Best headlight bulbs for stock Yukon halogen housings

[thefrey]

Starting a new thread since there's a good amount of new bulbs that have come out in the past couple of years.

Just had a bulb go out last night and looking for advice on replacements.

My last set was a Philips H13 VisionPlus... I got them in January and they already have burnt out. Although, I have probably driven 450 hours this year. They did good, and were pretty bright. High beams were okay, but not sure if that's just the stock housing.


What's a good solid bulb for stock housings?

I don't know how I feel about LEDs considering the glare w/ them in stock housings + people using cheap amazon LEDs in halogen housings that blind other people on the road... But if anyone has a solid LED that they found that works with these housings, I could be persuaded. Especially if they have a longer life considering the DRLs are the low beams.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

I've used a few LED headlights, and I have zeroed in on the GTR Ultra 2 LED headlights. They are not cheap, but they are adjustable (an absolute requirement with LEDs), and they have a lifetime warranty. The properly adjusted beam pattern is excellent. I would highly recommend these LEDs. I purchased them through Headlight Revolution, and they are great folks to do business with.

 

[Bigburb3500]

Anything on Temu that’s on sale… have used them in my Land Cruiser and in my Suburban. They work even better in the old school reflector style headlights.

Don’t overspend unless you are getting something like Diode Dynamic but I paid $15 with shipping and have no issues.

 

[thefrey]

I've used a few LED headlights, and I have zeroed in on the GTR Ultra 2 LED headlights. They are not cheap, but they are adjustable (an absolute requirement with LEDs), and they have a lifetime warranty. The properly adjusted beam pattern is excellent. I would highly recommend these LEDs. I purchased them through Headlight Revolution, and they are great folks to do business with.

Seems like they are on sale for about $115. Might have to check them out. Full price on amazon is 1/4 of the Morimotos... and for that price you might as well spend $1000 hahah

I might end up picking your brain at some point about your supercharger kit. If I keep my Yukon, I might slap a turbo on er' in the coming years. Emphasis on might. But it would be a blast.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Seems like they are on sale for about $115. Might have to check them out. Full price on amazon is 1/4 of the Morimotos... and for that price you might as well spend $1000 hahah

I might end up picking your brain at some point about your supercharger kit. If I keep my Yukon, I might slap a turbo on er' in the coming years. Emphasis on might. But it would be a blast.

Make sure that the warranty is honored, if you purchase them through Amazon, and make sure that they are unopened and not used. I have absolutely no idea about these, but some premium products do not honor warranties, if purchased through a non-certified vendor.

I see that Headlight Revolution is selling these same limited number of LEDs (GTR Ultra 2) at $106.00 each, BUT they are open box, and they do NOT come with the lifetime warranty. The new GTR Ultra series is GTR Ultra 3 LEDs, and they sell at the more 'normal' higher price and include the life time warranty.

As always, you get what you pay for, AT BEST.

PM me anytime that you want to discuss any aspects of my supercharger project. I expect to get my 4.10 gears installed within the next 2+ weeks, and it will make even more smiles per mile.

 

[thefrey]

Make sure that the warranty is honored, if you purchase them through Amazon, and make sure that they are unopened and not used. I have absolutely no idea about these, but some premium products do not honor warranties, if purchased through a non-certified vendor.

I see that Headlight Revolution is selling these same limited number of LEDs (GTR Ultra 2) at $106.00 each, BUT they are open box, and they do NOT come with the lifetime warranty. The new GTR Ultra series is GTR Ultra 3 LEDs, and they sell at the more 'normal' higher price and include the life time warranty.

As always, you get what you pay for, AT BEST.

PM me anytime that you want to discuss any aspects of my supercharger project. I expect to get my 4.10 gears installed within the next 2+ weeks, and it will make even more smiles per mile.

Do you think those bulbs have too much glare or do they do a good job at having a cutoff? Videos that I’ve seen in the past show LEDs have a decent cutoff but lots of glare in the housing. But I don’t know about high end LED bulbs and if you have people flashing you or anything.

Also, how’s high beam performance? I feel like the stock high beams with a filament bulb leave a lot of want on the table

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Do you think those bulbs have too much glare or do they do a good job at having a cutoff? Videos that I’ve seen in the past show LEDs have a decent cutoff but lots of glare in the housing. But I don’t know about high end LED bulbs and if you have people flashing you or anything.

Also, how’s high beam performance? I feel like the stock high beams with a filament bulb leave a lot of want on the table

I have my light beam adjusted to be flat on top from within the LED assembly itself, and the top of the flat beam adjusted properly in the light housing itself. I don't have anyone flashing me. The high beam is decent for me, and where I live, there are no road side lines and no road shoulders and no street lights.

 

[Sir_Hiro]

I run the 9008 Philips X-Treme Vision in mine and they are far better than any other Halogen bulbs I've tried besides their Night Guide Platinums which are more money but also burn out quicker.

Sylvania Silverstar and ZXE bulbs are not worth the hype. Horrible for the price point they market them at.