i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get aftermarket headlights for a 01 dodge ram sport

gave up looking for projectors

 

Check eBay out I think they may have some

 

i did most of them said they wont fit sport models

 

There junk there is massive issue with them. Save your money for the plenum fix.

 

Its pretty hard to find projector units that fit the Sport model, but you stumble upon them once in a while. Only semi-reliable and reasonably priced place I have found them at is eBay.

Beware, as dodge15004x45.9 stated, some of the units sold are junk. They look really cool, but they don't put out light worth a darn, so your night time visibility is reduced.

 

whats a plenum fix?

 

Do NOT double post! Your other thread has been deleted.

 

As I just got schooled by Mr. Daniel Stern, 100% of aftermarket is garbage:

The DJAuto, Depo, TYC, Genera, Fifft and other non-original units that are all over the
internet are copycats made poorly in Taiwan or China. The low price is
attractive, but the quality, performance, and durability are all
significantly inferior to the genuine items. And that's to say nothing of
the newest wave of trash coming in from China under names like Helix or Sonar (or
no name at all). Projector headlamp conversions, clear-lens conversions,
etc...every bit of it dangerously badly made.

All of these copycat lamps start out with physical copies of the lens, and
the results are photometrically pathetic...one might as well make a mould
of your eyeglasses lenses and expect to be able to cast new working
eyeglass lenses from the mould. Bzzt, not going to happen. The level of
shape precision required to accurately focus the beam can only be achieved
with optical engineering _from scratch_. Copies don't even begin to get in
the ballpark. The beam patterns won't be a total mess; you'll still see
the cutoff and upsweep on low beam, for example, but light distribution
under the cutoff is way, way out of line with what it should be. Usually
the ECE type approval ("E-code") marks are fraudulent/counterfeit, too.
Same story with their DOT lights.

"Perfect OE fit and performance" is often promised in the ads for the
copycat lamps. This is an out-and-out lie. Take a look at
http://www.capacertified.org/press/CAPALighting3.pdf , which is the report
on a large government-sponsored test of OE vs. TYC vs. Depo versions of
simple, cheap American-car headlamps. Epic fail for the TYC & Depo units
(see page 21 and 30 if you don't have time to read the whole report) ----- and TYC and Depo are the two _least_ craptacular options in aftermarket lamps!





I just bought a Sport replacement, 2 bulb bucket only, cost $211 at dealer but I'm convinced I did the right thing.

Worth your time to go the salvaged route for the entire assembly, if you need it or cost is an issue, and resurface the lens if it's not too far gone.

 

I will have to argue this.

While you are correct that a lot of aftermarket is garbage, and a lot of the certifications or "DOT Approved" stuff is probably fake, there are many good aftermarket units out there. Claiming "100% of aftermarket is garbage" is far to broad and impossible to prove.

I've seen many aftermarket units surpass the stockers, and not just with my truck, but other vehicles as well. You just have to be very careful about what you buy. Now, mind you, my only experience is with non-projector style housings, so they may be a different story.

 

I'm always good to be open to argument, you just have to bring evidence and knowledge to the debate. Unless someone can do that, I'll always go with the one who can and in this case the Big Dog (Stern) wins.