WARNING 2018 f150 for anyone swapping LEDs in halogen housing

[@Dagaz56]

love what you are doing to your truck.. the flicker can be eliminated with a load resistor. That is what I had to do with my 2018.. also consider installing switchback bulbs in your turn signals. That way all your lights in the front would be white.....keep up the build..

[@TaillightSolution]

We deal with this type of situation everyday and it’s a simple fix. You should add one 6ohm 50watt load resistor on each sides turn signal circuit. The car will see the correct amount of resistance and the hyper flashing will be corrected.

[@jefferyzimmerly8472]

I put a resistor on my tail lights didn’t work it was working normally without it I have the hyper flash on my dashboard that’s the only thing there’s nothing on that front lights or taillights turn signal wise but how do you fix the dash for hyper flash

[@TaillightSolution]

Jeffery Zimmerly .. Did you install the load resistors correctly (one side to chassis ground and other side to turn signal positive wire)? If you have upgraded to LED’s on both the front and back of the vehicle you need a different value of resistor on each circuit. You may have a defective load resistor, they get very hot and have a tendency to fail. Also, you may need canbus error eliminators. It’s rare but they can sometimes be required, especially on European vehicles.

[@jefferyzimmerly8472]

@@TaillightSolution it is only hyper-flashing on the dash only. how do i get the flashers on the dash to correct speed?

[@zacharywatson3242]

@@jefferyzimmerly8472 Use FORScan app and an OBD2 adapter to turn off hyperflashing. Than you dont even need resistors.

[@katwallingfordton9513]

Add Resistors to each bulb. They are small and will fit.

[@yakbiker75]

That's why I went with super nova v4's, the Canbus unit is built into the driver, also fits into the housing. Headlight revolution also sends you bigger dust caps for the back of the housing.

[@imadjawad4408]

A link to the product you bought please, THX!!

[@yakbiker75]

@@imadjawad4408 headlightrevolution.com/2018-ford-f-150-low-beam-led-headlight-bulbs-upgrade-v-4/

[@charleshenson4183]

@My name is Steve Rogers Yeah,this is how they rip off lazy asses lol. People like us take 15min of our time to save $100+ I think of it as a pretty good return.

[@zenagario1343]

Maybe someone already told you about the fast signaling that you had but there’s nothing to do with your new led light bulbs. It was one of your left signal light was out.

[@BillyKeeble-h7k]

Facts

[@jeffclark7425]

Do not add any resistors get forscan and disable bulb out detection and enable Bambi mode you’ll be able to run highbeams low beams and fogs at the same time

[@atvtinker01]

Better only run off-road if you're using Bambi mode. Running high beams and fog lights at the same time will get you a ticket in some states.

[@robp9694]

Just wanted to tell you I watched your channel about your truck, Thanks for your info. I have a 2018 f150 i just installed the Beamtechs J1 in low, high and no problems with them. ALso installed fog lights. Just wanted to say thanks for all your info on everything you do. Its a big help

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

Absolutely, least I could do. that's exactly what this is for. To know what works and what doesnt and any help I can provide along the way. Enjoy your truck!

[@m.scottnewman994]

Not sure why everyone is still suggesting resistors etc. The simplest fix is to replace the relay with an led style inexpensive relay that you simply swap out with the one that handles the turn signals.

[@DaveJ61688]

On your left turn theres a short somewhere in the circuit, either somethings not making contact all the way or theres a short. Ran into this when i installed LED replacements for the turn indicators. The short is whats causing the hyperflash. Regardless, definitely invest in the resistors, its a tight fit but avoids hyperflash all together. I put Hikari 6k Cool White LEDs from Amazon into my build with the resistors, $220 all in, matches beautifully with the Morimoto fogs

[@rudydaberry122]

Should you use resistors or Pwm modules

[@johnrowan516]

I know this is a little late, but I bet the hyper-flash on the left side is because that's where you hooked in your Raptor-style LED grille lights. I bet a resistor below that connector on that side would fix the issue. Plus resistors are like 10 bucks. And sweet truck BTW!

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

Thanks man! But it was actually because I had that hooked up and because I didnt have the wires hooked up for the planks. After undoing the raptor lights and hooking up the planks they both now come on amber then go to white.

[@roberthall7929]

I dis the upgrade and got fast flicker. It was one of my rear brake lights out. Changed it & everything was normal.

[@dmh8953]

Question. I bought a 2018 f150 with halogen housing however, the guy I got the truck from had projector housings that had a LED turn signal but halogen bulbs in the low beam projectors. My question is can you put those LED bulbs in those high/low beam slots with that new housing that's fitted fir halogen? It has these rubber caps that go over the bulbs I'd that makes any sense. I don't think that large backs on the LED bulbs would fit with that rubber cap on let alone dissipate heat.

[@jldude84]

Am I correct in understanding that you have not swapped out the turn signal bulbs to LED? Because if you did then this completely makes sense, but if this is the result of ONLY swapping the actual headlight bulbs, that's definitely super weird and my truck had no such issue swapping from halogen to GTR CSP mini low beams...

[@damiensmallwood164]

Do you have a link for those white grill lights?

[@carloscocojr]

Any warning of lights on dash?

[@bradbrower4348]

where did you get the black ford emblem

[@jasongallowayelite7432]

Maybay someone here can help me. ? I have 2020 f150 and I replaced fog light bulb with led and the headlights have rubber boots on the back to keep water out but the foglights don't so the led bulbs cooling fan is sticking out where water from road and under body car wash water splashes all over it so will this be a problem ? Anyone know

[@fkm16]

I heard you can fix the flicker with forescan but I haven't tried it

[@ThatBoyMichael1]

Have a link??

[@claudegregory4909]

What LeD’s you use

[@High_Desert_Tanner]

How's the headlight cutoff? Looks like the pattern went WAY high...

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

It looks high because of the slant of the driveway, the truck is angled up lol I checked the pattern the day after install and they are good to go. Actually thought about going up a few inches but left it be for the small cars lol

[@High_Desert_Tanner]

@@WICKEDAUTO1 looks good!

[@NordicViking88]

Forscan works wonders for the lights problem. and if you want your turn signal to not just be amber and have all white low beam high beam and DRL turn signal i would get some switchback LEDs so the head light housing is all white when you flick your high beams on got some cheap ones on amazon work great also put the raptor lights in just by installing some orange marker lights at the top of the grill and was only 10 dollars for the lights and some wire to wire them into the turn signal. that might be why your getting your hyper flash on one side from your raptor lights being plugged in to your turn signal.

[@danielk0106]

How is the headlight causing the turn signal tp hyper flash is my question. I could see if you replaced the turn signal bulb with an LED bulb.

[@zacharywatson3242]

Fords system uses blinkers to inform driver of ANY bulbs being blown. It is a safety feature. Otherwise they would have to program specific warnings for the dash. Aint nobody got time for that.

[@CCscott]

Did you do an install video for the raptor like grill lights? I’ve never seen white light ones. Looks sweet!

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV61i6anh9ZqoJY Its from customautoworks. You order it and just request white instead of amber.

[@sandman503]

A few years ago I tried to led blinker a focus, and it was a mess, tried resistors, tried everything.... at one point in time my led wire combo try made my dash lights flash, nothing worked

[@davesicarddts]

No canbus??

[@israelm9074]

If you have forscan, you can change the parameter for lights, so the computer recognizes the load difference on led bulbs.

[@ThatBoyMichael1]

How do you do this? Have a link? I bought a new set of led housing with led lights and it flickers. So annoying. 2019 F150

[@ryu51890]

I put led in my 18 f150 and have no isses

[@scdan82]

ryu51890 link to order them please

[@autohoopla5200]

I have hyper flash with stick bulbs. Wtf? Bad blinker bulb and only 3 years old?

[@StupidFastTruck]

There is probably one bulb that marginally draws enough current to fool the BCM. Should be able to fix it with Forscan, and just turn off bulb outage detect.

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

I even knew that you could do that and never crossed my mind lol i appreciate it! It just seems odd that 2 sets each the same bulb and yet only one side does it.

[@StupidFastTruck]

@@WICKEDAUTO1 now you have some new content to make...That could really get some views....LOL

[@maz94protege]

Could be a bad bulb. voltage seems out of wack. Swap the LED amber lights and see if it still does it.

[@insanesurfer23]

Yup that's the best way

[@natehawkins2910]

WickedF150 The LED detect still won’t completely solve that I’m guessing. You’ll get intermittent flicker without canbus modules. Get the modules! I went thru this on my 19 f250. It sucked. The end. Lol

[@adamwussow4051]

@WickedF150 Does it just "hyperflash" on the dash? or does the lights outside "hyperflash" too?

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

Just on the dash. Everything outside was fine.

[@adamwussow4051]

@@WICKEDAUTO1 You can fix it with ForScan. BCM - 726-27-01: (X0XX XXXX XXXX) and BCM - 726-27-02: (XXXX XXXX X0XX). If you switch those two values to "zero" it should fix your problem.

[@michaelzink2471]

Your left turn signal the computer thinks you have a light out. Go for Forscan to change the program and the hyper flash will stop.

[@sergiodlt2956]

Truck looks very good.For the fog lights what specific bulbs did you use?

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

BEAMTECH H10 Led Fog Light... www.amazon.com/dp/B07C7BZRVZ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[@JeremyMillerisawesome]

What type of lights were the turn signals ?

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

SiriusLED Extremely Bright 3030... www.amazon.com/dp/B0186P1MUW?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[@nathantrue7398]

How are those BEAMTECH LED holding up?

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

Haven't had them in awhile, changed them out so not sure.

[@lanevickers1856]

I have stick bulbs and I get the fast flicker on my passenger side

[@arturovaldez4071]

I have a 2018 f150 stx and it does the same flicker, one side being faster than the other, but I haven’t changed the bulbs at all. They are still factory halogen. I think the distinct flicker is to help identify one side is left and the other right.

[@charliesincharge-l5o]

Raptor lights look sweet!

[@charleshenson4183]

They do look good in white vs the normal amber.

[@noahkb80]

Just buy LEDs with the resistor already built in. The tech has caught up and can be found with equal or better quality for same or even less cost

[@craigg4246]

I put Race Sport Gen 3 H11 LED lights in my 2018 F150 halogen equipped truck 30,000 miles ago, and my DRL and turn signals work just fine. No issues, and they are bright as hell. Something was wrong with this guy’s truck, lamps or installation.

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

Well that's great man! However needing resistors sometimes is a FACT. If you are unaware of that dont guess as to what the issue could be. That's why they make them, that's why a lot of companys include them with their bulbs and why there is a TON of information on it.

[@erickortiz5330]

Even though you were getting fast blinking inside. Outside visually it was normal pace

[@shentz2873]

I have LEDs in my 2018 Lariat which had stock halogen, and I have not had any problems. Seems like you have some other problem going on that is unrelated.

[@Sagittarius-88]

This is exactly why I'm picky AF as far as what modifications I make to my F150. That's a manufacturing flaw, plain and simple. The manufacturer knew damn well that issue existed when they produced those lights, but in the interest of cost, they decided not to deal with it in the manufacturing process. Those LED's are probably marketed as "plug and play" which is total bullshit. I would definitely be having a WTF conversation with the vendor after seeing that issue with the turn signals. There's a lot of decent aftermarket modification parts on the market, but my 30 years as repair tech has seen a lot of aftermarket junk cause a lot of unnecessary problems on numerous vehicles. People should definitely appreciate this video though, because it's a good indication of what you should be asking an aftermarket vendor about if you're considering an LED upgrade for your F150. Anything marketed as "plug and play" should be exactly that. If any aftermarket manufacturer or vendor can't give you a clear, concise answer about their products, and how well they fit or integrate into your vehicle's onboard systems, look elsewhere. Salespeople are exactly that. Avoid the ones that know very little about what they're actually selling.

[@todds3867]

Forscan will solve that problem and you won’t have to deal with taking it all apart again and installing resistors

[@todds3867]

And Bambi mode is really nice where you can have you high beams low beams and fog lights on at the same time.

[@jeffclark7425]

If the truck came from factory with led bulb outage detection is already turned off

[@ChristopherSeaDawg]

Try putting the halogen bulb back in the left turn signal. If that fixes it, you’ll know you have a bad LED bulb!

[@Hitbychance]

hyper flash fix in forscan!

[@ThatBoyMichael1]

Have a link to a vid?

[@zacharywatson3242]

Didnt take time to scroll through all the comments but... just get FORScan. You can disable the hyperflash, or the "fast flicker"

[@ThatBoyMichael1]

Have a link to it?

[@msokes9]

My explorer did it on one side. Solved it with a resistor on both sides

[@nathantrue7398]

I put the BEAMTECH 9005 in the fogs on my 2019 Seriously bright

[@moonbounce]

One side must have more resistance than the other, maybe due to wire length. Interesting!

[@chrisroberts9197]

Headlightrevolution.com will solve all your problems. They do vehicle specific testing on hundreds of led bulbs to see what works for that particular headlight housing for fitment and most importantly, beam pattern.so you arent blinding oncoming traffic with glare.Not every led will work the same in every headlight housing. They have specific leds that will work the best and fit the best for the newer f150's. They also have a KZbin channel. They're legit. I bought an led kit from them for my dads 2013 f150 and he loves them. Super bright, fit perfect, and he doesnt have the headlight glare. There are much better options than those cheap amazon/ebay leds

[@natehawkins2910]

Chris Roberts I bought $730 worth of LEDs from headlight revolution for my 19 f250 and had flicker because they didn’t think I’d need canbus modules. Well, turns out I did and it took 20 days for them to get back to me and send me the modules. Then their taillight bulbs went out one by one and started getting dimmer etc...another 9 days for a response. They told me “we only have 6 people handling 800 calls and emails a day. (As if that made things better.) They are super quick to sell and horrible to get ahold of if something goes wrong! That was my experience a couple months ago. I opened a dispute with my credit card and they didn’t even bother to respond to that either, so American Express refunded my money ...and the whole time they sure add KZbin videos every other day. So they sure have the staff for that! lol I’m happy now that they were all free but the trouble was not very fun. Super Duties are not enjoyable to dismantle to do lights, then do it all again to add modules ugh I do like the LED brightness tho...but my advice is: GET THE MODULES NO MATTER WHAT. Lol

[@chrisroberts9197]

Its just like any other business really, sometimes its great, sometimes its good and sometimes its just bad. I know a few people that have ordered stuff from them and havent had any issues at all. With the products or customer service. And damn $730 you should have just gone with the $1500 morimoto xb led headlights at that point. Id like to get them for my 2015 f150 but i just dropped a lot of money on a new tonneau cover and cat- back exhaust system

[@natehawkins2910]

Chris Roberts Yeah I went with supernova gen 4’s and like them a lot. For all 4 headlights and 2 fogs. I got the Amber & then White turn signal/DRL combo lights, license plate lights and white backup lights. Red tail bulbs too but they sucked. Lol it was a lot of bulbs for $730. Well, free actually lol

[@marksprouse6125]

I got to sealight F150 LED kit had it a month now no problem they are DOT approved

[@randomsomeone1617]

I went with sealight also. $100 for high, low, and fogs. I also did backup lights, license plate, and cargo/3rd brake lights All for around $150. $700+ is completely ridiculous imo.

[@donearl6675]

👍👍

[@carstenwilliams7733]

Or maybe someone packaged you dumb wrong? I would send them back or contact them and tell him about it

[@kingtachoss]

superbrightleds.com Get a resistor on each side and problem fixed Or get a Lariat, Platinum,Limited or Raptor

[@Arthurmd22]

Cesar Ramos i can use these on my lariat without need for resistor?

[@Arthurmd22]

U have advice on beamtech versus f150leds?

[@kingtachoss]

Knightyknight not really only thing I’ve done so far on my F-150 it’s the same fog light this guy on the video got from Amazon and the UPR dual catch can and some wheels. Nothing fancy really I’ve own mine since 2016 and it’s a 2015 never had any issues with mine but again I’m only @ 46k

[@kingtachoss]

Knightyknight about the headlights mine came with LED headlights so I’m not sure which LED kit would be the right for your vehicle.

[@johnherman8861]

How did you install the lights on grill?

[@WICKEDAUTO1]

It's in the 18 build playlist on my channel, install of raptor lights