Reddit mentions of Auxbeam H11 LED Headlight Bulbs F-16 Series Extremely Bright Led Conversion Kit 60W 6000lm SMD LED Chips Fog Light - 2 Year Warranty

>Any advice? I love the bulbs but I don’t want to be a complete douche.

Thanks for being considerate. We all thank you.

>These are the ones I got: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KYZU604?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

No offense, but I took a look at these bulbs and they are literally the worst LED bulbs you can get on the market today. The placement and size of the LED chips in no way, shape, or form even approximates that of a halogen bulb's filament. The H11 LED bulb has two LED chips side-by-side, while a H11 halogen bulb has a longitudinal filament (goes up and down, not side-to-side). That's why they're jizzing light all over the place and causing people to flash you; the LED bulb doesn't even resemble the halogen bulb it replaced on a fundamental level.

>I’ve heard you can adjust the angle to make them less blinding but haven’t found any how-to guides.

You can certainly adjust your lamps downward to get rid of glare, but remember: when you adjust your headlamps down, you lose seeing distance. Think of how a cop can shine his flashlight in your face. That's all glare right there. He can certainly adjust his flashlight down and reduce glare for you, but he'd be less able to see further in the distance and less able to see your face. There's a trade-off between glare and seeing distance. Choosing proper halogen bulbs helps you maximize seeing distance while minimizing glare.

>My night time visibility is fantastic.

No offense but that's what you think. The reality is that LED bulbs don't actually improve nighttime visibility. What LEDs do is flood the foreground (10 to 26 feet in front of your vehicle) with light, and this creates the perception that your lights are great. In reality, light 10-26 feet in front of any car is useless unless driving at 5 MPH or below.

https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2019-01-0850/

>Several different LED replacement bulb kits, each designed to replace a conventional 55-W H11 halogen bulb, were purchased and tested in three different low-beam headlight units. [...] These findings suggest that using after-market LEDs to replace halogen bulbs can compromise headlighting performance.

I'll summarize the study if you don't have access: The researchers purchased 9 different LED bulbs from Amazon, and some of them look pretty much identical to the ones you got. They put these 9 different LED bulbs in 3 different headlamps--two reflectors and one projector.

And guess what?

It was a bloodbath.

27/27 LED bulb+headlamp combinations failed a very basic and limited test of glare and seeing distance. 27/27 LED bulbs+headlamp combinations created excessive glare, less seeing distance, or both versus a basic halogen bulb.

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My best advice to you is to remove the LED bulbs, send them back to Amazon for a full refund, and swap in high-performance halogen bulbs to a) reduce glare and b) increase seeing distance. Do you have sealed beams? You said it was an older truck. If you have sealed beams, then there are plenty of legitimate LED headlamp options out there--none of this Auxbeam crap.

I dropped these into my '16 iTouring the other day. The only complaint I have is Mazda's shitty ass way to switch out the low beam bulbs. You have to unscrew some bolts under the car near the wheel well and remove some plastic rivet fasteners inside the wheel well to be able to peel back the wheel well cover to access the low beams. It sucks but I got it done with the help of every cuss word in the English language. Not sure if switching out the bulbs is any different compared to the '16 considering the '17 got a facelift. Check the manual. Anyway, it was simply plug and play but there is a catch. High beam LED are pointless since a reflection set-up is used for factory halogen high beams and it was made for halogen; not anything else. Therefore, the high beam LED light is just scattered everywhere and is pretty much useless at night since the light isn't concentrated in one area. But the low beams have a projection set-up so it won't scatter light everywhere and you won't be blinding other drivers. Well, I don't think... I mean there is a cut-off like how the halogens were so I should be good... but regardless, LEDs are bright as hell.

I went with these LED lamps as a cheap alternative. They're actually very nice, I was pleasantly surprised. Most people think they're high end OEM LED headlights but actually just bulb swaps.

Auxbeam H11 LED Headlight Bulbs F-16 Series Extremely Bright Led Conversion Kit 60W 6000lm SMD LED Chips Fog Light - 2 Year Warranty https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KYZU604/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-I7lDb617KT4E

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They are great, affordable and give the truck a clean look at night.

I got these Auxbeam ones for my 2019 low beams. Be careful, if you buy ones with a big ass fan in the back, you will have to remove the whole headlight to replace the bulb. In order to do that you would have to loosen the fenders and remove the bumpers which to me is excessive to replace bulbs. These are easy and with a bit of jiggling, they go right in. Awesome bright light.

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I'm running these Auxbeam LEDs on my Mazda 3 2016. They're really good for my needs and have a much better cutoff line than the kensun LEDs. I first bought them for my girlfriend's 2016 civic and grew jealous about how much better they were than my kensun ones lol.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KYZU604/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've had these in for a few months now and I absolutely love them, but be warned you will piss people off. They're very clear and very bright and there will be people who hate you. Still recommend though!

Go with the F16 models.

Auxbeam H11 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KYZU604/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_7td0Db75P44T7

Auxbeam 9005 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G16BWLC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gvd0DbGBCFQ01

Those are the low and high beams. Took like 20 mins to install both.

I got these and love them easy install
Auxbeam LED Headlight Bulbs F-16 Series LED Headlights with 2 Pcs of H11 headlight Bulbs 60W 6000lm CREE LED Chips Fog Light https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KYZU604?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf