HID Equipped trucks

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  1. Lonewolf2000

    Lonewolf2000 Medium Load Member

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    HID lights on cars last a lot longer than conventional halogen bulbs, does the same hold true on trucks?. Curious because I just got a truck with HIDS.
     
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  3. sirjeff

    sirjeff Medium Load Member

    4 years on the original pair that came with my kit!
     
  4. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Carry extra bulb for low and high beam and you will never need to replace original.
     
  5. Lonewolf2000

    Lonewolf2000 Medium Load Member

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    Seems they do last just as long as in cars.
     
  6. arrogant steve

    arrogant steve Medium Load Member

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    My 17' Cascadia came with HID headlamps. It looks like a module of sorts in there as apposed to a bulb that you can easily change. I can only assume it takes a shop to do it. At least I think they're HID, is Xenon the same as HID?
     
  7. dustinbrock

    dustinbrock Road Train Member

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    Are you sure they aren't the trucklite led. I don't recall Cascadia coming out with hid.
     
  8. arrogant steve

    arrogant steve Medium Load Member

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    HID is what I'm told they are. I'm no techy on this stuff so I couldn't attest to what I've been told by a tech. For what it's worth, 506,000 miles exactly on these bulbs and still getting high beam flashes by oncoming traffic when their dimmed, still original.
     
  9. snowman_w900

    snowman_w900 Road Train Member

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    Wow, pissing people off for the last 506,000 miles huh.

    You ever thought about having them checked to see if they are adjusted properly?
     
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  10. dustinbrock

    dustinbrock Road Train Member

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    m-img-0018.jpg if they look like this, they are the truck lite led. many people mistakingly call led hid. these lights are blinding as hell because they glare rather than have a nice cutoff...

    FB_IMG_1537295697710.jpg this is the output low beam of that light..... not very nice for oncoming drivers.

    FB_IMG_1537295785509.jpg this is the output from a proper bixenon hid projector that won't blind others.

    FB_IMG_1537296072081.jpg that is unless you just have a plug and play aftermarket hid kit in your reflector housing, which would put out a horrible glare like this and blind everyone in its path......
     
  11. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I hate mis aimed, and poorly designed lights, especially on rainy nights.

    About all you can do is flash them to show your displeasure. Also, some won't dim their lights, maybe night blind. I knew one driver with blood sugar issues who was that way. The night driving glasses do help with all of that, but I don't like wearing them over prescription glasses
     
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