Do I need to replace headlight housing with LED upgrade?

[FatherGaben]

Hello, I recently bought my first ram, 2022 1500 big horn with the 5.7 hemi. Loved everything about it, except the stock halogen headlights. I bought a kit of led bulbs from lasfit, and they look great. The issue I’m having is the bulbs are in the factory halogen housing. Maybe I just need to adjust them down, but I’m getting flashed non stop by drive with just low beams. Do I need to bit the bullet and buy an oem LED headlight housing, or can I get away with just adjusting them?

Edit: I did put a lift on it, with wheels it’s about 5 inches higher than stock

 

[Oldphart]

Hello, I recently bought my first ram, 2022 1500 big horn with the 5.7 hemi. Loved everything about it, except the stock halogen headlights. I bought a kit of led bulbs from lasfit, and they look great. The issue I’m having is the bulbs are in the factory halogen housing. Maybe I just need to adjust them down, but I’m getting flashed non stop by drive with just low beams. Do I need to bit the bullet and buy an oem LED headlight housing, or can I get away with just adjusting them?

Edit: I did put a lift on it, with wheels it’s about 5 inches higher than stock

I'd try an adjustment first, but the housings are different also.

Just a rant----I wish it was a requirement that if you get a lift, a headlight re aiming is required. I can't tell you how many times I've flashed someone and get flashed back with their highs - it's always a lifted truck. If you can afford a lift, you can afford a re aiming. I'm tempted to install a Euro-Spec driving light to use as my "real high beam".

 

[Ricomann]

I'd try an adjustment first, but the housings are different also.

Just a rant----I wish it was a requirement that if you get a lift, a headlight re aiming is required. I can't tell you how many times I've flashed someone and get flashed back with their highs - it's always a lifted truck. If you can afford a lift, you can afford a re aiming. I'm tempted to install a Euro-Spec driving light to use as my "real high beam".

This is exactly the kind of thing that is done in some parts of the USA and many parts of the world, headlight inspection being parts of the safety inspection along with tires, all lights, wipers, seatbelts, etc., all far beyond mere emissions testing.

I, too, am annoyed beyond by the ****ty lighting options people employ here. It was the worst when the blue coated halogen headlights were happening in the late 1990s and early 2000s, then worse again when the HID bulb conversions for regular bulb housings; they refracted in a billion directions, mostly into your eyes and little down the road. That was some unsafe ****.