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headlight upgrades
built truck from ground up now needing headlights thought about upgrading post pictures of new styles with part numbers thanks scott
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Who said that?
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sorry i cant help, but i am interested in the same thing.
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This is an old post I saved you may want to look through this one. I dont remember what all was in there. Go here
Good luck Dave
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you could go and buy the H4 conversion kit from bosch and even go wilder and get the H.I.D conversion for your h4's.
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Headlight Conversion
I put the following lights on my 67: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2423465992
I am still working on cleaning up the bezels (previous owner painted them white) but the lights look great. They are really a bright white and have a small bulb that is at the bottom on the light. I wired the small light up to my parking lights, so they come on at the same time. The ring around the bulb glows for about 20 mins after I turn off the lights. You could even change out the small bulb for a different color or put in a strobe if you wanted. They have a flat surface which I really like. I got them to fit with only a small modification. I can take a picture of them if anybody wants to see them, but realize there is no bezel there only because they have been removed to be cleaned. ![]()
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These look cool! Haven't tried them yet but they should work well.
http://www.matrixracing.com/browse_i...p?Item_ID=4366
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I bought mid 80's motorcycle flatface headlight's with a replacable halogen bulb.. Work killer!!
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Re: Headlight Conversion
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Headlight Conversion
Will take a picture when I get home and post it.
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I think I'm going to do the relay-mod to my GMC soon, since the relay-mod to my A/C worked so well...once I got a real crimper, that is
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What about the horn relay? Isn't there a 12V source off that?
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Project 1970, what did a relay do for your a/c?
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I was having major problems with burning up the fan control switch - one a year, if not more. And my high-speed setting was disconnected, as the factory wiring for that was toast and kept trying to light up!!!
Simple solution - two relays and a DPDT switch. (All this to replace the functionality of my entire A/C panel!!! Hehe.) Switch left turns on both relays, which both puts the fan on HIGH (14V to the fan does that) and engages the A/C compressor clutch. To the right only engages the fan relay, while leaving the A/C relay off. I think for the headlights, I'll just put a big ring-terminal on the end and go right from the battery cable...
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Ok, here are a couple of pics of the headlights.
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Here is another one, this is my low beams.
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This is my parking lights, you can see that there is a light glow from the small lights that are mounted inside the headlights.
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Cool padreisla, Gracias for the pics, and what was that modification you did to your new headlights to make them fit?
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Where the small bulb is connected in the back bottom area, the socket sticks out too far. So I took my drill and drilled out a hole the size of the socket. That way if and when I want to change out the bulb it will be easier to get to it. I am attaching picture of back of headlight so you can see where I am talking about the bottom bulb.
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what is the point of the bottom bulb?
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I am going to paint the truck blue and will install a blue bulb in the headlight to give off a blue tint. Mostly for car shows and so on, it is illegal here to have blue lights on your vehicle. But I already have a set of blue neons for under it, and have blue neons that wrap around the 6X9 speakers in the door. So really it is just consmetic for me. Heck I just wanted flat light bulbs and they were there so I bought them......impulse buying I guess.
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Those lights are awesome padreisla, I think I'm going to buy a set! Thanks for the pics and the ebay link!!!
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Thanks for the info padreisla, I think I'm going to get me a set as well.
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Informative lighting sites:
http://lighting.mbz.org/home.html http://www.team.net/sol/tech/light-up.html Last edited by jimfulco; 08-22-2003 at 04:52 PM. |
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Who makes the lights in the pics? I need to get a set.
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