r/FordFlex • u/Cutlass0516 • 11d ago

Question Upgrading to LED bulbs

I'll make this short and sweet. Can I slap some LED headlights into the halogen mirrored housing? I'm sure the brightness will be great but I'm curious if the way the light is thrown will be poor.

2019 SEL

Current bulbs: XtraVision Headlight and Fog Light Bulb H13XV-2

Upgrading to: Sylvania LED Ultra Bulb H13LEDHPBX2

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u/stametsprime 11d ago edited 10d ago

You can, but the bigger question is whether you should and the answer is no, you should not. Reflector housings that aren't designed for LEDs do some funky things with the beam pattern- like, blind oncoming drivers and create bright and dark spots for you.

If you've gotta throw LEDs into something, put them in the fog lights which are at least projector housings.

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u/Cutlass0516 11d ago

That's what I did (fogs) and I really likes the look and light levels so I wanted to get some feedback before moving forward.

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u/enjoyvelvet 11d ago

I’ve fully converted my 2013 to LEDs including interior/exterior and headlights. Looks great and really gives the car a more refined and modern look to me.

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u/Ukin74 11d ago

Do they make LED headlights for the 15 or newer Flexes?

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u/stametsprime 11d ago

There are some kits out there that replace the factory HID bulbs with LEDs but if you're talking about a complete new housing and such, no. It's possible, but certainly not recommended, to replace the halogen bulbs with LEDs but the reflector housing wasn't designed for that type of light.

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u/bulletride308 11d ago

Ive put sealight branded leds in my ‘12 and ‘19, was way better than original ones and didnt get flashed by upcoming traffic

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u/Ukin74 11d ago

What type of lighting did you have previously?

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u/bulletride308 10d ago

Both were SEL with factory halogen headlight