

On turn signal bulbs though they are needed to keep the flasher working properly since thermal flashers also depend on the current draw of the bulb to blink properly. Without a resistor the turn signals will either flash very rapidly or not at all.

 

[txgocartB3000#2]

For flashers you.could use an EP34 flasher that will stop the rapid flashing.

Ray

 

[fastpakr]

Unless you screw up and buy LED turn signals for a vehicle that doesn't even have a traditional flasher relay. I did that about a month ago with my parents' 2008 Explorer. Had to bail out on the LEDs because there was no way (short of adding resistor packs) to use them and not get fast flashing and an error code on the dash.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have LED headlights in mine but with aftermarket H4 conversion housings.

They pattern pretty good and by and large I am happy with them. On light roads like limestone gravel or snow low beams might be a tad too bright right in front of the truck. On pavement they are great. OMG them high beams though...

Compared to my "better" sealed beams I am thrilled.

I liked getting brighter than your normal bulbs while reducing the load on my headlight wiring and not HAVING to go to relays.

 

[fastpakr]

Are there readily available factory LED projectors that are equivalent to the factory HID units yet? I wouldn't mind going down the road of adapting a projector to factory housings one of these days... You know, after I get the truck running again. Some day.