Asross72 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 The previous owner replaced the whole headlight assembly with new ones. Is it worth doing the deep space light upgrade at this point or is that for lights that have aged? Also, I replaced the LED tail-lights with new ones and fixed the rats nest of wiring that was there at the back. I noticed one night, while walking by, that there was a very faint glow coming from them. At first I thought it was a reflection, but upon close inspection, it is definitely coming from 2 of the LED elements in the middle of the light. Any thoughts on why it's doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke-E Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 The glow from the LEDs is normal--though it's actually the turn/brake part that's lighting up. It's a solid state control with a small leakage current, where the parking lights are relay controlled. As far as being worth it to upgrade the headlights when you've got new housings, I'll leave others to comment on that. There are a number of folks here who have done just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hone eagle Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I bought my HID from Dave and installed them into new housings ,worth it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickW Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 My original light housing were well original and really showing their age when I bought the truck. I replaced them. Made a huge difference on the rare occasion I had to drive at night. Last year I did the HID conversion and again huge difference. I am glad that I have done both. Sitting so high up and look so far down the road every little bit makes a difference and helps. I will also add with the HID light change and the high beams on, I have found that I really do not need the auxiliary driving lights. They no longer make a noticeable difference the way they use to with the stock headlights, even in the new housings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asross72 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Excellent, I'll add it to the project list. And thanks Dave, for the LED info. Thought maybe I had hooked up something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 If you are doing any driving at night buy Dave's light kit. I was still driving commercially when I did mine and they are well worth the money. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSeas Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Check the manufacturer of your "new" headlight assy's before you order Dave's light kit. IIRC the kits are a bit different based on the maker of the headlight assy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclord2002 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Assross72, I have led tail lights on my 2006 780 and for a while I had the same glow.....then it just went away. ......Don't know why it went away. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hone eagle Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 So did mine charlie,glowed for 2 ECR's then after the deck build -no more glow .I bet some wiring got cleaned up who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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