Nice video man. Yeah I drive an 05 F250 and I completely swapped to JDM Astar lights for the exterior (ahem minus the fog lights). H13 8th Gen (best imo as far as clean light output via stock housings without being blinding when running low beams.. high beams aren't the greatest, but by far greater than halogen any day.) PX Series 3157 Amber Front and Brilliant Red Rear 50w Equivalent White 906 Cargo Bulbs 50w Equivalent Brilliant Red 921 for center high mount brake light 144-EX 3156 for Reverse (provides best 360° coverage within taillights to produce a bright 180° view behind up to eight or ten feet roughly with the taillight housings I'm using) 194 White for Plate Lamps 194 1:1 Series Amber's for 08-16 side mirrors 194 Amber's front markers Stock style chrome headlight housings TYC Fast & Furious Series Taillights (provides better reverse and brake light display over stock) Rigid Industries DOT/SAE Fog Lights (had to wire them into an upfitter switch do to the JDM Astar 8th Gen H13 bulbs would glitch when switching back and forth between high beams and low beams with the stock fog light switch engaged. Found out from JDM Astar its a grounding feature with some Ford's to deactivate the fog lights when high beams are engaged that grounds via through the headlights). However I might be upgrading the stock headlight style housings to projected LED housings in the near future. Trying to see if Alpharex will make headlights for 05 to 07 Super Duty's.
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH Thanks man. It's been a little over a decade of building that truck up. I did a lot of work to it during the time from exterior features & upgrades, interior features & upgrades, stereo upgrades to engine & suspension upgrades.
@@250r6 Unfortunately JDM Astar stopped offering H13 LED bulbs all together since the start of the pandemic. However to answer your question about the JDM Astar 8th Gen H13 bulbs they're more of a 5700k to 6000k ice white with a hint of blue.
Might want to check DOT and local laws. Having red on the front of the fender may be illegal. Also the DOT lights on the cab could be illegal as well they are supposed to be yellow/Amber. Great presentation however. Been looking for lights for our new wrecker.
I actually sold the truck but never had any issues but I’m sure if someone wanted to get technical may be illegal… I live in small town so never worry about much stuff like that… thanks for watching !!!
I found this video a little too late, the led headlights are out of stock and they dont know when they will have them again but theres plenty of switchback lights
If after market LED sources appear brighter looking at the headlight from 15 and 25 degrees above as you demonstrated in this video, it only proves that LED retrofits do not have the pattern control that the original source has. Retrofitting headlight reflector housings with aftermarket LED's should be illegal! Reflectors and the source are designed to work together, LED's can not emit the same amount of power from a pin point source as a filament does. There getting better but the size of the source is still larger and this makes the pattern much more of a wide flood and less of a spot. There is also so much the consumer market does not understand about color temps and how that effect visibility. LED is a very narrow color bandwidth I can appear blazing bright but be harder for your brain to process then other light sources of less output.
Hey Justin, hopefully you see this. Your videos have helped me out a ton. Any recommendations on taking the map light cover off? I’m struggling to het my lens covers off where you show us around 10:46 in the video. Thanks!
It has a little square spot where you put a very small flat head and pry out !! I know that sounds kinda broad but if you look at it you’ll see it .. hope this helps. Thanks for watch I really appreciate the support. Message me on Instagram if you still can’t figure it out.
When I click on the link it takes me to lights that aren't for my truck. Have an 07 6.0, also can't find the jdm astar g2's Ike you used in the video? Am I missing something lol?
Have heard great things about lasfit as well. Never used them though and I get bright lighted all the time so not sure that I’d want brighter if it does exist. Especially for the price of these. Thanks for the comment!
JUSTINHAWKSMITH i like the brighter cause well where i live theres no street lights out of town, id rather see more, im planning on getting a light bar soon cause even woth mine it feels like i still miss deer sotting off the road and they like to bolt in front of me like they see my truck as a target 😂😅
TC93 yeah man they’re all like that some sort of “safety” feature I suppose.... I’ll do some research see if I can’t figure out how to bypass it, and I’ll make a video on it !
It sounds like the previous owner rewired your fog lights to stay on with the high beams, probably by splicing into some of the headlight wiring in the fuse box. This causes the high beams to turn on when you just put the fog lights on. Not too sure how to reverse that, as it varies by vehicle. Just look up how to wire your fog lights to stay on with high beams and undo what is mentioned.
stereophonicstuff it’s a known problem on fords when swapping to leds. Nothing to do with my truck specifically. You need to have a resistor installed to hold back the extra current going to the fogs.
That's interesting. Never heard of using a resistor for anything other than eliminating hyper flash but I don't doubt it. Now I'll need to look into it myself.
🤢🤮 3 side led bulbs are junk along with most led bulbs. Only 2 good LED bulbs on the market are Morimoto or the Diode Dynamics. High quality halogen bulbs will give you better output compared to those bulbs, or just do a projector retrofit and you’ll have amazing output without all the blinding glare.
Cody Herman to each their own, my opinion is solely based off of best bang for buck cheapest , brighter than OEM grade lighting. And these for a $50 dollar bill. Can’t be beat. Just my 2 cents , I’m sure there is better. There’s always better. For $50 dollars though, this is the best. IMO.
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH I saw you mention in another comment that people flash their brights at you. That's not just because you're running LED's it's because the triple sided LED (or any LED for that matter) is not designed for the stock halogen reflector housing on the truck and thus you're shooting a lot of light off in random directions, namely up at the faces of oncoming traffic. That why CJH is saying your lights are junk.
For the record I drive an F250 but you don't seem to get the point. It's not the height of the vehicle, it's the fact that the incorrect causes light to shoot up at an angle, not straight out and down like it's supposed to.
3:27 "scootch it over to the left"
Nice video man. Yeah I drive an 05 F250 and I completely swapped to JDM Astar lights for the exterior (ahem minus the fog lights).
H13 8th Gen (best imo as far as clean light output via stock housings without being blinding when running low beams.. high beams aren't the greatest, but by far greater than halogen any day.)
PX Series 3157 Amber Front and Brilliant Red Rear
50w Equivalent White 906 Cargo Bulbs
50w Equivalent Brilliant Red 921 for center high mount brake light
144-EX 3156 for Reverse (provides best 360° coverage within taillights to produce a bright 180° view behind up to eight or ten feet roughly with the taillight housings I'm using)
194 White for Plate Lamps
194 1:1 Series Amber's for 08-16 side mirrors
194 Amber's front markers
Stock style chrome headlight housings
TYC Fast & Furious Series Taillights (provides better reverse and brake light display over stock)
Rigid Industries DOT/SAE Fog Lights (had to wire them into an upfitter switch do to the JDM Astar 8th Gen H13 bulbs would glitch when switching back and forth between high beams and low beams with the stock fog light switch engaged. Found out from JDM Astar its a grounding feature with some Ford's to deactivate the fog lights when high beams are engaged that grounds via through the headlights).
However I might be upgrading the stock headlight style housings to projected LED housings in the near future. Trying to see if Alpharex will make headlights for 05 to 07 Super Duty's.
AWESOME COMMENT!!!
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH Thanks man. It's been a little over a decade of building that truck up. I did a lot of work to it during the time from exterior features & upgrades, interior features & upgrades, stereo upgrades to engine & suspension upgrades.
do they have a blueish color to them like hids?
@@250r6 Unfortunately JDM Astar stopped offering H13 LED bulbs all together since the start of the pandemic. However to answer your question about the JDM Astar 8th Gen H13 bulbs they're more of a 5700k to 6000k ice white with a hint of blue.
@@jbussey5301 ah damn that sucks well thanks for replying though appreciate it 👍
Might want to check DOT and local laws. Having red on the front of the fender may be illegal. Also the DOT lights on the cab could be illegal as well they are supposed to be yellow/Amber. Great presentation however. Been looking for lights for our new wrecker.
I actually sold the truck but never had any issues but I’m sure if someone wanted to get technical may be illegal… I live in small town so never worry about much stuff like that… thanks for watching !!!
Hi what the part # on the headlight bulbs is your truck a 05 let me know thanks
What headlight are you running? I like the look of it.
I just put the JDM star 921 bulb reverse lights on my 7.3 bro they are the best.
Nice rig
The link you have for the headlights says its for fog lights.
What bulbs are those in the cab lights? So bright, i need them.
Yorkim brand T10 bulbs off of Amazon.
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH thank you
Could you send me the vid of changing the lights on the mirrors thank you
I found this video a little too late, the led headlights are out of stock and they dont know when they will have them again but theres plenty of switchback lights
Thought this was faze adapt
Do these Leds have hi and lo beams in one bulb?
Beautiful truck brotha👍🏾
If after market LED sources appear brighter looking at the headlight from 15 and 25 degrees above as you demonstrated in this video, it only proves that LED retrofits do not have the pattern control that the original source has. Retrofitting headlight reflector housings with aftermarket LED's should be illegal! Reflectors and the source are designed to work together, LED's can not emit the same amount of power from a pin point source as a filament does. There getting better but the size of the source is still larger and this makes the pattern much more of a wide flood and less of a spot. There is also so much the consumer market does not understand about color temps and how that effect visibility. LED is a very narrow color bandwidth I can appear blazing bright but be harder for your brain to process then other light sources of less output.
how did you turn signal from yellow to white
Switch back led bulbs
Hey Justin, hopefully you see this. Your videos have helped me out a ton. Any recommendations on taking the map light cover off? I’m struggling to het my lens covers off where you show us around 10:46 in the video. Thanks!
It has a little square spot where you put a very small flat head and pry out !! I know that sounds kinda broad but if you look at it you’ll see it .. hope this helps. Thanks for watch I really appreciate the support. Message me on Instagram if you still can’t figure it out.
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH thanks! Really appreciate the reply. I’m hoping to tackle this tomorrow morning!
When I click on the link it takes me to lights that aren't for my truck. Have an 07 6.0, also can't find the jdm astar g2's Ike you used in the video? Am I missing something lol?
That braaa laaaa looks pretty whaaaa.
Nice, might need to upgrade this when I swap in a Harley Davidson headlight
Nice job! Just got my 05 king ranch. Do you know If you need to remove the grill when replacing front ford emblem?
I recommend to do so, makes it a lot easier to get to the nut on the back.
JUSTINHAWKSMITH thank you! Love the videos! Just got my 6.0
Where is the link for the turn signal lights
Hi beam vs low beam?
I’m just gonna post my experience with these headlights I found them to be extremely dim
Any hyper flash? Or do you have resistors wired in?
No resistors , just swapped my turn signal relay to one that accepts led bulbs. I have a video on it just type in f250 hyper flash fix justinhawksmith
Where did you get your housings?
anyone have a link to plug and play bulbs for a 2015 f250. 6.7?
Where you buy the kit
Ebay
The link to switchbacks on Amazon say they won’t fit my 2005 F250. What year are you installing these on?
Says that for my 07 to
will these fit a 03 f-350?
I am not sure
You know this setup but for an 02 7.3 f350?
Let me know when you get the chance
@JUSTINHAWKSMITH, which headlights are you using?
Just some random ones off of eBay!
Were did you get your cab lights please lmk
They were factory on the truck I just replaced lenses and bulbs with clear / white leds off of Amazon !
Hi great job at explains everything quickly and to the point. Thanks for the info.
I have lasfit and mine look way brighter, though i dont think lasfit makes them for the superduties anymore they relink you to another brand
Have heard great things about lasfit as well. Never used them though and I get bright lighted all the time so not sure that I’d want brighter if it does exist. Especially for the price of these. Thanks for the comment!
JUSTINHAWKSMITH i like the brighter cause well where i live theres no street lights out of town, id rather see more, im planning on getting a light bar soon cause even woth mine it feels like i still miss deer sotting off the road and they like to bolt in front of me like they see my truck as a target 😂😅
I was looking at them for a 2001 f250. But I do not want the glar. Which ones have a very good beam pattern. That do not blind incoming traffic.
will these fit a 2005 superduty ?
Yes
What’s the link to the switch backs?
Just listed it down below sorry, thanks!
JUSTINHAWKSMITH thanks I’m actually building my 6.0 right now I’ve got everything I want done to it for now
JUSTINHAWKSMITH also those say they won’t fit my 2006 Ford F-250, does it just say that or will they not
Yessir the links above in my description will for sure fit 2005-2007 f250/350!
Reqn if you order thru the link above I would really appreciate it helps support the channel thru my affiliate links, thanks! 🤙🏻🤘🏻
Do you have the problem when turning fogs on it turns on the high beams? It’s driving me crazy and looking for a fix
TC93 yeah man they’re all like that some sort of “safety” feature I suppose.... I’ll do some research see if I can’t figure out how to bypass it, and I’ll make a video on it !
JUSTINHAWKSMITH perfect man!
It sounds like the previous owner rewired your fog lights to stay on with the high beams, probably by splicing into some of the headlight wiring in the fuse box. This causes the high beams to turn on when you just put the fog lights on. Not too sure how to reverse that, as it varies by vehicle. Just look up how to wire your fog lights to stay on with high beams and undo what is mentioned.
stereophonicstuff it’s a known problem on fords when swapping to leds. Nothing to do with my truck specifically. You need to have a resistor installed to hold back the extra current going to the fogs.
That's interesting. Never heard of using a resistor for anything other than eliminating hyper flash but I don't doubt it. Now I'll need to look into it myself.
🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽, great vid
Any radio interference with these?
No sir
Stop moving around so much on a big screen its hard to watch .
Sorry Gary
🤢🤮 3 side led bulbs are junk along with most led bulbs. Only 2 good LED bulbs on the market are Morimoto or the Diode Dynamics. High quality halogen bulbs will give you better output compared to those bulbs, or just do a projector retrofit and you’ll have amazing output without all the blinding glare.
Cody Herman to each their own, my opinion is solely based off of best bang for buck cheapest , brighter than OEM grade lighting. And these for a $50 dollar bill. Can’t be beat. Just my 2 cents , I’m sure there is better. There’s always better. For $50 dollars though, this is the best. IMO.
@@JUSTINHAWKSMITH I saw you mention in another comment that people flash their brights at you. That's not just because you're running LED's it's because the triple sided LED (or any LED for that matter) is not designed for the stock halogen reflector housing on the truck and thus you're shooting a lot of light off in random directions, namely up at the faces of oncoming traffic. That why CJH is saying your lights are junk.
@@chaseshelton1 guess you should get a bigger vehicle that way your not face level with the head light. Poor life decisions
For the record I drive an F250 but you don't seem to get the point. It's not the height of the vehicle, it's the fact that the incorrect causes light to shoot up at an angle, not straight out and down like it's supposed to.
@@chaseshelton1 that's what the little adjustment screws are for