I have an '01 XJ Limited and need to improve the headlights. Anyone out there that knows if the Headlight Experts LED H6054 5"x7" Dual Beam Glass Sealed Beam Plug and Play Conversion Kit is a good one? Or what's the best. way to go. Thanks,

 

I have their lights in 3 rides, no issues. Sea lights has a good rep also.

 

Thanks,

 

I think there are very few people using LED replacement bulbs. Most people are purchasing 5x7 LED light assemblies. They are about half the price of what you are considering. Most people seem happy with what they purchase. I have been very happy with these:

https://loyo-led.com/products/5x7-he...ignal-highbeam

Low beams are excellent and have a good cutoff angle. I don't get brighted by on-coming traffic. I like the styling too. Loyo has several other 5x7 lights.

 

The best LED lights are TRUCK lights brand - expensive but great pattern light and durable

 

Most of the upper tier LEDs have a heat source to keep the snow/ice from sticking to the lense hence the increased cost.....I went with a halogen type upgrade to make sure the snow and ice doesn't block the light dispersal as well as new heated mirrors....

 

Heated mirrors - Good for you! And halogen lights are indeed, far more economical. TRUCK lights engineer an entire housing to optimize light in the standard rectangle - that's one of the reasons they cost so much. However, I've found that halogen lights degrade over time and the yellow light cumming from them isn't as clear as the white light from LED's. I've converted all of my vehicles to LED's - the greatest improvement came in my 29 year old GSR - those projector lights have never putout as much light as when I placed LED bulbs in them. LED's produce heat and they often have fans incorporated into the replacement bulbs. And it is true that LED's are great in snow.

 

Click LED HEADLIGHTS to read thread about what I did. It was cheap, the light pattern and brightness is outstanding. I have no idea if they will last a long time!

 

Freudian slip?

 

You caught me being a little sarcastic

 

Yeah, we all caught that... And I was basically agreeing with you about the lights..Obviously you didn't catch that......Check the Truck light site they offer the heated units for a reason....Anyhow... the best bang for the buck would include the headlight harness to bypass the vehicles wiring and draw directly from the battery no matter what lights get bought...But let's keep the drama going over an old Jeep's lighting maybe we can chase the rest of the members away over nothing...

 

for those not interested in LED's, may I suggest from LMC truck(heavy duty headlight harness 36-3580)

 

Just want to point out that the headlight circuit for the XJ is severely undersized, especially for high output lamps. The dash switch and combo switch carry the full current, so you lose several volts getting to the headlight. The solution is to install relays for low and high beam and connect them straight to the fuse block stud under the hood with an inline fuse. There are headlight harness upgrade kits that are plug and play and work fine. I've ben running the True Mods H6054 harness for a couple years no issue. Makes a huge difference in stock performance and makes the switches last much longer since they go from switching 10 amps to 250mA. Just make sure to ground them well.

 

That's the harness I'm running as well...Probably one of the best out there with the ceramic plugs etc...... I've got a brand new putco harness that I didn't use...The True Mods just seemed a better quality piece...

 

For economy I recently installed these in my winter driver. $39 for the pair and seem to be of better quality than the Autopals I replaced. Yes, I have the upgraded harness, and Sylvania Silver Star H4 bulbs.