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2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Best HID headlight kit and/or LED rear t

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2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT

 

Looking for best HID headlight low beam kit and fog light kit and/or LED rear tail lamp bulbs only, not the whole tail light.

 

Any help would be appreciated..thanks.

Waaazooo Senior Enthusiast

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Osram. Exclamation. Period.

But if your housing isn't made for hid, they will all be about the same.. better than oem halogen but not as good as oem hid.

 

 

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amxguy1970 Senior Enthusiast

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FIrst you need to pick out your favorite headlight assembly or buy some LTZ headlights. After that there are numberous threads that will give you the top choices, there are a few out there.

 

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There's an exhaustive post to read, that I have read through twice, that will give you ALL of the information you need to know. Osram and Philips are good, but as far as kits go- Morimito is very popular. Good luck to you, I'm going to get rid of my 2015 LTZ because I hate the headlights so bad, and I don't want to go through what the HID post says to do. (Replace projectors, wire in HID relays to battery, drill holes in dust caps to pass wires through, mount ballasts and anti flicker, trouble shoot, have more issues, cuss, email people here for help, get super pissed because moisture is now getting into housing due to holes in dust caps & higher heat level, blah blah blah)

I went with Xenon Depot LEDs, they look much better than halogen and they fit behind the factory dust caps). But it still isn't good. All I wanted was lighting as good as my 10 year old 2007 Escalade or 2006 Range Rover Sport Factory HID systems.

 

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ChevyRoofer Senior Enthusiast

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There's an exhaustive post to read, that I have read through twice, that will give you ALL of the information you need to know. Osram and Philips are good, but as far as kits go- Morimito is very popular. Good luck to you, I'm going to get rid of my 2015 LTZ because I hate the headlights so bad, and I don't want to go through what the HID post says to do. (Replace projectors, wire in HID relays to battery, drill holes in dust caps to pass wires through, mount ballasts and anti flicker, trouble shoot, have more issues, cuss, email people here for help, get super pissed because moisture is now getting into housing due to holes in dust caps & higher heat level, blah blah blah)

I went with Xenon Depot LEDs, they look much better than halogen and they fit behind the factory dust caps). But it still isn't good. All I wanted was lighting as good as my 10 year old 2007 Escalade or 2006 Range Rover Sport Factory HID systems.

 

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I'd recommend the OEM 2016 LTZ headlights then. Brightest LED lighting I've seen yet.

 

And I've seen that these are able to be installed on 14-15 Silverados with a correct harness from Gen5DIY.

Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

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I'd recommend the OEM 2016 LTZ headlights then. Brightest LED lighting I've seen yet.

 

And I've seen that these are able to be installed on 14-15 Silverados with a correct harness from Gen5DIY.

 

 

I tested my Philips bulbs against a 2016 Denali and was easily as good if not better light output. Mind you I do run a precision projector that is better than OEM. This is not definitive by any means only based on mine and the other guys perception, not like we pulled out light meters or anything. I tried asking GM who makes their LED chips and the answer was and I quote 'That information is not available to the public at this time'. So if they are not saying there is no way in heck they are using the best around (Philips) considering the other bulbs are made in Hungary (Volsa) it is safe to say they went with the lowest bidder. Would love to see one cracked open and the led chips exposed to find out.

 

Besides it costs about $1500 USD + the wiring harness + install at that rate you may as well just trade for a 2016 =D

Waaazooo Senior Enthusiast

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I tested my Philips bulbs against a 2016 Denali as was easily as good if not better light output. Mind you I do run a precision projector that is better than OEM. I tried asking GM who makes their LED chips and the answer was and I quote 'That information is not available to the public at this time'. So if they are not saying there is no way in heck they are using the best around (Philips) considering the other bulbs are made in Hungary (Volsa) it is safe to say they went with the lowest bidder. Would love to see one cracked open and the led chips exposed to find out.

 

Besides it costs about $1500 USD + the wiring harness + install at that rate you may as well just trade for a 2016 =D

You don't think ac delco makes them?

 

 

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sk Senior Enthusiast

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I'd recommend the OEM 2016 LTZ headlights then. Brightest LED lighting I've seen yet.

 

And I've seen that these are able to be installed on 14-15 Silverados with a correct harness from Gen5DIY.

 

Not without changing the entire front end. The 16/17 Silverados have different hood/grill/trim/bumper filler than the 14/15's and the headlight housings don't line up without changing all the additional parts. You also may need to have your BCM reflashed (some have needed it, some have not).

A.J. Curtis Enthusiast

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Not without changing the entire front end. The 16/17 Silverados have different hood/grill/trim/bumper filler than the 14/15's and the headlight housings don't line up without changing all the additional parts. You also may need to have your BCM reflashed (some have needed it, some have not).

This and Gen5diy does not list a plug and play for the 2016 headlights, only the tail lights. They only have DRL mod harness's listed on the site. maybe they have not added them to the site yet?

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