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papy Enthusiast

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Hello,

 

i have a 2018 GMC 2500Hd 6.6 equipped with HID head lights. i am finding these lights to be very poor quality. i cant  see anything at night when i am driving. event he HIGH beams are no better than the LOW beams. i am shocked! is anyone else experiencing the same problem? 

 

my buddy has a 2017 chevy high country and his lights are amazing. his are a yellow OLD school type color and mine are a new blue looking color. 

 

my question i swap out the bulbs for a different color or is it more complicated than that? 

Nitrousbird Enthusiast

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Mine '18 has the factory LED setup and they are great.  Look into retrofitting those.

truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, papy said:

Hello,

 

i have a 2018 GMC 2500Hd 6.6 equipped with HID head lights. i am finding these lights to be very poor quality. i cant  see anything at night when i am driving. event he HIGH beams are no better than the LOW beams. i am shocked! is anyone else experiencing the same problem? 

 

my buddy has a 2017 chevy high country and his lights are amazing. his are a yellow OLD school type color and mine are a new blue looking color. 

 

my question i swap out the bulbs for a different color or is it more complicated than that? 

Did you buy the truck used?

 

i believe you have the same headlights as my ‘14 slt. In which case the oem color is not blue at all. It’s fairly yellow. They are indeed horrible headlights but you might have aftermarket bulbs

 

Go to fastheadlights.com and get the hylux ballast and 35w morimoto bulb. The oem projectors are fairly low quality but upgrading them might be more labor than you are looking for. You could start with just the ballast and the bulbs.

 

the owner of that site is a forum member here

 

 

papy Enthusiast

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i bought the truck new last year. it is indeed a blue-ish to white color. they are not yellow or even close to being yellow at all. my buddies chevy has the yellow OLD school color lights and this is what i am looking for. 

 

i will have a look at the website - thanks 

 

Nitrousbird Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, truckguy82 said:

i believe you have the same headlights as my ‘14 slt.

Different headlight housings as you have the older front end.

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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2 hours ago, papy said:

i bought the truck new last year. it is indeed a blue-ish to white color. they are not yellow or even close to being yellow at all. my buddies chevy has the yellow OLD school color lights and this is what i am looking for. 

 

i will have a look at the website - thanks 

 

What trim package do you have? 

rbrjr1 Enthusiast

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my 2018 Z71 LED headlights are awesome..

 

They're CLEARLY NOT aftermarket lights, but they're the furthest thing from "shitty"...

 

 

truckguy82 Senior Enthusiast

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52 minutes ago, rbrjr1 said:

my 2018 Z71 LED headlights are awesome..

 

They're CLEARLY NOT aftermarket lights, but they're the furthest thing from "shitty"...

 

 

Do you have an hd? No

rbrjr1 Enthusiast

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47 minutes ago, truckguy82 said:

Do you have an hd? No

if he's asking about 2500s, there is a whole different forum for those vehicles.

 

so, when you're in the 1500 forum and posting about HID headlights, expect a 1500 guy to reply about 1500 stuff..

 

if you're looking for only 2500 replies, move your mouse to the correct forum next time, KTHXBYE..

amxguy1970 Senior Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, rbrjr1 said:

if he's asking about 2500s, there is a whole different forum for those vehicles.

 

so, when you're in the 1500 forum and posting about HID headlights, expect a 1500 guy to reply about 1500 stuff..

 

if you're looking for only 2500 replies, move your mouse to the correct forum next time, KTHXBYE..

So he put it in the wrong forum and you can't read, sounds like you both need some help... 

 

Tyler

papy Enthusiast

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yeah like really guys come on now! i didn't realize that there was a 2500hd forum and a 1500hd forum.  i will try to find the mens (2500) forum and let you BOYS/KIDS battle it out on the 1500 forum...

 

also can you two show me where the 2500 form is? it says 2014-2018 silverado and sierra! it only referrers to HD or Sierra for 2019-2020 year models... 

 

thank you fellow members for positive responses

 

cheers 

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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27 minutes ago, papy said:

yeah like really guys come on now! i didn't realize that there was a 2500hd forum and a 1500hd forum.  i will try to find the mens (2500) forum and let you BOYS/KIDS battle it out on the 1500 forum...

 

also can you two show me where the 2500 form is? it says 2014-2018 silverado and sierra! it only referrers to HD or Sierra for 2019-2020 year models... 

 

thank you fellow members for positive responses

 

cheers 

At the top (close) of the page, click on the forums tab, rather that just letting it drop down.

This will take you to all of the forums (different vehicles) on the site, you will know you are there because the page will different from where you are at now.

 

 

papy Enthusiast

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2 minutes ago, JimCost2014 said:

At the top (close) of the page, click on the forums tab, rather that just letting it drop down.

This will take you to all of the forums (different vehicles) on the site, you will know you are there because the page will different from where you are at now.

 

 

Thank you JimCost2014. i appreciate it. I now know where to go, i didn't realize that i had to click on the tab.

cheers and Merry Christmas 

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