# 2016 Ford Fusion - Bad review of upgraded lights

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035 "2019-06-11T05:43:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ShirleySprague](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@ShirleySprague](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ShirleySprague)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/1 "2019-06-11T05:43:21Z")

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I own a 2016 fusion had the HID&LED new lights done and did not change or improve the head lights at all it cost me $200.00

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/2 "2019-06-11T17:55:02Z")

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Aftermarket headlights often are no better than stock.

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/3 "2019-06-11T17:59:48Z")

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The best info I’ve found about headlights is at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety site.

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**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/4 "2019-06-11T18:05:19Z")

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Were they OEM lights or were they aftermarket? Were they from a reputable brand or some fly by night operation on Ebay or Amazon? You can’t expect much for $200, when you take into consideration that typical aftermarket headlight assemblies for this car run around $350ish a pair and that’s not even OEM.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/5 "2019-06-12T01:51:59Z")

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The problem is that the light output is restricted by law so it doesn’t blind oncoming drivers. LED, HID, carbon-arc-light, whatever method to produce light, the light output restriction remains.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/6 "2019-06-12T02:15:07Z")

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George, doesn’t your car have the original Prest-O-Lite units? (the acetylene ones)

I’m sorry, i’m very bad, i just couldn’t resist.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-ford-fusion-bad-review-of-upgraded-lights/142035/7 "2019-06-12T02:22:38Z")

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I do have to add water to some sort of chemical inside to make them light up … 😉