2015-2018 Bulb Guide/Tutorials - Suburban/Tahoe/Yukon/Yukon XL

[rxnotec]

Putting together a little Light guide similar to what MotoMedic did for the Silverados. More details to come on this with swaps and some photos (Scroll down a few posts). 

(Yukon and Yukon XL Only Low, High, fog, license and back-up apply as GMC has more OEM LED handling the others). Some of these may apply 

to 2014 model year but the bulb size is different like the 2014 Yukons.

 

Tutorial videos (Courtesy of CarCareKiosk and some random dude on YouTube) reflect as:

* Chevrolet

** GMC

 

Side Note: OEM HID Color is approximately 4200-4300K. LuciasMaximus and I are playing around with color matching the factory LED DRL.

The factory LED DRL appears to be between 5500K-6000K color wise. 

 

Suburban*/Tahoe*/Yukon**/Yukon XL**:

Low Beam Lights w/HID*,** - D3S

Low Beam Lights*,** - H11 (H11-55W)

Replace Low Beam Bulb Tutorial *

Replace Low Beam Bulb Tutorial **

 

High Beam Lights*,** - 9005 (HB3)

Replace High Beam Bulb Tutorial *

Replace High Beam Bulb Tutorial **

 

Front turn signal* - 7440NA

Replace Front Turn Signal Bulb Tutorial *

 

Fog Lights*,** - PSX26W - (12278 / 12278C1 / H28W)

Replace Fog Light Bulb Tutorial *

Replace Fog Light Bulb Tutorial **

 

Back-up Lights / Reverse Lights*,** - 921 (921W / W16W)

Replace Back-up/Reverse Light Tutorial *

Replace Back-up/Reverse Light Tutorial **

 

License Plate Lights*,** - 194 (194W / 12961)

Replace License Plate Bulb Tutorial *, **

(Starts at 0:30)

 

Rear Turn/Stop Lights* - 7440 (7440W)

Replace Rear Turn/Stop Bulbs Tutorial *

Edited April 22, 2018 by rxnotec
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[rxnotec]

Couple of solid videos for comparison of OEM vs different HID OEM quality bulbs:

Philips Bulb Shootout (Not D3S bulbs but still educational)

Osrams Bulb Shootout (Not D3S bulbs but still educational)

Kelvin Color Information

 

I realize these are all videos from TRS but they have some solid videos that help a lot of first timers understand lighting. I am not in anyway affiliated with TRS in case that topic comes up. I was a customer in the past however.

[LuciasMaximus]

Glorious!

[rxnotec]

PHILIPS Ultinon 6K D3S 35W with OEM Ballast First fire and testing on 2018 Suburban RST Premier

 

The color match to the OEM DRL LED strip is incredible. Even looks more accurate in person.

 

On the white garage door.

 

On the white garage door with OEM fogs for color comparison

 

POV from driver seat down the road. No fogs lights on. Just Low Beams.

 

Edited April 21, 2018 by rxnotec

[rxnotec]

PHILIPS ultinon 6K LED License Plate ( 194 ) and Reverse/Back-up LED ( 921 ) on 2018 Suburbans.

 

Photos taken at great angle to show how clean white the 921 is. They are very bright. Can add some flash/POV shots if needed.

Edited April 21, 2018 by rxnotec

[rxnotec]

Xtreme LED pro 5K Low Beam ( H11 ) and Xtreme LED cmb 5K ( PSX26W ) first fire on a 2018 Suburban RST LT

 

On white door low beam and fogs on.

 

Fog light housing lit up

 

Inside garage after actual first fire of fogs

Edited April 21, 2018 by rxnotec

[rxnotec]

Yellow LED Fog light bulbs 2018 Suburban RST Premier with comparison to OEM Halogen fog.

Future thought is to consider doing a dual LED Cube set-up to utilize white Fog or Yellow fog or both at same time. Have to do some digging on it.

 

Yellow LED fog first fire

 

Yellow LED Fog on white door

 

Yellow LED fog only at dusk.

 

Yellow LED fog with Ultinon 6K Hid D3S Low beam

 

Comparison of fill and scatter of Ultinon 6K HID with OEM fog to w/Yellow LED fog

Edited April 25, 2018 by rxnotec
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[slj2008]

look's good

[Danyi2170]

What brand are those yellow fog light leds? And what model.  

[rxnotec]

10 hours ago, Danyi2170 said:

What brand are those yellow fog light leds? And what model.  

Alla Lighting purchased through amazon

Edited May 25, 2018 by rxnotec

[Danyi2170]

1 minute ago, rxnotec said:

Alla Lighting purchased through amazon

Appreciate it. Ty.  Great information.  Huge difference those led make. 

[markitzero]

So far I've replaced:

 

rear turn signals/brake lights with 80w red (https://hidkitpros.com/shop/lumawerx-7440-7443-led-bulb-lw80-cree/)

reverse lights (amazon sourced)

license plate bulbs (originally amazon source, one died, now: https://hidkitpros.com/shop/1995-2017-chevrolet-suburban-led-license-plate-lights/)

front fogs: moritmoto (https://hidkitpros.com/shop/chevrolet-square-morimoto-xb-led-fogs/)

 

The fogs were a total pain to replace but have great side-to-side coverage and 5500k. Rear brake/turn are super bright and responsive. 

Still need to change out the front HID to 6500k, the high beams to LED and the front turn signals to LED.

 

[rxnotec]

On 5/29/2018 at 7:25 PM, markitzero said:

So far I've replaced:

 

rear turn signals/brake lights with 80w red (https://hidkitpros.com/shop/lumawerx-7440-7443-led-bulb-lw80-cree/)

reverse lights (amazon sourced)

license plate bulbs (originally amazon source, one died, now: https://hidkitpros.com/shop/1995-2017-chevrolet-suburban-led-license-plate-lights/)

front fogs: moritmoto (https://hidkitpros.com/shop/chevrolet-square-morimoto-xb-led-fogs/)

 

The fogs were a total pain to replace but have great side-to-side coverage and 5500k. Rear brake/turn are super bright and responsive. 

Still need to change out the front HID to 6500k, the high beams to LED and the front turn signals to LED.

 

Any solid photos of all this glorious work above? Any hyperflashing issues? Light bulb codes on the turn signal bulbs?

Edited May 31, 2018 by rxnotec

[markitzero]

14 hours ago, rxnotec said:

Any solid photos of all this glorious work above? Any hyperflashing issues? Light bulb codes on the turn signal bulbs?

I'll take some photos this weekend. No hyperflash (resistors installed), as far as codes I am assuming I need a Chevy diagnostic tool to determine but I have seen nothing indicated from the vehicle dash displays.

 

Quick video showing LED on top, standard incandescent on bottom testing during install. 

IMG_0838 (1).m4v

Edited June 1, 2018 by markitzero

[rxnotec]

1 hour ago, markitzero said:

I'll take some photos this weekend. No hyperflash (resistors installed), as far as codes I am assuming I need a Chevy diagnostic tool to determine but I have seen nothing indicated from the vehicle dash displays.

 

Quick video showing LED on top, standard incandescent on bottom testing during install. 

IMG_0838 (1).m4v

Cool. Looking forward to seeing them.