High beams just "okay"?

[FleshTuxedo]

Hey friends,

Tried to search but everything led to me aftermarket housing ad posts.

I have read on here that a lot of people are happy with the signature lighting high beams (saying they're quite bright, ect.).
I live in an area that, at night, is very dark and populated with a ton of deer who like to play tag with your car during certain seasons.
Noticed that my high beams are not that much brighter than my low beams with fogs. I have an OBX Lux with signature lighting.
Anything I can do besides completely replacing the light housings with aftermarket?
Also, can't really do lightbars, ditch lights, etc as I'd get pulled over in a heartbeat for using them on road.

Thanks!

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[Happycampinman]

I live in a pretty dark area with a lot of deer also, so I understand wanting everything lit up as bright as possible. I find the brights just fine. If you don’t think they are bright enough you will have to upgrade, I don’t think they will be much brighter. Light bars will make it like daylight. Probably your only two options.

 

[Ground_zero298]

The new alpha lights everyone on here is advertising claim 4x the light output. They won’t start delivering to end of November. So will have to wait and see.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...-led-projector-headlights-check-it-out.57492/

 

[JohnnyBronco]

I have never thought the exterior lighting lacking. And my experience with deer has been in daylight or dusk where brighter lights would have had little effect

 

[rtazz17]

add a light bar or mirror spots. High beams seem pretty bright to me.

 

[Mattwings]

You may find upgrading the fog lights is helpful. I assume you don't have the modular bumper, so you would have to research what's available, but I added Diode Dynamics with the SAE fog cut off (makes them legal in most cases) in yellow and they do a very good job illuminating low and to the sides, where those pesky deer like to wait to commit suicide. I have never been flashed by oncoming drivers and they are noticeable/beneficial with low or high beams. As a bonus, they are awesome in dust, snow or fog as well.

 

[Cl1ckst3r]

I installed Yellow Diode Dynamics and they are super bright. https://www.4x4truckleds.com/diode-...-fog-lamps-2021-ford-bronco-2019-ford-ranger/

Just in case you change your mind, this works with the plastic bumper: https://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-xl-linkable-kit-w-6-xl-lights-for-2021-ford-bronco/

 

[dejones64]

I have a Black Diamond with the non-signature lights, which I thought were not bright enough. A deer did commit suicide, took out my drivers side light, fender, door and grill. In the shop right now. It was still drivable, so while waiting for parts, I installed some lights. Rough Country Osram's, 2 pair, up by the mirrors and on the corners of the bumper, angled towards the ditch. They helped spot deer further out, rather than when it's too late. Really makes their eyes glow. I don't take the 2-lane backroads anymore, at least not during deer season.

Once I get my Bronco back I'll be installing Diode Dynamics spots for distance and fogs for wide angle. Considering a light bar for the top of the bumper. I'm gonna light up as much as possible.

The Rough Country's I shut off for oncoming traffic. The Diode's will be street legal so at least they can stay on.

 

[L8apex]

To echo others - I went with the Baja Designs. On the lights that ARE street legal SAE is stamped into them which should get you out of any ticket issues.

https://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-d...ad-bezel-flush-brackets-for-2021-ford-bronco/

 

[GaryB2220]

Same type of area as you. Still shopping for a deer yeeting grill guard. I did buy infrared A-pillar mounted pod lights and trying to find a cheaper thermal camera to feed into the infotainment screen. Found a nice one with embedded computer for highlighting heat signatures but last I checked it was almost $2k.
Just add the pod/ditch lights and turn them off when you see traffic. Rigid has smokey transparent covers that you can leave on and still get some light output out of. They Akzo have SAE compliant d series pod lights that you can definitely use on road, just don't abuse them

 

[Silver-Bolt]

In NW Montana we have no lighting and the deer are like rats, they are everywhere. I use auxiliary lights. As soon as I see oncoming vehicles I shut them down until they pass. It's the only way to get the necessary light output to see far enough ahead.

 

[Jdyount]

I'm not sure what everyone is comparing their high beams to... I don't think they're any better or worse than the 2016 Explorer we had or the 2011 F150 (with aftermarket LEDs). They're about 1000 time better than my wife's beater car (06 Impala), you really can't see shit, same with my tow rig (2001 F250).

With LED headlights it is hard to perceive a difference in high and low beams, but that doesn't mean there isn't. The low beams seem brighter because of the color of the light and where it is being cast.

I live in rural Kansas, I bet deer out populate people 2:1, I don't have any complaints with my headlights.

 

[Jdyount]

Also running fog lights is actually counter-productive when trying to avoid hitting a deer. Yes, they do give you a little wider light spread over using just the low beams but it's not useful (and actually distracting) because of how much they point down. So the problem is it makes you look in places where you couldn't avoid hitting a deer anyway because it's too close, and NOT looking in places where you could avoid one.

*at normal highway speeds. If you're going 20 mph, sure, use those fogs.

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

The lights in the Ram 1500 I had for a couple weeks were definitely better than any Ford I've driven.

 

[Headsong]

I've got a BD with non-sig's, and I thought they weren't very bright, either. I finally adjusted them up a bit, and it's helped a lot. Yours might be set a tad low from the factory as well.

And THEN, I added some good DD fogs, whoa baby does that make a difference watching for deer. I do prefer using $1 bullets instead of $50k ones.

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