LED Headlight bulbs for the Ford

[George and Kim]

Right before we went on our last trip I decided I couldn't live with the amount of available light put out by the stock Ford headlights so I decided I would give the cheap LED drop ins a try.

The problem with the newer Fords is they use a single H13 bulb for high/low. In LED world that means (currently) you can't have high and low beams simultaneously. You could try the Silverstars to maintain the high/low combo, but the color and output of the LEDs just on low, in my opinion, make them a better choice.

I'm sure a complete headlight assembly with reflectors designed for LED would be better, but last I looks those run about $200 each. The Amazon drop in bulbs set me back $30 for the pair!

A note on the swap out. Ford in their wisdom used a 8mm head on the top bolt, but used 7mm on the near blind ones under the headlight assembly. Once I figured that out I sat there cussing some engineer who I never met for longer than it took me to drop both bulbs in and button it back up.