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Old Apr 22, 2021 | 05:47 PM
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So i just swapped my tail light bulbs to LED bulbs. It was simple, they clicked right in and needed no adaptation or modification. Are the headlight bulbs going to be just as simple or will i need to make wiring or fitting modifications to swap to LED bulbs?
 
Old Apr 24, 2021 | 07:36 AM
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Led headlight bulbs are just as easy and a great upgrade. Should just be plug and play.
 
Old Apr 26, 2021 | 11:23 PM
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Old May 23, 2021 | 11:30 PM
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you will have issues with turn signals if you dont add a ballast on them, depending on which bulbs you replaced in the tail lights and if you do your turn signal housings with LEDs too.
 
Old Nov 24, 2023 | 09:29 AM
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I installed GTR Lighting CSP Minis 9006 in place of the weak yellow old low beams.
Nice improvement. They give a nice bump in light and visibility while avoiding the super bright blinding lights
you see on the roads nowadays. This will keep the law off your back and not **** off other drivers.
The only thing you have to do is index the LED to vertical. They are indexed via a set screw.
They give you the allen wrench with the bulbs. This is the simplest most effective headlight upgrade you can do.
Another note the LED's do NOT have a fan. Very high output LED's have a fan to cool them. Eventually I think the fan
will go bad, and you are out hundreds of dollars. These output approx 2500 lumens total.
Find the specs here
BulbFacts | Aftermarket LED Kits Chart - Comparing to Halogen in Reflector Headlights & Foglights
 

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Old Sep 9, 2024 | 09:52 PM
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Removed my old water pump driven fan blades and installed dual electric fans, best upgrade I ever made. Rh fan is on when engine starts. The left one is on the temp bulb supplied with the fans installed in the RH cylinder head. Installed a master relay that powers the relays for the fans from the power source when ignition is on. I do have a override switch on dash in case of a relay failure. I install two amber colored led lights in the dash where the 4wd switch would go to let me know if the fans are not operating, for my own piece of mind.
 
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