Best Jeep Wrangler Headlights: See the Trail More Clearly | Autance

Halogen light bulbs are so passe, or so people tell me. They’re fragile, consume a lot of power for what they put out, and burn out at seemingly the most inconvenient times. The solution to this is to use light-emitting diodes, more commonly known as LEDs, which solve all these problems by being power-efficient, long-lasting, and having an overall whiter temperature of light for better imaging at night. The Cree LED lights by LX-LIGHT offer a drop-in solution to convert your Wrangler lights into more modern LEDs, giving you every benefit with a minor cost to you.

For less than $100, you get a brighter, more power-efficient, cooler-running solution, and one that simply drops directly into your existing mounts with no added hardware. They have a 4,500-lumen high beam, a 3,200-lumen low beam, and come with 1,600-lumen fog lights, all featuring a 50,000-hour lifespan. A built-in EMC is used to remove any LED flickering, and installation is a cinch given they just drop in.

Let’s say you’re an old-timer who insists that Jeep “used to be real” and talks about how if your Jeep features AC, it’s not a real Jeep. You wish pop tops on beer cans were still a thing, you unironically record your Spotify playlist to cassette tapes so that you can have the original stereo head intact, and you probably have a mullet. The point is that not every light kit is going to be for the newer-model Wranglers, and sometimes your Jeep doesn’t have to be entirely period-correct.

This kit from DVISUV offers 8,000 lumens of output on high beams, 5,000 on low, and fits directly into the housings that came with your vehicle, which makes it that much easier. For all you Cherokee XJ dorks who are lurking on this article, yes, these fit that too. In essence, you’re getting LED bulbs that vastly outperform the stock lights for the cost of a nice dinner for two, and that are bright enough so that you can actually use your Wrangler for offroading as much as you say you do.

You probably post memes to your social media where you say “I’d rather have a $200,000 Jeep than a $200,000 Ferrari” and say similar things about campfires vs. nightclubs, blue jeans vs. suits, and spending over $400 on headlights for your Jeep Wrangler vs…not spending that. If that’s true for you, this is the headlight option for the Jeep driver who’s serious about making sure they’ve got the sweetest ride on or off the highway.

These things from JW are feature-rich, with flicker resistance, dual-beam output, and all the certifications you could ever need for North American adventures. The beams are tightly focused, giving you 1,260 effective lumens of output power, which are neatly broken down into the manufacturer’s spec sheet in raw lumens, effective lumens, candela, beam focus, and color temperature, which gives me a lot of confidence about their attention to detail. These are lights that you buy once, and your wallet cries once, and if you’ve got the money to spend on them, then you definitely should.

These are headlights in the same way that illuminated undercarriages are normal running lights. If you buy these, you’re very, very form-focused as a Jeep owner, and that’s okay, because we’ve got the option for you. The SUNPIE lights allow you to turn your Jeep into KITT from Knight Rider, offering LED lighting that can be adjusted for color and pattern with the flick of a switch on a mobile app.

These lights aren’t just one-trick ponies, however. They are fully SAE and DOT approved as headlights, offering output that puts all but the most powerful halogen bulbs to shame. Additionally, they offer easy installation, including everything you need to install them on your post-2007 Wrangler. They also feature a lifespan of up to 50,000 hours, have internal cooling fans for better heat dissipation, and can illuminate the road ahead up to 150 yards.

Up until now, the headlights we’ve listed here have featured plastic housings, which, while durable, won’t be enough for a certain subset of our readership. The kind of people who think old metal cars were “just better” than modern cars with their carbon fiber and composite body panels. You want metal, you want something out of the earth, and the XPrite 85W has that for you for that extra peace of mind. These lights are dual-mode, replacing not only your headlights but also your turn signals, allowing you to have the feature of lights that become turn signals for a brief few minutes, letting everyone know that yeah, you’ve got cool headlights.

The aluminum housing isn’t just for show, either, allowing much better heat dissipation, a lack of cracking or warping in hot temperatures, and resistance to impacts. In addition to all these factors, it’s truly plug-and-play, which means that you can have these things installed in a number of minutes. Build quality specs aside, these lights are no slouch in their primary function of lighting the road, offering 4,000 raw lumens of output in high beam mode, and offering four total modes of operation, namely high beam, low beam, daytime white running, and the amber turn signal mode. As the cherry on the durability sundae though, these lights are IP67 rated as well, which means they can go wherever you and your Jeep can.

“Isn’t the Ovotor that thing where babies come from?” No. What it IS is a truly unique-looking headlight package that took the decision to make their daytime running lights vaguely V-shaped, and they’re convinced that this will make your driving experience better. Well, that’s not the only reason they think so. Some other reasons might be the built-in anti-flicker functions, the 5,000 lumens of raw output power, the aluminum housing for added durability and heat dissipation, and the IP67 water resistance rating.

Point is, these are a really cool way to add some visual interest to the front end of your Wrangler without resorting to the “angry eyes’ front cover, or the multi-colored RGB headlights mentioned above. To make matters even better, these are ready to install with no extra hardware needed. Unfortunately, there are issues with brightness consistency between headlights, finish issues, and the beams being too high, so you may have to shim the headlights to get them to fit properly and have the right convergence point.