I have a 1977 F-250 with the round head lights. I was wondering if there were any other headlights that I can use that are brighter than the stock ones. Do they make round halogen lights? If I switched to a diffenrent light, do I have to do some new or different wiring? Don't really want to covert to a square head light since I like the look of my truck as is.

Thanks, Dett

 

see the tech article about brighter lights........works great and easy to do
you can get round headlights from JCW and others that will hold H-4 halogen bulbs and you can get those as bright as you want (off-road only they say)
I would recomment that you add relays if you are going to change to H-4's as they draw a bit more current
btw, check your dimmer switch as that can be part of your problem when the contacts become corroded

 

Buy a set of Bosch Round headlights.

They use H4 bulbs up to 100w/80watts.
They come with 55w/65w

I swear by them

 

LMC has a replacement headlight with a seperate halogen bulb. It,s the brightest legal light for your truck and looks like the original light. Coast 49.95. Go to www.lmctruck.com.

 

the ones that I got from JCW are just like that for $14.99 with the H-4 bulbs that are DOT legal, just you can get brighter ones for off-road that fit the same headlight

 

Hella also sells replacement lights that are brighter, they allow you to replace just the bulb so you can add any bulb you want.

 

In the "readily available" category, I'd say go for Hella 7" round European code H4 headlights. Be sure to include a pair of fused Hella relays and some heavy wiring in your plan. That will have the added benefit of taking the load off of our factory headlight switch, dimmer switch, and wiring.

In the "best" category, get Cibie 7" round European code lamps. Try Daniel Stern Lighting, at http://www.danielsternlighting.com both for the lights and for a LOT of useful no-BS information on lighting.

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