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I've literally been across the country in my truck, and driven through all geography this country has to offer.  The led lights in these trucks are excellent.  My previous vehicle was a Saturn Outlook.  It had HID projector headlamps.  They were good, too.  Only complaint I have about the Silverado led lamps is how high they are.  I feel so bad for the cars in front of me when stopped at a tree light at night that I turn off my headlights until the light turns green and they get going.  I've noticed my lights are blinding the driver via their rear view mirror or side mirrors.  I watch then mess with the mirrors or put their hands up to block the light.  I wish GM would use the current technology on the trucks to turn off the headlights when the truck is at a complete stop and there's a car stopped a few feet in front of you.  The tech is already there.  Just need to integrate it appropriately.

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On 8/16/2021 at 4:32 AM, It's Tim said:

I've never realized so many people have night blindness.

Vitamin A deficiency.  Mom was right -- they should've eaten their veggies. 

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Coming from a 2010 Toyota Tundra with retrofit HIDs, these lights are considerably better. My drive home from the dealership included some two lane mountain roads, and I could see everything in front and to the side of me. If I wanted more, turned on the brites. no problems. I did have a few people flashing their lights at me as they thought I was driving with my high beams on. I let them think I was a jerk, because I didn't want to cause an accident by flashing my high beams at them and freaking them out.

 

I am now a little concerned about how long the lights will last. Obviously, we got at least 3 years as 2018 models have been around for a while and I don't see anyone complaining about having to replace a HC or Denali head light. I would imagine we're probably around 5 years life expectancy, hopefully by then we'll have something figured out.

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2 hours ago, speedjunky78 said:

Coming from a 2010 Toyota Tundra with retrofit HIDs, these lights are considerably better. My drive home from the dealership included some two lane mountain roads, and I could see everything in front and to the side of me. If I wanted more, turned on the brites. no problems. I did have a few people flashing their lights at me as they thought I was driving with my high beams on. I let them think I was a jerk, because I didn't want to cause an accident by flashing my high beams at them and freaking them out.

 

I am now a little concerned about how long the lights will last. Obviously, we got at least 3 years as 2018 models have been around for a while and I don't see anyone complaining about having to replace a HC or Denali head light. I would imagine we're probably around 5 years life expectancy, hopefully by then we'll have something figured out.

One of my fog lights on my 2020 anyway burned out, but it was replaced under warranty.  Truck wasn't even a year old at that point.  New one are $150 because they're also LED.  

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13 hours ago, Transient said:

One of my fog lights on my 2020 anyway burned out, but it was replaced under warranty.  Truck wasn't even a year old at that point.  New one are $150 because they're also LED.  

 

I've seen a few fog light kits on different sites, but yeah, warranty would be best. I wonder if a sealed headlight going out would be covered under a bump-to-bumper since it's not a maintenance-able part....hmm. I wonder.

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On 6/18/2021 at 1:15 AM, msaul37 said:

i figured when i traded my '14 silverado that the LEDs would be night/day difference, but other than the 'color', that's all i've seen. I do half of my driving at night, so i need to have more vision down the road for suicidal deer.  I'm afraid the only way to upgrade them is to get entire headlight replacements.. housing and all. I also don't like how focused the beam is. I don't want to blind oncoming drivers, but if something like a deer is 5 ft to the side of the truck, about 50 ft away, I can't really see it.

I have the same problem. I had to install a pair of Lasfit pod ditch lights to solve the problem with my 2019 Silverado RST. I already hot one deer last year up in the mountains where I live. I also installed the Rough Country grill lights. Good luck.

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" I will not purchase a Toyota, because I only buy American, but I will only purchase older GM vehicles from now on

The tundra is probably  more American made than the Silverado.  The Tundra is made from 60% domestically sourced parts with only 15% coming from japan.  The Chevrolet is made up of 62% of its parts sourced from US and Canada.

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On 8/18/2021 at 4:21 PM, speedjunky78 said:

 

I've seen a few fog light kits on different sites, but yeah, warranty would be best. I wonder if a sealed headlight going out would be covered under a bump-to-bumper since it's not a maintenance-able part....hmm. I wonder.

 

They are covered under warranty, ive had the drivers side replaced twice now on my '22. But dealer did warn me that if it happens after 36k mile bumper to bumper its $1200 out of pocket. so im not looking forward to that!

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