Tahoe/Yukon Headlight Information Thread

[kwOH]

Aftermarket 'Projector' Housings (ebay specials)

What you got there is pieces of shit.

LOL

 

[Aj Mayo]

Eagle eyes 110
D2s 4.0 140
Acme ballast 60
Xb 5500k 40
Shroud 20
Output...priceless

 

[tiktok4321]

I find stock headlights to be perfectly bright. I would like to change the wavelength, though. I have 6000K white lights in the interior of my car. Are there any standard Halogens that are a direct replacement for stock with 6000K coolness?

 

[05Single]

I find stock headlights to be perfectly bright. I would like to change the wavelength, though. I have 6000K white lights in the interior of my car. Are there any standard Halogens that are a direct replacement for stock with 6000K coolness?

No, not without killing the brightness. There are blue coated halogens and they have to be really coated to match 6000k. The coating is basically a tint, anything you tint kills light. In that case you lose 30%...40%...50% brightness in your headlights. That's not what I read online, thats my personal experience.

 

[dro45]

Serge, simply outstanding, and will save me much time, money, and aggravation.

I live in deer country and do want more light on the side of the road, about 100 to 200 yards out so that I can spot the deer about to cross the road, and hopefully slow down and avoid them. It appears that no headlight option is really going to do anything dramatic. I hate to put a full blown deer bar, or bull bar, on the front of my 2009 Yukon and mount driving lights on that because I think they're ugly.

The ideal solution would be that someone made a turnkey kit to replace the useless fog lights with driving lights, but I've never seen that offered.

Appreciate any ideas from anyone.

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Serge, simply outstanding, and will save me much time, money, and aggravation.

I live in deer country and do want more light on the side of the road, about 100 to 200 yards out so that I can spot the deer about to cross the road, and hopefully slow down and avoid them. It appears that no headlight option is really going to do anything dramatic. I hate to put a full blown deer bar, or bull bar, on the front of my 2009 Yukon and mount driving lights on that because I think they're ugly.

The ideal solution would be that someone made a turnkey kit to replace the useless fog lights with driving lights, but I've never seen that offered.

Appreciate any ideas from anyone.

Morimoto makes a turn key LED driving fog light replacement, but it's not gonna work for what you need it to. But everyday driving, it is wonderful.

And to be quite honest, I'm retrofitted with the Morimoto D2S 4.0, and that high beam is what you need. It outshines anything that I have seen. Light Bar, bull bar, LED or not. The high beam is monstrous. I wish i was closer to give you a preview.

I run 5500k bulbs and they are white with a VERY slight hint of blue. The purist white with no yellow that you can get, imho.

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[RichardCranium]

Eagle eyes 110
D2s 4.0 140
Acme ballast 60
Xb 5500k 40
Shroud 20
Output...priceless

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Ordered my well-illuminated future from Retrofit over the weekend, with D2S 4.0 bi-xenon as well. Can't wait to get it all installed. Thanks for the help again.

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Ordered my well-illuminated future from Retrofit over the weekend, with D2S 4.0 bi-xenon as well. Can't wait to get it all installed. Thanks for the help again.

You will enjoy the d2s 4.0! Be prepared to dremel the stock socket out. And have fun baking those suckers!

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[93blkongreenpro]

Serge, simply outstanding, and will save me much time, money, and aggravation.

I live in deer country and do want more light on the side of the road, about 100 to 200 yards out so that I can spot the deer about to cross the road, and hopefully slow down and avoid them. It appears that no headlight option is really going to do anything dramatic. I hate to put a full blown deer bar, or bull bar, on the front of my 2009 Yukon and mount driving lights on that because I think they're ugly.

The ideal solution would be that someone made a turnkey kit to replace the useless fog lights with driving lights, but I've never seen that offered.

Appreciate any ideas from anyone.

Ordered my well-illuminated future from Retrofit over the weekend, with D2S 4.0 bi-xenon as well. Can't wait to get it all installed. Thanks for the help again.

Low and Hi beam shots from this evening from.the D2S 4.0

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[RichardCranium]

Low and Hi beam shots from this evening from.the D2S 4.0

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Nice man, can't wait!

 

[EMizzle]

I wish I had seen this a few hours ago....Morimoto heat sinks are too big for my 09 Tahoe.


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[TravisBurrell]

I have a question about the stock headlamps for the 07-14 Yukons.
I have been searching for days on the right place to ask this question since I couldn't find my answer.

I have a 2014 Yukon Denali and I was going to purchase a set of ebay headlamps (Don't worry I changed my mind) and when I went to possibly order them they said they would fit a 2014 Yukon SLT but would not fit a 2014 Yukon Denali??? I figured it was just some moron selling products they had no clue about.

Im going to buy a retrofit projector set from someone but my question is...
Are the headlamps different at all between the 07-14 Yukon and Yukon Denali?

I know its a dumb question but I just want to be sure all of this generation of headlamp fit between each other and that there were no major differences?
I know that I read somewhere that the Denali headlamp looks slightly different inside the lamp or something?
Im asking about the sizing though and spacing of the back of all of the headlamps.

I want to be sure that this used retrofit from a few years back still fits the 2014 Yukon Denali.

 

[Vanquish Auto]

Same headlights. We do professional retrofits

Www.HidRetrofitkit.com


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[GranPrix]

Why bi-xenon and not a low beam projector like a Koito from an S2k?

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Why bi-xenon and not a low beam projector like a Koito from an S2k?

Bc it's a simple all in one unit. If you do a low beam only like a s2k, then where is your high beam going to go in an Yukon headlight?



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[GranPrix]

Oh I'm thinking a Tahoe headlight.

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Oh I'm thinking a Tahoe headlight.

What would you do for high beams? Leds are really up for a fight with the hid low beams. HID high beams require a few seconds for warm up and makes flash to pass not so instantaneous. I havnt heard much about HIR's lately. Halogen high beams would be worthless.

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[GranPrix]

Well let me start by saying I'm spoiled when it comes to HID because of my S2000 which till this day along with the LS430 projectors are the best HID projectors out there as far as beam pattern, cut-off and light output.

So as far as low beams for me it's HID (S2k Koito projector), LED/Halogen depending on the application. It'***** or miss. (This doesn't include OEM LED, can't beat that with an LED in a housing meant for halogen). And lastly OEM halogen.

Like you mentioned, turning ON/OFF HIDs is a HUGE No No due to possibly frying the ballast. We're talking 23,000 Volts at start up every time you turn them on... So for highbeams like on a Yukon I would defenitly do a Bi-Xenon set up.

Again I'm use to my S2k with the HID/Halogen set up from factory. I'm not a fan of two sets of HID set ups for both Low and High beam applications. I would probably test out an LED for the high beams on a vehicle with seperate lows and highs like my Tahoe or the S.

A set of RX350 Bi-Xenons would be nice or Bi-LED Koito or Osram would nice to or some OEM Bosch E46 BMW Bi-Xenon projectors.

 

[93blkongreenpro]

Well let me start by saying I'm spoiled when it comes to HID because of my S2000 which till this day along with the LS430 projectors are the best HID projectors out there as far as beam pattern, cut-off and light output.

So as far as low beams for me it's HID (S2k Koito projector), LED/Halogen depending on the application. It'***** or miss. (This doesn't include OEM LED, can't beat that with an LED in a housing meant for halogen). And lastly OEM halogen.

Like you mentioned, turning ON/OFF HIDs is a HUGE No No due to possibly frying the ballast. We're talking 23,000 Volts at start up every time you turn them on... So for highbeams like on a Yukon I would defenitly do a Bi-Xenon set up.

Again I'm use to my S2k with the HID/Halogen set up from factory. I'm not a fan of two sets of HID set ups for both Low and High beam applications. I would probably test out an LED for the high beams on a vehicle with seperate lows and highs like my Tahoe or the S.

A set of RX350 Bi-Xenons would be nice or Bi-LED Koito or Osram would nice to or some OEM Bosch E46 BMW Bi-Xenon projectors.

People convert the LS460s to bi-xenon, so if the space is available, that is an option. I wanted a quick retro in my nnbs, so I went with the d2s 4.0, switchbacks and morimoto xb LEDs for the fogs.

And the Denali headlights are different than the regular Yukon headlights. The inlay is silver instead of chrome.

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[Mickey_7106]

Which switchbacks are you using? you have the set up i want minus the denali headlights

People convert the LS460s to bi-xenon, so if the space is available, that is an option. I wanted a quick retro in my nnbs, so I went with the d2s 4.0, switchbacks and morimoto xb LEDs for the fogs.

And the Denali headlights are different than the regular Yukon headlights. The inlay is silver instead of chrome.

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