Hella Headlight upgrade
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Hella Headlight upgrade
I'm inching closer to getting my dent where I can get it inspected and road legal. I need to finish up a leaky exhaust and fix the headlights. I decided on these Hella units from Summit. I probably could have bought cheaper or went a different route but I've heard good things about these and they can easily be upgraded to a more powerful 'offroad' H4 type of bulb if that becomes necessary. Headlamps made in Germany, copper header gaskets made in China.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hl...7291/overview/
box 1
box 2
box 3
back of lamp 1
back of lamp 2
New vs Old
I don't have any installed shots yet as I am cleaning and repainting the buckets.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hl...7291/overview/
box 1
box 2
box 3
back of lamp 1
back of lamp 2
New vs Old
I don't have any installed shots yet as I am cleaning and repainting the buckets.
5th Wheeling
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I had a set of those on my 86 F250 and I loved them. I had the bulbs with legal wattage low beam and the the not so legal wattage high beam. Really made a difference. I had them in that truck for 120k miles and I found that after that time the glass face had a frosted look to them (they still worked great though). Maybe there is a clear mylar that could be put on the face to help avoid the erosion?
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i did that same thing on my old van, its on the to-do list for the dent.
you don't "need" to upgrade the wiring, but its so easy there really isn't a good reason not to and you will see a huge benefit from doing so.
you don't "need" to upgrade the wiring, but its so easy there really isn't a good reason not to and you will see a huge benefit from doing so.
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The new lamps plug right in without mods.
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I had a pair of those in my 79 for 14 years they worked great. The only reason I threw house brand cheapies in recently was due to the silver spray backing in the housings essentially being non existent.
Again, excellent purchase you'll be happy. I never did a wiring upgrade and they worked well, can't imagine what they would do with better wiring.
Thanks for sharing, now I'm going to get another pair.
Again, excellent purchase you'll be happy. I never did a wiring upgrade and they worked well, can't imagine what they would do with better wiring.
Thanks for sharing, now I'm going to get another pair.
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Here is the mod everyone is talking about. Cheap, easy a alot better, so I hear on here.
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Here is the mod everyone is talking about. Cheap, easy a alot better, so I hear on here.
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Conversion is well worth the money. If you upgrade to the higher wattage bulbs, it would probably be worth it to upgrade the plug.
As long as you aim your lights correctly, you should be able to pass the higher wattage bulbs without any problems. I ran 85/105w bulbs for almost a year in my old bricknose. Never got any crap from anyone
-Jameson
As long as you aim your lights correctly, you should be able to pass the higher wattage bulbs without any problems. I ran 85/105w bulbs for almost a year in my old bricknose. Never got any crap from anyone
-Jameson
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