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I replaced the headlights and internal lights in both our cars with LED's. It really made a positive difference. You do need to research your cars requirements though. One of our cars (a Jepp) required a canbus adapter. Newer all Stellantis vehicles require a proprietary adapter from the dealer costing a couple hundred dollars. You also want to be sure your current headlight are reflector or projector style. If they are reflector, you may need to switch out the bowl to keep from blinding oncoming traffic.
Easiest thing is to google your car and year to see about compatabilty.
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I did this replacement on a 2010 Jeep Wrangler because the headlights were so dim you needed to light a candle to see if they were on. That replacement went very well and the LEDs were drop in replacements.
Tried doing this with all the lights on a friends large Class A RV and everything worked except the backup lights. With LED backup lights installed whenever he'd try to put the RV into reverse it would kill the engine. Determined that there wasn't enough resistance in the LEDs so it didn't think there was any backup light available and was killing the engine as a safety measure. Didn't try to adjust the resistance, just put the original lights back in for the backups. Everything else worked just fine.
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I did a replacement on Mazda 3. It did require an additional part to keep the daylight lights on, but altogether was cheap and easy. It is all model specific.
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I installed LED headlights on my old minivan after a long scary drive at night in the rain in a construction zone in Appalachia. Massive difference, loved it. Did the same for my old Subaru. And got a recall notice because “they were too bright”.
I kept them. Old diabetic dude starting in on night vision problems. I need to get a set of night vision goggles again.
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I replaced the halogen lights in my 2017 VW Alltrack with Ed's Reps LEDs. Not cheap - the entire enclosure must be switched out because it needs a projector rather than reflector (or some such thing - I'm no expert).
They were better than the stock halogens.
I then traded the car for a 2017 GTI with the light package that includes HID lights. My eyes find the HID lights better than the LEDs. The LEDs were too focused, and there was too much of the road that was not lit.
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yep, only safe for projector housings, not reflector.
only have switched my one vehicle that had projector housings.
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Bill in NC wrote:
yep, only safe for projector housings, not reflector.
only have switched my one vehicle that had projector housings.
There was a projector beam option for the Ford C-Max-
https://exactfitautoparts.com/for-sale/body-electrical/2013-2018-ford-c-max-front-left-right-headlights
If there's a forum dedicated to the C-Max, maybe ask on there how difficult replacing a headlight assembly is and if anyone has upgraded their own headlights.
