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Brightest Street Legal Headlights?
- Thread starter ecsong187
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My suggestion: get or make a new headlight harness that runs your lights directly off the battery with a relay from your old headlight harness/switch, then upgrade your old sealed beams to H4 conversion housings (they swap right in place of your sealed beams but accept a standard H4 bulb) and get some H4 Sylvania Silverstar bulbs. I did this with my old XJ and it was freakin' awesome how much better the light was at night.
Check on eBay for the H4 conversion housings, usually you can get some for under 50 for the pair with some cheesy blue bulbs. Open the package on these "HID blah blah bullshit" bulbs, smash and throw the pieces away... they're just standard bulbs with blue tint and will suck worse than what you have now. Replace with Silverstars or some other higher wattage bulb.
Also, there's probably somebody on eBay making a plug-n-play upgraded harness for your rig too I would imagine.
Check on eBay for the H4 conversion housings, usually you can get some for under 50 for the pair with some cheesy blue bulbs. Open the package on these "HID blah blah bullshit" bulbs, smash and throw the pieces away... they're just standard bulbs with blue tint and will suck worse than what you have now. Replace with Silverstars or some other higher wattage bulb.
Also, there's probably somebody on eBay making a plug-n-play upgraded harness for your rig too I would imagine.
what he said - swapping the harnesses to run right off the battery makes a huge difference itself.
CrustyJeep
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And can save your switch. We run the 130 watt H4's, and they ate a switch before I put relays in. Nice and bright.
Glenn
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Is it your vision or your lights that make it hard to see at night?
Would blinding other driver's solve your problem?
Would blinding other driver's solve your problem?
84Toyota4x4
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I like Silverstars, but hate the bulb life. Ive heard nothing but bad things about it, but ended up getting some for a 4Runner myself. They BOTH burnt out after only three months, no wheeling, just street driving. Ive gone through about three in my bike now too. I hope the Silverstar Ultra has a better life. Oh, and before anyone asks, yes, I know not to touch the bulb.
Heres an email response from them about it
~T.J.
Heres an email response from them about it
~T.J.
Toyotanut
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If you would quite driving by braile, that might help:haha:
Totalled
That Ford Guy
I have GE nighthawks. Bright like the silverstars, cheaper, and I now have 6 trouble free months on them in my DD.
Same here...the silverstars burned out in 3 months!:looser:
Sylvania extravisions have good light and last a long time.
I use hella 7" rounds in my cruiser with 110/60 but aim them down. They have that abrupt cutoff type line in the middle so if you aim them down no one gets bothered by them...till you turn on the brights
That's what I just got for my tow rig. Hope they work out better than the silverstars.
CrustyJeep
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Yup, you can get away with a lot of wattage with the H4's if you aim them right. I would say our 100 watt low beams are a fair bit easier on oncoming traffic than a typical stock 50 watter.I use hella 7" rounds in my cruiser with 110/60 but aim them down. They have that abrupt cutoff type line in the middle so if you aim them down no one gets bothered by them...till you turn on the brights
High beams OTOH... Uh, sorry about your retinas dude :haha:
But officer, what do you mean my headlights aren't supposed to give the person in front of me a tan on the back of their neck? :redneck:
Actually, now that you mention it... I do have to say the Silverstars didn't last very long. I had some in my ricer before I bought my XJ and I think I went through two pairs in the 8 months or so that I had them in.
bulbs and wattage aside, i really like the euro-pattern lenses. even with a generic bulb I think the light pattern is much nicer. on lo beam it's almost as good as a fog light and the high beams are very tightly focused compared to DOT spec lenses. i just use whatever cheapy bulbs i can find at the lower wattages. technically i don't think they're legal. these are popular with the rallye guys. i love 'em offroad; on night runs up on shoestring i've had good visibility with no assistance from fogs or driving lights. fwiw ...
As hard as it is to admit, buy APC's lights. When i was in school working at Schmucks I ran a set of SilverStars in my Ranger. One went out in less then a month, so I bought a set of the APC's because they looked like the same bulb. Couldnt tell a difference between them. Eventaully the other SilverStar gave up the ghost and I swapped in the second APC. The truck ran the same APC's for over a year before it got rear-ended and totalled.
IMO APC's same light quality of SilverStars but only $25 for the set instead of $50.
IMO APC's same light quality of SilverStars but only $25 for the set instead of $50.
Hellbilly
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Do you think a cop is going to know the difference? Some of the new euro imports have lights that are damn bright and I'm sure there not getting harassed!
And how do you know or even care about a head light law just wondering
junkyard jim
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Wagner's TruView are pretty decent. Mine have lasted 2 years so far (H6054TV) but I want to get the Hella's with the rear focus and put upgraded H4s in. (I bought a pair of 55/85 bulbs for my other truck from lightbulb warehouse but I don't think they are around anymore)
