GMC Headlight Upgrade

[EVRLET]

I just purchased some headlight upgrades to the 67 GMC and couldn’t be more impressed. The headlight is glass and not cheap plastic. The bulbs really lit up my view. Overall, the update didn’t make the GMC look too modern or cheesy. It blended in nice with the grill and kept the overall old look. Here is what I ordered on Amazon

Nokya H5006 $89.95 pair
Lasfit 9007/HB5 6000k $36.99 pair

**couldnt post photos because I was missing a security token...huh***

[Jacoby]

Need pics asap

[Willys_MB]

Did you buy two pairs of each? I'm curious to see how it looks/works with the GMC headlights/highbeams...

[EVRLET]

Hope this works

[EVRLET]

Headlights

[EVRLET]

Yes, bought two pairs. Best part was plug and play.

[Willys_MB]

Originally Posted by EVRLET

Yes, bought two pairs. Best part was plug and play.

Excellent! I love the way they still look like the original. Do the high beams work as high beams or are they just extra headlights with this setup?

[EVRLET]

Works with the factory high beam floor switch.

[thedudeabides86]

Originally Posted by EVRLET

Hope this works

This looks pretty effing cool. Definitely looking into doing this on my 72. Awesome!

[Willys_MB]

This is great... I think I know what my next upgrade will be! Thanks for posting!

[Willys_MB]

Sorry I'm asking so many questions...
I noticed that the bulb model for high beams is H5006 and low beams is H5001 (or maybe the other way around). I don't know if there's any real difference, but do the LED lights you installed in place of your high beams still work as well as or better than they did when you had your old high beams on?

[EVRLET]

When I get home, I’ll tell you which bulb is which and take a picture of the lights aimed down the street. That way you can see the difference between low and high beam and how much of the street gets lit up. To put things into perspective, the 67 is bagged and I still had several people flash their high beams at me thinking I had my high beams on. But I only had the low beams on.

When you’re asking your question, I think you’re looking at the factory bulb and comparing it to this set up. That’s apples to oranges. The factory is a headlamp and bulb as one. This set up is a separate headlamp and bulb, so two pieces. Think of this set up like a new car where you replace just the bulb and not the headlamp...aka housing. Does that make sense???

[Martino patina]

So I usually don't do aftermarket headlights but these are cool so you have to buy 4 of the sealed headlight bulbs and then buy 4 of just the led headlamp bulbs to use in the new sealed beam or am I totally missing what you have to buy here sorry in advance if that's the case.thanls

[EVRLET]

Since these are sold in pairs, you would do a purchase with a quantity of 2. This is for both the headlights and bulbs.

89.95 x 2 = $179.90

36.99 x 2 = $73.98

Total = $253.88

[EVRLET]

Keep in mind that these are LED bulbs. If you want a different kind of bulb, you have choices. Just look at the 9007 series bulbs.

[Martino patina]

Ok I was pretty sure that's what you did but wanted to be sure before buying wrong stuff thank you for your help they look great. It looked like in the Amazon picture like the light housing is the part that comes with the pig tail plug and play wire is that correct.

[KY_GMC]

Originally Posted by EVRLET

To put things into perspective, the 67 is bagged and I still had several people flash their high beams at me thinking I had my high beams on. But I only had the low beams on.

These bulbs should probably only be used in projector housings, not the reflector housings that you are using. I know that they say that they are halogen replacements, but this is wrong.

The Halogen bulbs that go in reflector housings usually have a coating on the end of them so that the light is directed toward the back of the housing and reflected out of the housing in the correct pattern, so as not to blind those in the oncoming lanes.

The projector housings have a lens in them that takes the light going forward (like from these bulbs or from HIDS) and then provides a cutoff so that the light only goes from the horizontal and down, and side to side. You will see a crisp horizontal line of the light.

Otherwise, you are sending light everywhere and into the eyes of oncoming drivers!

[Willys_MB]

Originally Posted by KY_GMC

These bulbs should probably only be used in projector housings, not the reflector housings that you are using. I know that they say that they are halogen replacements, but this is wrong.

The Halogen bulbs that go in reflector housings usually have a coating on the end of them so that the light is directed toward the back of the housing and reflected out of the housing in the correct pattern, so as not to blind those in the oncoming lanes.

The projector housings have a lens in them that takes the light going forward (like from these bulbs or from HIDS) and then provides a cutoff so that the light only goes from the horizontal and down, and side to side. You will see a crisp horizontal line of the light.

Otherwise, you are sending light everywhere and into the eyes of oncoming drivers!

Do you have a housing in mind that would work with these lights?

[KY_GMC]

Originally Posted by Willys_MB

Do you have a housing in mind that would work with these lights?

No, I did the halogen upgrade with relays when I restored my truck and it was a significant improvement over sealed beam. The only thing that the LED does is give you options for color temperature (bluish light) and reduced power consumption.

I did a lot of research when I updated from halogen to HID on my VW, but already had projector housings in that car from the factory.

[87Skier]

Originally Posted by KY_GMC

No, I did the halogen upgrade with relays when I restored my truck and it was a significant improvement over sealed beam. The only thing that the LED does is give you options for color temperature (bluish light) and reduced power consumption.

I did a lot of research when I updated from halogen to HID on my VW, but already had projector housings in that car from the factory.

Went through this myself. I ended up going with halogen Hella E-code (european standard) low beams (low/high) and high beams (high only), after tossing around a bunch of ideas. I went with halogens because I wanted a stock look.

I can't comment on the Cibie's posted above, but I believe the Hella stuff is comparable, but may not be quite as good. The Hella beam pattern has a very sharp cut-off, dead spot for oncoming vehicles, and good ditch illumination. The high beams are very bright and have good throw distance.

I can post pictures of how the Hella's look and illuminate if anyone is interested.

[Martino patina]

Ok yes that's exactly what I was picturing just didn't want to be wrong and have alot of unusable stuff thank you so much for the great explenation

[Old_Gold]

I tried another set of plug and play LED lamps last year but they just didn't fit the buckets. Very cool to see another option, thanks for posting!

Jim

[Jeff's72C10*]

Those sure make a difference.

[thewrai6th]

Looks really good compared to the dull yellow. For the bulbs, you suggest a Hi/Low bulb, but wouldn't you just need a pair of low beam and a pair of hi for the GMC?
I'm seriously considering this as the my next upgrade.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by thewrai6th

For the bulbs, you suggest a Hi/Low bulb, but wouldn't you just need a pair of low beam and a pair of hi for the GMC?

The outer lamps are both high and low beam... the inner lamps are high beam only.

So on low beam, just the two outer lamps light up. On high beam, are four are illuminated.