C5 Corvette LED Headlights and Fog Lights Installation
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- čas přidán 4. 12. 2017
- C5 Corvette LED Headlights and Fog Lights Installation. Replacing the stock halogen headlights and fog lights on my C5 Corvette with LED. The stock headlights are awful at night. Corvettes didn't come with HID headlights until the C6 generation. These Auxbeam LEDs are a nice upgrade. I just need to tweak the alignment.
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Headlight: Auxbeam LED, 9006
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Fog Light: LED, 899
These were an easy replacement but not much light output.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
These were the first fog lights that I tried, BUT they did not fit and polarity was backwards.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
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Nice!! I did this mod on the headlights earlier this year!! World of difference
Required for how crappy the stock ones are.
i have questions and you have answers. this is why your the best dave!
The only issue, which I kinda covered in another vid, is the lights won't go down if the car is off. Simple solution is to turn your headlights off while the car is still running. If you forget, like I do sometimes, turn on high beams and then turn the lights off with high beams are still on.
The biggest issue replacing halogen w/ LED's is putting the correct low beam high beam in the right spot, THEN connecting the correct wire plug to the correct light!! I've watched 3 videos on replacing headlights, NO ONE is showing that. These LED housings can be a little tougher to put in, however, thanks for your time & effort!
I never use high beams, so I only replaced the low beams and there was no potential for a mixup. I indicated the lows are the outside bulb, but you're right. Thanks for watching and commenting.
thanks for your great video learned a lot . thinking of doing same think real soon great job' appreciate all u guys do for us who aren`t very well versed working on cars.
Everybody has troubles along the way, but we learn from them. Thanks for watching and the support.
Nice job! I'll be doing these on mine this week.
Easy way to change the look and huge night time difference. Good luck with it.
Love how to vids.
Thanks for the support
Fog LED light 👍
FYI, some year C5 Corvettes (mine is a 2000) the resistance in these new LED bulbs will not allow the headlights to flip down after you turn them on. You have to turn the stock halogen high beams on, and then cycle the switch off. The headlights will then will flip down. I think you can install a resistor, but this is no big deal for me. The light output is clearer and way brighter. I am very pleased with the end result for the cost of the install.
I've noticed that I have to turn the lights off before I turn the car off, or they won't go down but never tried high beams. I guess the resistor would fix that, but now it's habit that I turn them off before turning the key. Not sure how it works with automatic lights turned on since I turned that feature off, never liked having the lights flip up and down if I didn't think it was necessary.
YellowVette04 I have a Canadian delivered Corvette, so I am not able to turn the twilight sentinel feature off. Also, my fog lights are only able to come on when it is dark or when the sentinel is on. I can't turn the fog lights on when it isn't dark out, so I can't cruise with just the fog lights. It sucks, but I do get a speedo that displays 300 mph which is awesome. Thanks again.
Scott Fischer i disabled this on my by pulling the relay for the automatic twilight feature. Relay 34 or something. Now I have full control over my head lights.
Scott Fischer that happened to mine . So how u do it to close the headlights?
Very bright
Not the best light distribution when used with the factory housings, but i did angle them down to not blind other drivers. Aftermarket projector lenses is the way to go for best lighting.
5 years later watching this. 😂
Haha nice buddy.
You got the parking light which is called the daytime running light DLI then the fog light is the round light I call that the driving light, then you got the headlight I like that
Thanks for watching and commenting
Nice
Thanks for watching 👍
for some reason I had the hardest time putting the led bulb back in. I was able to screw the halogen socket in and out easily but the led bulb took an hour for me to get in 😂
I think the plastic is thicker and slightly larger than OEM, so the teeth don't go into the slots or it's hard to turn if they do. I remember these being stubborn as well, but they finally went in.
Your vette is similar to my C5 same colour try the duel colour led fog lights there great there white turn them off and back on there yellow so you can choose witch colour without changing the bulb
I saw those. I have a more recent video and I decided to go all white up front. I did like the yellow, but decided it was time for a change. Thanks for watching and great color choice on the vette 👍
I put the same bulbs in that you did. But with the new leds in the headlights won’t go down no matter what I do and when the headlights are turned off they turn into a strobe light and just flicker and won’t stop until I turn the headlights on
I don't have the flickering issue, but it's common for headlights to not go down when you switch to LED. It's an easy workaround. czcams.com/video/TqdDZ1c4khA/video.html
Thanks for your videos. Could you tell me if you have a problem with people flashing their high beams thinking you have high beams on? Thanks Jim
The stock housings aren't ideal for LED/HID because of the excess glare. I did adjust mine down and so far I have not been flashed. Thanks for watching and the support.
YellowVette04 can you do a video on how you adjusted the headlights down. Thanks.
Do you still have the LED lights?
Have you blinded anyone using these light bulbs?
I'd be interested in getting some as well.
Should I have concerns with hyper flash? Looks simple enough to me. Thanks.
No hyper flash. They may not flip down if you turn your car off first. Easy fix is remember to turn the lights off before you turn the car off. OR you can put your high beams on and close the lights. I have a video if the description isn't clear enough. East install
Great video! How did you determine which LED lights from AuxBeam were the right ones from your C5's headlights?
www.sylvania-automotive.com/apps/vlrg-us/Vlrg
select your vehicle and it'll give you all the bulb sizes for every bulb for the car. Low Beams are 9006 for the C5.
YellowVette04 thank you!
Great video thank you,question how did you made only fog light on without the headlight on?
It's just the running lights turned on with the foglights on. I switched out the yellow fogs for white after I switched the DRLs to switchbacks. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
YellowVette04 I see Thx I just got an 04 C5 with 37k same color as yours so I am new with corvettes I had a C4 for short period of time.I will learn a lot from you.Thank you again 👊
That's awesome! You're gonna love the car. Depending on previous owner, I would clean the "uders". You don't want those clogging up and causing issues. I have a video on where they are. I just forgot to show the 3rd one on the driver's side. Good luck with it and anytime you have a question, just let me know.
YellowVette04 Awesome bro you are the best.Thx
I see that when you order these leds they come in a pack of 2 bulbs. Do the low and high beam come in the pack of 2 bulbs? Or are you only replacing the high beam bulbs on each side of the Vette?
Did you also change the high beams? or just the low beams
Just the low beams. I almost never needed to use high beams on this car or my previous cars once I changed the bulbs out.
Brother I installed the GTR leds and I love the lighting and look but now the lights flip up but not back down unless I flick the stock high beams on I want to do the high beam in led as well but then the lights will never go down what do you think
This is common. Try turning your headlights off before you turn the car off. This works for me and I do the high beam thing when I forget. I didn't replace my high beams because I never use high beams, so I'm not sure if the high beam trick will work afterwards or not.
did these click right in or did you need a special connector?
looking at the link in descrip they don't show the connectors.
They twist right into the socket and the car's electrical connector clicks into a pigtail that's on the light. These bulbs are about 3yo at this point and LEDs are always advancing, so I'm sure there's better bulbs than this one now.
I realize this is a bit old and you've probably moved on to something else but did you have any problems with flicker or aiming the LEDs? When I put them in my Challenger they flickered, I had to get an anti-flicker module that was fixed but I never could get the LED's aimed correctly. Did you deal with any of that?
I still have the car and I'm still using these same LEDs without issue. The only thing for C5s is the lights won't go down if the car is off, so you have to turn the lights off while the car is still running. Your issue might be due to the CAN Bus system in Dodge cars. I have a Ram, so I know all about the stupid system lol. You need CAN Bus compatible lights. I changed my lights in my Ram to HID and I needed a CAN Bus kit.
Quick update, lights are installed and they are way better. Did you upgrade the high beams as well to led? My low beams look brighter than my high beams lol
Glad you like em. I did not upgrade my high beams. I live in an area that has lots of traffic and roadway lighting, so there's almost never a situation where I need high beams. Like you said, the low beams are now so bright that I definitely don't need high beams.
@@YellowVette04 it’s day and night difference. I was shocked. For the price you def can’t beat it
Another update, mine don’t turn on now when I put on low beams. I’m wondering if they blew or stoped working. Any thoughts
i tried the conversion with the high/lows and for some reason they wouldnt work. had to go back to my hologens. did you install a relay?
Nope. I only did the lows and didn't have a problem. I'm not sure why you were having that issue.
@@YellowVette04 I just tried changing the low beams and did not work. BTW thanks the video!
Thanks for the video. Got a question. I noticed u didn't put in LED high beams. You're not the only one. Any reason why people tend to only replace the low beams with LED's and not the high beams at the same time? Thanks!
I've had HID conversion kits in my previous cars and I've never had the need to put on high beams, so I assumed LED would be the same and it is. I also live in a populated area that has a lot of street lights and other car traffic, so turning high beams on and off is annoying. If I lived in a more rural area, maybe I would think about it. Even the few times I am in the "country", low beams are good enough. Thanks for watching.
Thank u for responding so quickly. I live in a very rural area with tons of deer. Lots of backroads with no street lights. I use high beams all the time. BTW why is needed a capacitor or resistor in order to put the lights down with the car off? Thanks again for the speedy reply!
If you turn the car off with the headlights on and then turn the lights off, they won't go down. The resistor will fix this issue. I've read, but haven't tried, if you flash your high beams then they'll go down. I didn't install the resistor, so I just remember to turn them off while the car is still running.
Well, my birthday is in 2 weeks, everybody has been asking what I want? LED's it is! Lol... Going to do my interior too, saw your other video. Now to do my research to see what brand to get. Thanks again, us NJ vette guys gotta stick together. Central NJ here near Great Adventure.
Nice, there's a few vette guys from NJ on CZcams. 117 off the GSP here. Gonna be heading down by you to ECS for a tune once the cash frees up.
Is there an led for the high beam side? Or do you switch back n forth from halogen to led brights to dismantle?
Randy Garmire there's a separate high beam bulb, that are still stock halogen bulbs. These LED low beams are really bright, so I don't find the need to use high beams. Also, there's a lot of traffic in my area, so it's annoying to turn them on and off constantly. Thanks for watching.
I was wondering if you had any problem with the LED head lights. I bought the same led you have posted from Amazon. When I installed them they light up but when I try to close the light down you can still see a small glow and the head light won't close. I have a 2000 c5 , same color as yours. I also installed the yellow fog lights which work fine and look pretty neat. Any Ideas as to what's up with the head light bulbs?
Thanks, Jim
The only issue I had is I have to turn the lights off while the car is still running for them to go down. If I turn them off when the car is off, the lights go out but they'll stay up. It's habit now to turn the lights off before I turn the key, so it's not a big deal. If that's not your scenario, then idk what the problem is. Obviously it works fine if you go back to the original halogens? Make sure no fuses are blown for any of your light circuits.
thanks , I'm going to give it another try. I didn't have the car running.
Yes , it works fine when I put the halogens back in.
Hopefully it works if you try with the car still running. I've read about other people having the same issue on the forums with any LED bulb.
Jimmy Harris,
When you ordered these did they come in a pack of two? Driver and passenger?
Yes, each set came with two bulbs. Only been a few months, but so far so good.
Thanks. Maybe I'll be able to see at night now
It's a huge difference. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.
Are the original headlights plastic or glass?
The original bulb is glass.
question don't if you know this maybe you do, I have a 2000 C5 no fog lights do you know if the wiring is there just in case you might want to install fog lights?
No idea. Do a search on the corvette forums. I'm sure others have the same question and hopefully a few options to install them.
that's what I'm doing lol
Do people flash their high beams at you at night since the swap?
I have not. I did angle them down from stock. This video is pretty old and newer LEDs are better with cutoff as well.
YellowVette04 thank you.
Is it the same bulb for low beam and fog lights?
No. Low beam is 9006 and fog light is 899. I have links in the description for the ones I bought, but the video is over a year old at this point so I'm sure there's newer LEDs that work better.
Awesome. Thanks man!!
Getting high beams (already did lows), fog lights and red interior LEDs after watching another vid of yours. Thanks for sharing your work!!
PS: the yellow fogs on your yellow Vette look great!!
@@Glasgow1270 appreciate it 👍
Did you replace the high beams too?
I did not. I rarely use high beams in my area. I've also found that replacing low beams in this car and previous cars gives adequate light by themselves.
YellowVette04 did you have any hyperflash issues?
Only issue I have is the headlights won't flip down if you turn the lights off and the car is off. So the workaround is to turn the lights off before turning the car off. It's habit now, but did forget in the beginning.
YellowVette04 I’ve heard that if you replace the high beams as well, that issue goes away. But don’t quote me on that.
YellowVette04 no wonder mine did that. I put the led I connected them to the harness and I turned off the headlights but they didn’t close ? So I have to close them wen the car is on ?
Have you had to replace your running lights yet? If so, how do you get to them?
I haven't yet. The Junkman has a good how-to. czcams.com/video/BaUEoD2CH4k/video.html
can you just use the bulbs like you have listed or must you add any type of resistor or anything?
No resistor needed. I still have these bulbs so no complaints. This video is several years old, so I'm sure newer bulbs perform better than these.
@@YellowVette04 the link you provided, I know its little older since, but are these the same model you bought as well? Thanks for the help.
@@Mastroz1 yes, the link is the exact bulbs I put in.
@@YellowVette04 awesome! Put them into today and seems to be working good. The lights can open and close as well without an issue as well. Thanks again for helping out
If the car is running you won't have an issue opening and closing. You may not be able to close if the car is off. Just remember to turn lights off before you turn Car off.
Big Question: Is there a reason why there is little to none installation of led fog lights on c5 corvettes but a lot on headlights? Everyone just seem to post but only show headlights but no fog light install. what's rong with this picture?
You're right about that. That's why I added the installation of them in this video. Thanks for watching 👍