Thread: BT50 headlight upgrades?

I had the same issue with my Bt 50. Fitted Calibre H4 halogen bulbs from Supercheap.
5000k, so much whiter light than factory, also brighter and still wof compatible unlike the LED replacement options. Think they were $70 ish

I put the stedi ones in my Ranger, markedly superior, and got a warrant last week no question. Bit fiddly though in the ford.

Sounds like the BT has the same -pathetic- lights my previous PX2 Ranger had. Were in the same league as a 70's VeeDub Beatle, ie a couple of glow worms holding hands. The new Raptor is the opposite end of the spectrum.

My older son has a new Hilux and fitted a dedicated Stedi lightbar into the grille. That thing is impressive for its size.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Ended up replacing with a factory spec light. I’ll investigate this again after Christmas.

Originally Posted by 6x47

Sounds like the BT has the same -pathetic- lights my previous PX2 Ranger had. Were in the same league as a 70's VeeDub Beatle, ie a couple of glow worms holding hands. The new Raptor is the opposite end of the spectrum.

My older son has a new Hilux and fitted a dedicated Stedi lightbar into the grille. That thing is impressive for its size.

That's really bizarre, Ford must have fitted a few different types of lights to the PX2 series rangers. My 2013 XLT has some of the best factory lights I've ever used, both in amount of light and spread/depth of light they put out. Way better than the later model Raptors and the like - those things are like two toilet tubes staring into a blizzard. I drove a recent Wildtrack (not the latest) and was very underwhelmed. Would definitely need to fit front facing work lights to bolster the dip beam and driving lights to supplement the high beam. Makes you wonder what the hell Ford designers were doing between 2013 and 2021 - out on the piss probably and left the office admin people running the show.

Originally Posted by No.3

That's really bizarre, Ford must have fitted a few different types of lights to the PX2 series rangers. My 2013 XLT has some of the best factory lights I've ever used, both in amount of light and spread/depth of light they put out. Way better than the later model Raptors and the like - those things are like two toilet tubes staring into a blizzard. I drove a recent Wildtrack (not the latest) and was very underwhelmed. Would definitely need to fit front facing work lights to bolster the dip beam and driving lights to supplement the high beam. Makes you wonder what the hell Ford designers were doing between 2013 and 2021 - out on the piss probably and left the office admin people running the show.

Agreed my 2014 PX1 lights are mint with a set of 6700k white bulbs, probably due to a simple headlight design and not the 'Projector' style ones on the 2015 onward

The PX1 I had before the PX2 def had far better lights as has been said.

There is a possibility that my px2 still has the decent lights off the earlier model then - bonus for me! The later facelift version with the much narrower and shallower headlight reflectors definitely was nowhere near as good - and right up until the current model they haven't fixed that.

Originally Posted by 6x47

Sounds like the BT has the same -pathetic- lights my previous PX2 Ranger had. Were in the same league as a 70's VeeDub Beatle, ie a couple of glow worms holding hands. The new Raptor is the opposite end of the spectrum.

My older son has a new Hilux and fitted a dedicated Stedi lightbar into the grille. That thing is impressive for its size.

That's a very polite description of the worst headlights of any vechile on the road today.
The wife had a 2018 Ranger you sort of got used to how shit they were until you jumped straight into the same year hilux and you realise you've been driving in the dark.

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Originally Posted by No.3

That's really bizarre, Ford must have fitted a few different types of lights to the PX2 series rangers. My 2013 XLT has some of the best factory lights I've ever used, both in amount of light and spread/depth of light they put out. Way better than the later model Raptors and the like - those things are like two toilet tubes staring into a blizzard. I drove a recent Wildtrack (not the latest) and was very underwhelmed. Would definitely need to fit front facing work lights to bolster the dip beam and driving lights to supplement the high beam. Makes you wonder what the hell Ford designers were doing between 2013 and 2021 - out on the piss probably and left the office admin people running the show.

Ford went out and brought the cheapest lights they could, someone mucked up the order, and they had millions of them. Hence, the lights never got up graded until they were all used.

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The new standard hilux headlights are shit as well i don't know how they get a warrant with them.

[QUOTE=bigbear;1498750]The new standard hilux headlights are shit as well i don't know how they get a warrant with them.[/QUOTE

Agree 100% I have asked Toyota if I can upgrade the bulbs but they said they can't because they
LED lights so the only way around is to put a light bar on & t I don't know if I want that lol never been in a vehicle with the light bar so don't really know what that like & I don't want to bright that I blind anyone coming around a tight corner as I travel a lot of narrow windy roads and you can't see people until you're on top of them so sometimes be the time you hit dip they pasted your.

My wife’s Skoda same year as my ranger has bloody brilliant headlights compared to the ranger..