I found a 9004 kit, but the websites tool said it wasn't compatible. Is this a mistake? I don't see any reason it shouldn't fit. *edited* I checked the entire list and it is compatible with 95 rams, vans, and caravans.

 

If your Dakota is 9004 based, you can try it.

In GENERAL, most LED PNP kits may produce more light, but it's not useful light; the light source is off the focal point, and just even worsens the light out pattern.

I'd recommend new headlamp housings first, and good quality halogen 9004 bulbs, instead of playing around with LEDs for headlights.

RwP

 

The lights I am looking at are 4 sided and should be spread properly by my housing. My factory halogens produce next to nothing. So anything will help

 

It's terrible I may as well not have lights. All they are good for is letting others see me at night. They do not produce enough light to help me, and I have perfect vision.

 

Hah if you're from Northwest LA I'm pretty sure you know my last name

 

It doesn't ring a bell, no.

But then, a lot of names don't *grins*

But if you think they're bad NOW, try LEDs. They'll be a lot brighter, but won't actually light anything up, because they're off focus.

If you want more useful light, consider a HID reflector upgrade.

Also, again, try new headlamps; so many of those headlights are fogged and yellowed, and of COURSE they don't work worth crap. Also, try new bulbs; even the longer life OEM bulbs have life spans of about 1,000 or so on hours. The "expiration" is when they hit something like 50% or 75% output. Try new bulbs also; for 9004, the current "best bet" is probably the Philips Racing Vision. https://www.hidplanet.com/forums/for...-halogen-bulbs Switching from Hella 9003s to Nightbreaker 9003s yielded a 150% output over the Hellas. Shucks, the Nightbreaker highs at 60W are better than the 100W Hellas!

RwP

 

Don't do it. LED headlights are horrible uless they are a factory designed option. They will look bright when looking at the car from the outside, but they will NOT throw light down the road.

Get Philips Xtravision bulbs, or a bulb that produced more lumens than stock, and relay your headlights so you don't melt your headlight switch.

 

Ralph & Cash68 are right on, aftermarket LED's don't include a large part of the visible light spectrum, and the light is often so dispersed it gets lost in a fog, so to speak. They may shine bright but not enough of the light is coming back to your eye to illuminate objects.

Clouded lenses are a big problem, regardless of the light source, so find a way to fix that first. Replace them or polish them. When you've tackled that, there's a good upgrade you can do that will brighten your lights and make your headlight switch last much longer. Basically your going to take the 12vdc headlight output from your switch (lo and hi beam), and feed to a couple of relays located under the hood somewhere, preferably close to the headlights. Run a heavier gauge wire, say 14ga, from the alternator or battery to the relays, and from the relays switched side directly to the headlights. This mod reduces voltage drop to the lamps, and generally brightens them significantly. Where you may have had say 11.8 volts reaching the headlights, now you'll have something more like 13.2 volts, and that'll make a noticeable difference.