No, no need to reaim. They are at exactly same level as originals.
Of course: being sensitive to any load in the back, the driver must take care no to blind the oncoming traffic. HIDs are brighter. I'm sorry that RAM (as I belive most of american cars) doesnt have the possibility to reaim the lights from the driving seat, as european cars have.
LEDs sound better as HIDs, but not every LED. First I have bought a pair of third generation 9006 LEDs (just one LED light source per bulb, 1800 lumens per bulb) but compared to original halogens (I forgot to make some comparison photos) they are not worth a dime! Less light output and no aimed light source. I'll use them in fogs as DRL. The seller of these LEDs says that new fourth generation 9006 bulbs (3000 lumen per bulb!!) is on it's way. But the price will be quite important: at least 150 US $ for two bulbs! The other problem with this fourth generation LEDs will be availabile space in the light housing. These LEDs have a small fan and cooling structure fixed on the back of the bulb. I guess the cover of the bulb compartment must be cut away. No thank you!
Miran
Thanks i just bought some LEDs for fogs and low beam i do have quad headlights. i've had HIDs but i wanted something different. well i installed fogs and they started strobing and one staying on/off so... now i just ordered CANBUS adapters once in and all installed ill post picture up. even though they were on for that quick second super bright and 2X better than stock, so i'm excited for final product.
Caliecoram I am in SLO county, somewhat neighbors then. Just got my truck 2 days ago. I will be looking for a solution as I bought my eco for long vacation drives, thank you for trying solutions ! Maybe LED aftermarket "fog" lights for low beams. I had 7" round driving lights for distance on my last truck which lit up the road for most of a mile but that is old technology. We tried LED bars on a 24 hr race car but they still didn't throw enough high beam lite so we HID'd some HELLA lights. Keep the idea's coming
For the quad headlights simply replace the H11's with H9's on the low beam and 9011 HIR for the high beam. Minor trimming to the head light bulb tabs is needed. The 9011 HIR bulbs can be found at candlepower.com.
So this is next on my list. 6 pages and I feel like I'm even more lost then when i started. What has everyone figured out? LED or HID for us that DONT have projectors..
I just installed the 2015 hid kit from retroshop.us Saturday night. I wasn't happy that I needed to do a full harness and ballast resistors but the output is way better. I did both lows and fogs. Jeremy has been great to deal with.
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Aftermarket brighter bulbs come at a different kind of price. They don't last near as long as your stock lights. I was looking at them at Auto Zone and it was common to see a lifespan of 150 HOURS. So you may find yourself replacing them more often than you like.
I just replaced my OEM quad bulbs with Osram Nightbreakers, they are whiter and a fair bit brighter then stock, they're going to hold me over until I figure out how i want to do an HID projector retrofit.
I have the quad lights on my base model, they are OK. On my prior truck for 11 years I used dual 9" driving lights on a custom mount, they lit up the road for a mile. (retail $ 300 each). This truck is too good looking to mount them on. Considering mounting some modern rectangular LED on the black plastic piece above the bumper. Other choice is to replace the entire headlights with after market Projector with built in HID or LED. In the $250 range for both, I had good luck replacing with aftermarket in my last truck. As much trouble as it appears to just replace bulbs this might be the way. one source so far 2009 2015 RAM Dual Halo DRL LED Projector Chrome Head Lights Slim 6000K HID Kit | eBay
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