Thread: Ford Ranger Headlight Upgrade

I have a 2018 Ford Ranger that I'm looking at upgrading my (yellow light) headlight bulbs to LED (white light).

What do those in the know or have done it recommend? I see the brand "Calibre" features alot when browsing. Are they any good?
Thanks in advance.

Stedi in Australia do top tier headlight conversion kits

Very accurate beam that doesn’t annoy others on low beam


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Personally, I think those white lights are inconsiderate of others on the road.
The yellow light is sweet as for legal speeds, and even if you need highbeam, the plethora of reflective signs around the place soon make anything above low beam a pain in the arse too.

My voe is keep the stock headlights and buy ammo instead!

most drop in led lamps will not pass a wof as the light source is not as centralised in the bulb as a filament so more scattered light

Originally Posted by Allizdog

I have a 2018 Ford Ranger that I'm looking at upgrading my (yellow light) headlight bulbs to LED (white light).

What do those in the know or have done it recommend? I see the brand "Calibre" features alot when browsing. Are they any good?
Thanks in advance.

The old amazing Ranger headlight issues
You don't think there to bad until you drive any other vechile...


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I put a set of the Calibre brand ones in my 2012 BT -50. They're a good upgrade from the shitty factory bulbs without going LED

Originally Posted by BMcB

I put a set of the Calibre brand ones in my 2012 BT -50. They're a good upgrade from the shitty factory bulbs without going LED

I think this will be what I do since LED"s will cause wof issues.

narva plus 100 is pretty good

Hahaha, this old "chestnut" again, many on here will know my hatred for 2016 onward model Ranger head lamps, while their auto dipping worked awesome the whole head light design is absolute shit ( must of been the useless cunt that designed em's first day on the job ) not only are they gutless but their whole beam is terrible - short & very narrow.

There are upgrade kits available that say a 50% increase, but 50% of shit will still be shit & are over $400, a basic bulb upgrade will help a little & as others have said, it didn't come factory with LED's so won't get a WOF if you put those in, if you're doing lots of night driving I'd put on a set of decent spot lights.

Ended up getting some Calibre H11 ones (not LED).

Thankyou to all replies and advice.

Now fit a light bar, problem solved

2012-2015 PX2 were the pick of the litter, I'm told the new version is a little better though.

Originally Posted by No.3

2012-2015 PX2 were the pick of the litter, I'm told the new version is a little better though.

Were they not the same lights in all the px models ? I was of the understanding they were all the same.


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Were they not the same lights in all the px models ? I was of the understanding they were all the same.


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No. The PX1 had a different reflector and profile, the PX2 XLT and Wildtrack (first facelift front end) were slightly better and the best performing of the PX-series rangers. I think the same PX1 lights were used on the PX2 XL and low-spec versions? The PX3 and onwards with the fancy 'slim profile' headlights were shite, the reflectors were not deep enough to project meaning on flat highway you could see but anything offroad with undulations in the road the lights either sent the beam into the sky leaving dark spots in front of you or the road was above the center of the headlight beam. It didn't matter if you were on high beam or low beam, the depth of beam didn't cover enough of the road. You needed auxiliary driving lights to 'fill' the area below the headlight beam (some people call these fog lights but fog lights fulfill a different function) and then for high beam you needed spot lights to increase the vertical depth of the headlight beam. As someone has pointed out, a farking shite design for a headlamp and one of about four critical cockups with the PX series ranger design. The others were the fuel handling and filtration system - the factory filter was not of sufficient capacity and not small enough micron rating, the rear suspension design of the chassis as supplied from the factory did not allow for sufficient curvature of the factory springs to provide enough load carrying for going between full load and empty and tow handling was an absolute joke (it needed a minimum of a 5-leaf spring pack with about an extra 50mm of spring leaf curvature as correcting that cockup with aftermarket springs lifted the arse end annoyingly high and without this the factory springs overloaded and turned inside out leaving the thing sitting on it's bump stops unloaded) and the last was the engine mount setup which breaks far to frequently. It's the consequence of trying to be all things to all people with the ute - what Ford should have done was produce two versions of each model spec the urban soccer mom version that goes everywhere unloaded and looks tough as - and the industrial vehicle version with load carrying suspension that's stiff and bouncy when unloaded but capable of carrying a load and is a little less refined in terms of vibration and noise transfer but does the damn job.

A box of matches is far cheaper, and i reckon would make for a very fine ranger indeed.