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Dangerdick
Dangerdick

We have three trucks lined up. All 2015 Sierras, 1 SLT and 2 Denalis. Stock Headlights Morimoto Sierra-Spec HID kit in factory housing FX-R Retrofit with XB35 bulbs courtesy or a popular retrof

Spurshot
Spurshot

DD, Thanks much for posting this.   But, while the efforts to compare these is honorable, the information to the reader is anecdotal.   In order to tell how well a driver can see with each, the

BootyHunter86
BootyHunter86

Both with and without fogs. Brighter pictures are with both on. The lower light pics are just headlights     Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

truckguy82

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28 minutes ago, Terp84Alum said:

2015 Sierra 1500. What is my best option? I'm tired of risking lives at night.

If you have slt/denali projectors, because that’s what I have and I dunno what the other type of headlight has or if it‘s any different

 

hylux 35w ballast, morimoto 35w bulbs, plug in and done

 

if you want the fancy pants beam pattern, which is actually functionally better as well, and don’t mind a little diy work, d2s mini 5.0 projectors. (I have 4.0, i think they came out with 5.0 now)


buy from retrofit source

 

Led’s and regular bulb upgrades pail in comparison to 35w hid.

 

i think if you tried 100 different setups and were the worlds leading expert on headlight upgrades, you’d chose this setup in the end for cost/performance/reliability

 

Amcguy1970 Enthusiast

Amcguy1970

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On 7/19/2021 at 6:02 PM, Terp84Alum said:

2015 Sierra 1500. What is my best option? I'm tired of risking lives at night.

Risking lives? Are your headlights out? Are you driving too fast for road conditions? The stock lights are so much better than any sealed beam or most halogen setups (I have been in plenty of the pre HID/LED Sierra K2's, no complaints). Not sure why people think these are not safe, that is just flat out true. People need to have realistic expectations or stop comparing the lights to aftermarket light bars or some other light source that completely decimates a stock headlight setup...

 

Tyler

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Terp84Alum

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53 minutes ago, Amcguy1970 said:

Risking lives? Are your headlights out? Are you driving too fast for road conditions? The stock lights are so much better than any sealed beam or most halogen setups (I have been in plenty of the pre HID/LED Sierra K2's, no complaints). Not sure why people think these are not safe, that is just flat out true. People need to have realistic expectations or stop comparing the lights to aftermarket light bars or some other light source that completely decimates a stock headlight setup...

 

Tyler

Lol. These headlights are worse (and more dangerous) than my old 2000 Jeep TJ. 

truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

truckguy82

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On 7/19/2021 at 8:01 PM, Terp84Alum said:

I have a SLE

These? 

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/2014-sierra-morimoto-elite-HS-SIERRA?quantity=1

No that has the morimoto ballast and all that other BS. Hylux 35w ballast and bulbs is all you need.

 

just call them, its easier. The people that answer the phone know what they are doing.

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ColdIronAxe Enthusiast

ColdIronAxe

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On 2/13/2015 at 2:00 AM, hutch08 said:

No love for DDM??? Haha, I don't doubt that the Morimoto's are better quality but I've always had great success with DDM... especially for the price!

DDM 35watt 4500k
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/hutch08_photo/Sierra%20AT/20150212_231748_zpsiarbzxem.jpg

DDM LED Fogs + Amber Delete Tron Mod
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/hutch08_photo/Sierra%20AT/20150207_202756_zps8cbjcchz.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/hutch08_photo/Sierra%20AT/20150207_202942_zps62zhuhoy.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/hutch08_photo/Sierra%20AT/20150207_203049_zpsqj3xu5vk.jpg





 

I like those a lot. Looking to do something similar with my AT clone

ColdIronAxe Enthusiast

ColdIronAxe

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On 4/15/2016 at 6:55 PM, rilcoat said:

I have always bought my HID kits from china for $50, and the worst thing was the connectors, so I just cut them off and solder them.

 

I recently when to Retrofit Source for my HIDs since they are supposed to be "high quality".

 

Since the install 2 weeks ago, I had a ballast go, and just today a bulb burnt out. the bulb had the worst smell of sulfur I have ever smelt. This is all in 2 weeks

 

My opinion. Go to Chine and spend $40-50 on HIDs or LEDs. You get the same or better quality than morimoto from retrofit source.

I’ve always bought from eBay as well. I wondered if there was much difference between Morimito and eBay. Didn’t really look like much of a difference to me either. 

MikeBMW Senior Enthusiast

MikeBMW

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32 minutes ago, ColdIronAxe said:

I’ve always bought from eBay as well. I wondered if there was much difference between Morimito and eBay. Didn’t really look like much of a difference to me either. 

There is a difference. Build quality and light output as well as ease of connections.
I went from HIDs to the Morimoto XBs and I like the look and light quality. also, you have a warranty with a stable company to fall back on if things go sideways.
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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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22 hours ago, ColdIronAxe said:

I like those a lot. Looking to do something similar with my AT clone

There is no way that beam pattern is from a 2014/2015 slt/denali

 

our projectors have sort of a rough lens, reminds me of like privacy glass. They build it to intentionally not have a sharp beam pattern. Why, I have no idea. When I took my slt projector out, it was of much better build quality then the d2s mini 4.0 I replace it with. I don’t know why the hell they put that expensive heavy duty projector in with some crappy beam pattern. D2s mini feels cheaps but the beam pattern is razor sharp and really wide and uniform

 

 

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dodge stomper Enthusiast

dodge stomper

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I have a stock 2015 Silverado 3500 is there a great quality plug and play upgrade for my OEM driving lights and Fog's?  I loved the Newer trucks lights as I traded my 2018 1500 in for this 2015 but the difference in the lights are not even in the same ballpark. I have not upgraded in two yours since the Truck upgrade because I find it all complicated and not sure who to trust with quality and Just simple long lasting proformance as an OEM is.  As I said Plug and play as I am disabled.  Thanks Everyone!

 

DS

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truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

truckguy82

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On 11/7/2021 at 2:14 PM, dodge stomper said:

I have a stock 2015 Silverado 3500 is there a great quality plug and play upgrade for my OEM driving lights and Fog's?  I loved the Newer trucks lights as I traded my 2018 1500 in for this 2015 but the difference in the lights are not even in the same ballpark. I have not upgraded in two yours since the Truck upgrade because I find it all complicated and not sure who to trust with quality and Just simple long lasting proformance as an OEM is.  As I said Plug and play as I am disabled.  Thanks Everyone!

 

DS

There is nothing that is oem quality except buying a better bulb.

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