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LED projector headlights - comparison to previous gen F-150?

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Interested what owners of 2021+ higher end trucks think of the LED projector headlights. Specifically, are they better than the previous generation LED lights. I have a 2020 limited and I must admit, they don't light up the road well at all. Disappointing but I remember reading someone thought the new gen is much better.
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Absolutely love them. And the adaptive feature is great too! I had a 2016 with the LEDs and these are much better.
 

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Possibly my favorite part of my truck, especially after enabling Glare-Free using Forscan
 

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I never driven an older F150, but compared to my Infiniti Q50 Red Sport with LED lighting, and my wife’s 330e with LED lighting…. It’s better. By a far margin.

And then if you enable glare-free lighting.. 😮
 

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Both of the LED lights on the 21+ are far superior to the 15-20 LED headlamps
 

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I thought my 2018 KingRanch LED headlights were great! But I was coming out of a Halogen XLT.

But the LED Projectors on this truck is far beyond what I ever thought Ford would put on their pickup truck. They were disparaged for their truck lighting for so long, I guess they finally responded.
And the technology packed in that housing is so unlike them.
 

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Exactly, the LED projector headlights in the new generation are better than the previous generation LED lights, new gen lights offer better visibility and illumination, making it easier to see the road ahead.
 

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I just wish that they were available from the factory on the regular cab.

My truck has pretty much all the newfangled technological gimmickry other than that and Bluecruise/parking assist.

Definitely swapping to the OEM projectors when a spoon fed tutorial pops up that enables 100% functionality!
 

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I found this on another thread. Per this website, the projector LED and reflector LED headlamps are about the same looking straight out in front of the vehicle. The projector does much better on the sides of the road versus the reflector. I'm interested in upgrading to the projector's but not sure if I am gaining all too much. I've re-aimed my fog lights which I think has helped quite a bit on the sides of the road.

https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/Ford/f-150-extended-cab-pickup/2022#headlights
 
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Thought so. Thanks for the replies. Extortion dealer markup prices are coming down a bit. May just take another stab at a Gen14. Sort of regret not taking delivery on the 22 PB Plat I ordered....
 

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I just wish that they were available from the factory on the regular cab.

My truck has pretty much all the newfangled technological gimmickry other than that and Bluecruise/parking assist.

Definitely swapping to the OEM projectors when a spoon fed tutorial pops up that enables 100% functionality!
This may not be “spoon fed” but my attempt at starting the conversation around the swap

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/led-projector-upgrades.16803/
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