I'd like to upgrade my "sealed beam" headlights to a white light ---- not any blue or yellow.

Does that mean I need a sealed beam repl kit and some sort of ballast and what type of bulb. I know I have to pigtail, no problem there.

They're all over the www - any experience with this project ?

 

Sent PM with link to such a project, hobbyist vendor doing a nice job of this very thing.

Sylvania Silver Star sealed beams are nice too---about the brighest self contained true sealed beam lamp out there I believe.

 

does the silver star just plug right in with no mods JWA?

 

They do Annaleigh---they're installed in my '03 E250, vast improvement over the standard sealed beams.

Its only when we get into the more exotic high-current demand lighting where different connectors, heavier wiring and relays come into play. Living in the city I don't need quite that much light though.

 

Don't want to turn the street lights off as you pass by them?

 

Never thought of that but yeah---not really trying to spot opossums or other dear 1/4 mile downrange either. Plenty of stray cats and raccoons though.

 

I just bought 2 of these.


They seem to work very well and don't require changing anything. They use a replaceable 9003/HB2 bulb.

In my case I had to replace my headlight plugs that had the wires falling apart with the dorman 84790 sockets. But this would not be required if your existing wiring works properly. I just cut off the old ones and put these on.

 

Those Dorman replacement connectors are great--I would have suggested them had you not beat me to it!

I bit of soldering them to the existing wiring, shrink wrap the solder joints and you've got one (or two) great connectors now.

 

This is what I did and they work great (autopals + harness):

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post15325774

 

Yeah only the driver side socket was messed up but i figured if i'm going to replace one i'll replace the other as well.

Honestly I think one of the previous owners of my van had a battery leak, because EVERYTHING around the battery on the drivers side is corroded and rusted to hell.

 

I have a similar situation but on passenger's side inner fender from the washer solution reservoir leaking for more than a few years. Its a bit unsightly but so far nothing fatal.