AlphaRex 2023+ Ford Super Duty F-250/F-350/F-450 Headlights

[jjfred2112]

Are all of your plugs connected along with the additional battery connections?

As I mentioned in the DM, I have the halogens. Only 4 plugs were used. There was one extra that had a cap on it, which I'm assuming would be used on the stock LED harness

 

[jjfred2112]

Regarding my hyper flash.

Preface: I sent them a message with the following response.

"Are they referring to my trucks info screen or through Forscan?"

Honestly don't recall seeing a DRL button on the info screen

 

[Chr15m]

Regarding my hyper flash.

Preface: I sent them a message with the following response.

"Are they referring to my trucks info screen or through Forscan?"

Honestly don't recall seeing a DRL button on the info screen

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Settings>Vehicle>Lighting>Daytime Running Lights in the headunit menus.

 

[TheBlackPearl]

As I mentioned in the DM, I have the halogens. Only 4 plugs were used. There was one extra that had a cap on it, which I'm assuming would be used on the stock LED harness

I see. I had some with caps also, but found plugs to connect to for most. The ones I didn’t have connections for I left capped.

Here is the pic I mentioned. It would have worked if I had enough clearance for the fuse tap.

 

[jjfred2112]

Settings>Vehicle>Lighting>Daytime Running Lights in the headunit menus.

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[jjfred2112]

I see. I had some with caps also, but found plugs to connect to for most. The ones I didn’t have connections for I left capped.

Here is the pic I mentioned. It would have worked if I had enough clearance for the fuse tap.

That is exactly what I did.

 

[modified]

Got the lights installed. Look great but seem to be getting some hyper flashing.

Heck yeah, those look awesome!

 

[Chr15m]

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

NP, im looking forward to seeing what the fix is, since ill be ordering these in a couple months.

 

[jjfred2112]

NP, im looking forward to seeing what the fix is, since ill be ordering these in a couple months.

Follow up from CJC Off-road

Here is what we received from Alpha Rex just now:

The customer can go into the factory menu on the truck’s screen and disable the DRL feature.

If disabling the DRL does not resolve the issue, no worries. We have an external capacitor arriving in approximately two weeks, and we will send one out to the customer once they are received.

 

[Craiger22]

These look really good, BUT they are marketed as Plug and Play. A shop that was going to do mine was sent a pair to try out and he said there were to many problems with electrical issues one being the hyper flash. I was told wait for the fixes ? Not sure what to believe now.

 

[Alpoba]

We have an external capacitor arriving in approximately two weeks, and we will send one out to the customer once they are received

This defeats the entire plug and play promise. Two plus years of development and testing and now with the botched rollout they have to fall back on external capacitors to control hyper flashing ?

 

[Optimus🤖]

Sorry to hear about this guys. We were excited to see the Alpha's at SEMA last year. My shop got them and returned after awhile. Once Morimoto released theirs, they went on my truck .

 

[jjfred2112]

Follow up from CJC Off-road

Here is what we received from Alpha Rex just now:

The customer can go into the factory menu on the truck’s screen and disable the DRL feature.

If disabling the DRL does not resolve the issue, no worries. We have an external capacitor arriving in approximately two weeks, and we will send one out to the customer once they are received.

Tried this fix, but still flashing. May try @TheBlackPearl method and put my fuse wire to brown/white upfitter

 

[Chr15m]

These look really good, BUT they are marketed as Plug and Play. A shop that was going to do mine was sent a pair to try out and he said there were to many problems with electrical issues one being the hyper flash. I was told wait for the fixes ? Not sure what to believe now.

100% on the plug and play not feeling quite accurate here, but Im curious what other electrical issues did they encounter?

Im not totally surprised by the hyper flashing, us XLT folks are going from a bulb that has a higher resistance than those that already have LED headlights. The majority of the trucks at my dealership are not incandescent bulbs so I would draw a conclusion that Alpharex likely used the most common app and tested these primarily on trucks fitted with the stock LED headlights.

Im kind of disappointed that may have been overlooked though as its not an uncommon issue. Also, regarding CJCs response, I assume they mean resistor and not capacitor. Which also suggests they are familiar with this common issue and really makes me wonder even more why it wasnt prepackaged as an optional component.

Frustrating

 

[jjfred2112]

100% on the plug and play not feeling quite accurate here, but Im curious what other electrical issues did they encounter?

Im not totally surprised by the hyper flashing, us XLT folks are going from a bulb that has a higher resistance than those that already have LED headlights. The majority of the trucks at my dealership are not incandescent bulbs so I would draw a conclusion that Alpharex likely used the most common app and tested these primarily on trucks fitted with the stock LED headlights.

Im kind of disappointed that may have been overlooked though as its not an uncommon issue. Also, regarding CJCs response, I assume they mean resistor and not capacitor. Which also suggests they are familiar with this common issue and really makes me wonder even more why it wasnt prepackaged as an optional component.

Frustrating

Yup. Frustrating indeed. Thankfully I have a commuter car, so I'm not having to drive in the dark an hour with flickering lights.

 

[NEOHIO]

Has anyone reached out to @ZooDad to see if he has any input on changing headlight type in Forscan?

 

[TheBlackPearl]

Looks awesome my friend!

Thank you! I think so, too!

 

[TheBlackPearl]

Looks great. Have you had any issues with hyper flash or is everything working as designed?

Me? No, thankfully. They look and operate as expected. Only issue was the fuse tap which I worked around with the upfitter brown/white wire for the same function.

 

[TheBlackPearl]

Tried this fix, but still flashing. May try @TheBlackPearl method and put my fuse wire to brown/white upfitter

So I would only expect a different outcome this way IF it works normally on the fuse tap, because the upfitter method has the same function.

 

[NEOHIO]

@TheBlackPearl has no hyperflash issues due to his truck being LED from factory.