LED Headlight Down

4EverBoosted1 · Apr 17, 2015

So the other night I am getting dinner with my GF and one of my headlights started flickering really quick like a strobe light and then it got slower and slower until...... Nothing.... It's toast... Figured I would post since I haven't heard of an LED bulb dying yet.

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Super Diesel · Apr 17, 2015

What kit, and how long had you had it?

4EverBoosted1 · Apr 17, 2015

Oracle kit, I have had them in for about a year.

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FordPSD64 · Apr 17, 2015

4EverBoosted1 said:
So the other night I am getting dinner with my GF and one of my headlights started flickering really quick like a strobe light and then it got slower and slower until...... Nothing.... It's toast... Figured I would post since I haven't heard of an LED bulb dying yet.

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One of mine just took a dump the other day as well. Same thing, started flickering like a strobe light and then finally nothing.

08Monster · Apr 17, 2015

Mine have been strobing too.

Bustedknuckles · Apr 17, 2015

Well this is magical, i was hoping they would be perfectly reliable. Oh well, that's what a lifetime warranty is for i guess.

4EverBoosted1 · Apr 17, 2015

Maybe our trucks just like to party? The strobe effect is pretty intense....

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6.0L Stroker · Apr 17, 2015

I had mine in about a year also and passenger side would flicker on startup. Sent it to Oracle they sent me a new voltage regulator put them in and still flickers. Sent back to Oracle again and just received them back yesterday. Guy said I need this hid harness so for $33 I have this harness I now have to add in also.

Pstrke96 · Apr 17, 2015

Mine will give a flicker now and then and 2 days ago at oreillys I noticed the high beams don't appear to be working maybe josh can chime in since we all have oracle and if I remember correctly it's not lifetime its two year but I could be wrong

FordPSD64 · Apr 17, 2015

I don't think I'll do leds again. They're not bad but the brights are almost non existent. I have morimoto hids in my 15 and LEDs in my 6.0. I think I'm gonna go back to hids in the 6.0. The light output is just far better. I think for people who live in the City the LEDs work just fine. But all I use my 6.0 for is work and I work in the middle of no where. Having good light output when you're on ****ty roads hours from town is definitely nice. And my LEDs just don't produce the light I would like them to.

6.0L Stroker · Apr 17, 2015

Yeah the bulbs have a 2 year warranty from oracle.

DSL_PWR · Apr 17, 2015

I recently had lifetime leds and they were horrible. I was ok with the regular bulbs and then went to the superbright and they were so bad with black spots in the light patterns I had to pull them. I am going with hid's which I know won't be perfect but hoping they will be better in the short term.

Jomax · Apr 18, 2015

I think the led headlights are extremely overrated.

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4EverBoosted1 · Apr 18, 2015

Looks like I will be building a set of projector retrofits for the truck.....

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Trevor008 · Apr 18, 2015

I've had Lifetime LEDs super brights in mine for a few months with no issue. The output is amazing and I like how they don't seem to travel super far. Only blinds the driver in front of me when I am within a car length away. No pattern discrepancies or flickering here

Jgon08 · Apr 18, 2015

Looks like I'll stick with hid's after all.

Mpoage · Apr 18, 2015

Mine started flickering and then about a week later they quit completely. I sent them off about 3 months ago and I just pulled them out of the mailbox last night. They still have dirt on them so I hope they were fixed and not just sent back to me. I can't wait for the factory leds in the 17' super dutys.

Super Diesel · Apr 18, 2015

Jgon08 said:
Looks like I'll stick with hid's after all.

Yup. Same here. Kind of disappointing that LED bulbs aren't lasting the 100,000 hours that they claim. I'm sure it's not the bulb, but somewhere in the wiring that's messing up - but still... I wasn't expecting these kinds of issues so early.

Jassman · Apr 18, 2015

FordPSD64 said:
I don't think I'll do leds again. They're not bad but the brights are almost non existent. I have morimoto hids in my 15 and LEDs in my 6.0. I think I'm gonna go back to hids in the 6.0. The light output is just far better. I think for people who live in the City the LEDs work just fine. But all I use my 6.0 for is work and I work in the middle of no where. Having good light output when you're on ****ty roads hours from town is definitely nice. And my LEDs just don't produce the light I would like them to.

I'm just realizing that now..same thing. I might switch to HID once I find out on another members here experience is on another LED bulb that he is trying. My son put in HID's..and I'm sure it was a cheap version due to limited funds..all he had was one bad experience after another..Im on the road and need reliability.

Jassman · Apr 18, 2015

4EverBoosted1 said:
Looks like I will be building a set of projector retrofits for the truck.....

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can someone explain this to me what exactly is this..and is it legal cause I tow boats at night and do not want to get pulled over for the wrong lighting, then they'll check my permit and boat width..to old to be hassled..lol