Confused on headlights

Drew Robert · February 15, 2016

Hi guys,

I tried poking around and reading the sticky on HID but its just too complicated. I have a 2015 Silverado LTZ and the headlights are just terrible. My last truck had HID and this one has the old school Holigen lights which are very yellow. I have a few questions.

1. Is there a simple plug and play solution to this? I tried looking on ebay and there are lots of replacement but I don't know what is good and what is bad.

2. Does it matter if its HID or LED?

3. Everything I have looked at has been 6000K which would appear to be too blue to me. Am I wrong in this assumption?

Thanks.

Huetatos · February 15, 2016

Retrofitsource has a silverado kit thats plug n play. It'll give you better output with the stock projectors but if you want to you can do a FXR retrofit to get the best bang for your buck. Thats a bit more hands on savvy type. I have no experience with LEDS but I like my hids. Also a 5500k or 4500k kit will get you close to white.

tjn54321 · February 15, 2016

I have retro fit source HIDS in my low beam and my fog lights both are 650 0k. They are 10 times better then stock and I don't see and blue in them. And they were simple plug and play.

sk · February 16, 2016

I didn't order them yet but here is the Retrofit Source Morimoto kit that is plug-and-play:

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/hid-systems/morimoto-elite-hid-system-silverado-low-beam.html#.VsOBeNyZHcg

Since you have an LTZ with projectors you need to order the H11B bulbs.

CAS201 · February 16, 2016

Have you seen/heard how the H11A bulbs work in a reflector housing... I've always gone by the impression that HIDs don't belong in reflector housing, yet the retrofit source offers a bulb for reflectors

I didn't order them yet but here is the Retrofit Source Morimoto kit that is plug-and-play:

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/hid-systems/morimoto-elite-hid-system-silverado-low-beam.html#.VsOBeNyZHcg

Since you have an LTZ with projectors you need to order the H11B bulbs.

batman900 · February 16, 2016

Id also be interested to know in the above, I need something to improve nighttime visibility but I don't have projectors & don't want to spend a bunch to get them. Anything more simple would be great.

sk · February 17, 2016

No I haven't -- that's why I didn't purchase the kit yet. I have an electrical engineering background and know for a fact that reflector housings are NOT designed with HID bulbs in mind, that's why all OEM HID headlights come in projector housings. Until Retrofitsource/Morimoto can give me a good answer I'm not going to put HID's in reflector housings.

Now if you have an LTZ with projector housings I wouldn't hesitate to buy the kit from them ...

Huetatos · February 17, 2016

If you put hids in a reflector housing you're essentially just going to run high beams on at all times. You can spend an extra 120 and retrofit them to mini h1s with some work.

CAS201 · February 20, 2016

No I haven't -- that's why I didn't purchase the kit yet. I have an electrical engineering background and know for a fact that reflector housings are NOT designed with HID bulbs in mind, that's why all OEM HID headlights come in projector housings. Until Retrofitsource/Morimoto can give me a good answer I'm not going to put HID's in reflector housings.

Now if you have an LTZ with projector housings I wouldn't hesitate to buy the kit from them ...

Would you mind sharing what Retrofit/Morimoto advises you? I was going to e-mail them myself with the question for the H11A bulb

copperheadZ · February 21, 2016

I have a set from retrofit source in my 1t sierra and they are bright! I have the 55 ballast with 5000k bulbs...would be better with an upgraded projector but compared to stock the are night and day. Had mine for almost a year now and no issues with them.