LED replacement headlight assemblies

[Copoor]

Hi friends,
Are there replacement/upgrade LED headlight assemblies, and/or LED bulbs that "work" in reality for the model year 2000 Town Car? I just bought a pair of Kepler (LED bulbs only) and now I am second guessing myself, without asking if they will work. I have heard there can be voltage issues, etc.
Plug and play without doing any wiring changes...

 

[raiderfan247365]

Hi friends,
Are there replacement/upgrade LED headlight assemblies, and/or LED bulbs that "work" in reality for the model year 2000 Town Car? I just bought a pair of Kepler (LED bulbs only) and now I am second guessing myself, without asking if they will work. I have heard there can be voltage issues, etc.
Plug and play without doing any wiring changes...

Hey there, welcome to the forum, I would give this thread a read through

LED's anyone?

Anybody running low and/or high LED? H7 9005. I have them on another car but the back end of the bulb is open and can cool. My concern on the Town Car is the headlight assembly is sealed and no air circulation may overheat

lincolnforums.com

 

[jkeaton]

I installed LED headlights in my 04 with no issues. Plug and play. Had to modify the holders for the low beam bulbs though. Other that, it was a piece of cake. See the thread above.

 

[TownToTown]

Hi friends,
Are there replacement/upgrade LED headlight assemblies, and/or LED bulbs that "work" in reality for the model year 2000 Town Car? I just bought a pair of Kepler (LED bulbs only) and now I am second guessing myself, without asking if they will work. I have heard there can be voltage issues, etc.
Plug and play without doing any wiring changes...

Noteworthy Towncar year model 2000 changed in 2003 - so it is not hosting similar headlights (among other differences). Sorry, I do not know a good answer. I visited similar idea but stayed away. Overheating of the enclosure will be a factor for sure. Also light cone must be within "rules of the road" when your State has inspections. If annual / bi-annual inspections are the law, there please, check with your nearest inspection station.

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[raiderfan247365]

Noteworthy Towncar year model 2000 changed in 2003 - so it is not hosting similar headlights (among other differences). Sorry, I do not know a good answer. I visited similar idea but stayed away. Overheating of the enclosure will be a factor for sure. Also light cone must be within "rules of the road" when your State has inspections. If annual / bi-annual inspections are the law, there please, check with your nearest inspection station.

Yea, from what I have read the pre-2003 Town Cars don't take LED conversion as easy as the later models. Good luck though, make sure to check back in and let us know how it goes if you do indeed take the leap!

 

[Nongmin]

Added Hikari LED bulbs to mine, not the cheapest but they work well. The key seems to be that the actual LED chip placement on the stem mimic the halogen location as closely as possible, in the reflector housing. If not, the scatter is terrible and not very oncoming motorist-friendly. No overheating problems, so far. Trial and error testing led me to the Hikari bulbs. And, my high beams run as DRLs as I enabled this through FORScan.

 

[gunnye7t]

I replaced all exterior bulbs except the headlights in my 2002 Town Car Sig using LEDs from Diode Dynamics.

LED headlights were not available but an integrated HID assembly was.
Pretty much plug and pray with their design.

I did replace both headlamp assemblies as a whole as the original ones had faded so much.
I keep some wax with UV protection on these new assemblies to help prevent or slowdown the fading.

 

[raiderfan247365]

I replaced all exterior bulbs except the headlights in my 2002 Town Car Sig using LEDs from Diode Dynamics.

LED headlights were not available but an integrated HID assembly was.
Pretty much plug and pray with their design.

I did replace both headlamp assemblies as a whole as the original ones had faded so much.
I keep some wax with UV protection on these new assemblies to help prevent or slowdown the fading.

Hey, I wondered if I was the only person to do this. I swapped every bulb in my car interior and exterior to LED's (I have a HID assembly so I didn't replace my headlamps). Did you end up installing resistors to counter the hyper blink on the turn signals?

Having done all this, I don't know that I would do the exterior bulbs again, I mean, it's "cool" but I don't know if the difference is truly worth the cost and effort. Just my opinion though. I also just bought cheapo LED's from Amazon, I do understand higher quality lights will perform better and last longer.

I would however HIGHLY recommend swapping the interior bulbs for LEDs, it makes a huge difference and that super white light looks way cleaner than that yellow tint.

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[gunnye7t]

Figured I'll never again have to change an exterior bulb.
And the backup LEDs and the turn signal clearance LEDs are very bright.

I did not use resistors due to the heat that is generated. It is not insignificant.
For instance. Each rear brake lamp assembly has 3 bulbs. So 3 resistors would be needed and it is optimal to mount the resistors to bare metal to facilitate the heat transfer.
Also, the crimping and splicing involved is a chore in my opinion.

Instead I spliced in an electronic flasher module made for LEDs.
The Town Car does not have a flasher module. Instead the LCM controls the pulsing of the electrical signal to flash the turn signals.
I spliced in the electronic flasher module to intercept the LCM signal.

Works like a charm. I have the module mounted underneath the top of the steering column cover.

I used the factory wiring diagram manual ( schematics ) to determine the splice point.

I will get around to swapping out all the interior bulbs. On the list.

 

[raiderfan247365]

Figured I'll never again have to change an exterior bulb.
And the backup LEDs and the turn signal clearance LEDs are very bright.

I did not use resistors due to the heat that is generated. It is not insignificant.
For instance. Each rear brake lamp assembly has 3 bulbs. So 3 resistors would be needed and it is optimal to mount the resistors to bare metal to facilitate the heat transfer.
Also, the crimping and splicing involved is a chore in my opinion.

Instead I spliced in an electronic flasher module made for LEDs.
The Town Car does not have a flasher module. Instead the LCM controls the pulsing of the electrical signal to flash the turn signals.
I spliced in the electronic flasher module to intercept the LCM signal.

Works like a charm. I have the module mounted underneath the top of the steering column cover.

I used the factory wiring diagram manual ( schematics ) to determine the splice point.

I will get around to swapping out all the interior bulbs. On the list.

Oh... Where were you last year when I was doing my install LOL. I ran into the issue with the hyperblink. I looked for some relays that I could simply plug in but I discovered what you mentioned, it's controlled by the LCM. I at that point gave up and installed the resistors, I agree that the heat is not insignificant. I did some informal heat tests on the resistors before finalizing the install, and they didn't seem to get that hot, I mean, they got very very warm lol but they also release the heat quickly. I am seriously debating pulling those out and going with your system, sounds so much nicer....

And yea, I wasn't giving enough credit to how bright those rear LED's are, they are bright. I suppose I am most unimpressed by the side marker lights.

 

[jkeaton]

Figured I'll never again have to change an exterior bulb.
And the backup LEDs and the turn signal clearance LEDs are very bright.

I did not use resistors due to the heat that is generated. It is not insignificant.
For instance. Each rear brake lamp assembly has 3 bulbs. So 3 resistors would be needed and it is optimal to mount the resistors to bare metal to facilitate the heat transfer.
Also, the crimping and splicing involved is a chore in my opinion.

Instead I spliced in an electronic flasher module made for LEDs.
The Town Car does not have a flasher module. Instead the LCM controls the pulsing of the electrical signal to flash the turn signals.
I spliced in the electronic flasher module to intercept the LCM signal.

Works like a charm. I have the module mounted underneath the top of the steering column cover.

I used the factory wiring diagram manual ( schematics ) to determine the splice point.

I will get around to swapping out all the interior bulbs. On the list.

OK, now you are going to have to provide a detailed write up, with pictures, for the rest of us......

 

[BSmith81]

Go to PantherLights.com . The guy that runs it owns his own business of retro-fitting headlights. Basically he can customize your headlights with projectors, halos and other stuff. He also sells high-quality LED headlights that are direct plug-and-play and are made for use in regular halogen assemblies. Here's mine I got from him, I also have LED high-beams, but no pics of them

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[G-921179]

I installed LED headlights in my 04 with no issues. Plug and play. Had to modify the holders for the low beam bulbs though. Other that, it was a piece of cake. See the thread above.

will they work on a 2006 Signature and if so what is the brand and model of these LED bulbs that worked for you? thanks!