02 Yukon Headlight Dilemma

[400K_or_bust]

Happy Wednesday everyone...

Looking for some quick advice here. Appreciate any input you folks have. Here is where I am at currently.

I have Depo Denali projector headlight assemblies and I took my truck to a local shop and had them put in HID's. I'm told they are 55w and I paid $265 for them. Unsure on brand etc. Well I have two problems...First they don't display downrange far enough (and I cannot adjust them any higher) and I've also discovered the warm up problem while driving on a dark road in the rain the other night when I switched from my high's back to my HID lows. I was basically driving in the dark for 3-7 seconds while HID's warmed up. That's not ever going to work in my world so for now I'm done with HID's.

At this point I just want to pull the HID's and drop in some LED's and not have to deal with it for awhile. Maybe in the future I'll go the whole bixenon, 4 high, etc etc mod. For now. I just want to be able to safely drive at night which is what started this whole debacle.

I've scoured the Internet including these forums and am trying to nail down the bulbs to buy. Right now I am considering the Cougar, the Hikari, Nineo, and the Morimoto kits, although I am open to about anything under $200 for a set.

Any and all advice is welcomed and I'm ready to go buy today.

One other question. Is there a market for me to sell my HID's if I gathered some more information on what they are? They're not defective, they just don't meet my immediate needs.

Thanks!!

 

[shreksbrother]

As you already pointed out, the 4 high mod would solve the lighting issue, so why not spend the $2 to do that?

As far as the light not projecting properly, perhaps the bulbs are not mounted properly in the projector? If I paid a shop money like that for HIDs, I would demand they make it right.


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[BADRIDES]

Let me know what you decide cause I'm having the same dilemma with the lights I have.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Got these from Amazon.
See great at night.

 

[400K_or_bust]

As you already pointed out, the 4 high mod would solve the lighting issue, so why not spend the $2 to do that?

As far as the light not projecting properly, perhaps the bulbs are not mounted properly in the projector? If I paid a shop money like that for HIDs, I would demand they make it right.


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Can’t say I disagree with you 90% of the time. I’m just in immediate need of reliable and safe lighting at this point. I probably will, once spring arrives go hold the shop accountable, and see what happens. But for now, living in the rainy PNW and doing a metric ton of after dark driving on country roads, I’m not willing to put in the time to monkey with it when I can solve my problem, even temporarily, by dropping in a set of LED’s and moving on with things. I’ll have plenty of time during the summer to fart around with HID and mods and whatnot. I probably shouldn’t have started in the first place during the winter.


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[Bombsquad85]

Please tell me the 265 included the headlights.....
LEDs in the highs will fix the warm up
The only way I can think of to better the output would be to do a retrofit with some actual Hid projectors

 

[adventurenali92]

I have the exact same LED setup that @Tonyrodz posted above^ and they are perfect! They’re not like the best LEDs in the world that are like “BAM in your face bright”, but for 50 bucks for the set, they perform incredibly well! The output is good, the color of light is very nice, and they are complete plug and play to the stock wiring! I currently have a set of spyder Denali projector heads on my 2006, and the Vouke LEDs in the projector puts out really good light. And not once have I been flashed with high beams, despite how bright they are. You should check them out. I got mine eBay for $50 for the set. I also have the Vouke LEDs with a little higher output in my high beams and they are great as well.

 

[400K_or_bust]

Please tell me the 265 included the headlights.....

I suppose I COULD tell you that. However, I would be lying. $200 for the bulbs, ballasts, wiring, etc. and $65 for labor. I kinda figured out on my own after a week or so that I may have overpaid...But eh...is what it is and I also don't know the brand or the quality of hardware used either.

I will be going back to the shop come spring time to let them know the setup did not meet my expectations. How they choose to handle my concerns will be the true testament in how I view the $265 I spent. If they work with me to help reach my goal with the lights then I'll consider it money well spent. If not, well it's a lesson and one that I only have to learn once.

LEDs in the highs will fix the warm up

How so? Would you mind explaining how LED's in the highs will reduce the warmup on the HID lows? Sorry, I just don't quite understand how that works.

 

[adventurenali92]

In my experience, If you wait til the spring they more then likely won’t do anything about. More than likely they will say well if you had an issue with the setup you should have brought it back after we installed it. Why wouldn’t you go back now instead of waiting?!

 

[400K_or_bust]

I have the exact same LED setup that @Tonyrodz posted above^ and they are perfect! They’re not like the best LEDs in the world that are like “BAM in your face bright”, but for 50 bucks for the set, they perform incredibly well! The output is good, the color of light is very nice, and they are complete plug and play to the stock wiring! I currently have a set of spyder Denali projector heads on my 2006, and the Vouke LEDs in the projector puts out really good light. And not once have I been flashed with high beams, despite how bright they are. You should check them out. I got mine eBay for $50 for the set. I also have the Vouke LEDs with a little higher output in my high beams and they are great as well.

@Bigbeardenali1992 and @Tonyrodz

BAM!!! This was precisely the info I was looking for!! I wicked appreciate it. Going off to Jeff Bezos' cash cow now to go grab a set.