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Need to replace headlights on 1977 f150, instead of going back with normal factory wondered if anyone had any recommendations on these new led ones that are out there. I don't wanna rewire anything unless I have to.
I don't have any recommendations for different headlights, but adding relays and getting full battery voltage to your headlights will make a vast improvement over factory wiring.
I don't have any recommendations for different headlights, but adding relays and getting full battery voltage to your headlights will make a vast improvement over factory wiring.
So your saying wire the headlight switch to power the relay, then wire the relay contacts direct to battery?
Do a Google for "sealed beam to led conversion". Summit racing has an option that looks interesting from "Oracle lighting" that takes H4 bulbs, $65 per side bulbs not included.
I bought the relay upgrade kit from LMC. I don't really like it, mainly some of the materials used, and haven't installed it yet, but will probably this weekend. When i do a wiring harness replacement later on, i will either buy one with the relay upgrade built in, or build my own.
At a rough guess, doing the relays harness takes at most a couple of hours and will a) get you about a 25% increase in lighting efficiency even from the original lights and b) allow you the flexibility to upgrade to halogens if you wan to try that direction; generally much cheaper than LEDS. That couple of hours and $20 or so worth of components is money well spent.
At a rough guess, doing the relays harness takes at most a couple of hours and will a) get you about a 25% increase in lighting efficiency even from the original lights and b) allow you the flexibility to upgrade to halogens if you wan to try that direction; generally much cheaper than LEDS. That couple of hours and $20 or so worth of components is money well spent.
So your saying wire the headlight switch to power the relay, then wire the relay contacts direct to battery?
That is about it. I added fuses between the battery and relay contacts for both high and low beam. You can probably get the parts for about $15 to do it yourself like I did. If I had it to do over I'd look in to the wiring harness orangeford posted. If your time is worth anything it would be worth the extra money.
I don't have them yet, but I've done a lot of research. GE Nighthawk LED lights seem the way to go. They are rebranded from GE, they are actually Truck-lite brand.
Another vote for standard semi sealed, with H4 bulbs and updated wiring. You'll notice the difference from the wires alone. I've done the lamps and bulbs on mine and about to do the wiring.
One tip - if you choose bulbs that are significantly higher output or draw more current then update your fuse to cope.
Another vote for standard semi sealed, with H4 bulbs and updated wiring. You'll notice the difference from the wires alone. I've done the lamps and bulbs on mine and about to do the wiring.
One tip - if you choose bulbs that are significantly higher output or draw more current then update your fuse to cope.
Very true! Make sure you update the whole system of you're using higher power halogen bulbs. You don't want a fried harness. That's another reason I like LEDs. They draw much less power.
They're expensive but a friends of mine got the 7" Chromes from Dapper Lighting in his 69 Mustang. They're designed for HIDs but will work with standard bulbs I think H4's. But they're made to not be the really annoying kind of HIDs.
These photos aren't from him obviously, they were donated by Google Image.
But they have a solenoid activated flap inside that cuts the beam off during low beam, and then it opens up for high beam. You can also order them as left hand drive or right hand drive, the flap inside will block extra light on one side to stop it from shining into the opposing traffic. You can kind of see it in that drive way shot on the left side. Really cool idea and I'm saving up to put them on my truck. Though I think the 7" round look a lot better than the 5x7" rectangle.
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