T3 Headlight Mod for H4 Bulbs

[blkcorvair]

I finally got fed up with my reproduction T3 Bulbs blowing. Ive lost (2) bulbs in about a little over a year and I only use my headlights a handful of times a year at best. At $170 a set on ebay, I cant be replacing bulbs once a year.

At first I decided to give a set of H4 ecode headlights a try. You can actually buy a really high quality set of Japanese ecode 7" headlights from your local toyota dealer for only $20. Its a ridiculous low price and includes (2) koito ecode headlights, a full harness with all the relays and an apology letter from Toyota to FJ Owners for dicontinuing the sealed beam version. Part number 81110-60P70. List price is only like $23. I called one local dealer that quoted me $40+ but a call to another dealer and I scored them for $20. They fit really well, Have a very thick glass lens, and a stainless rear ghousing. Plus the bulbs are held inplace with a locking ring rather than the cheesy Spring clip like most. I didnt use the relay harness, but I only kept the 55watt bulbs. If installing higher wattage, I would use the relay harness. I just couldnt stand the look of the Flat lens so I started researching cutting the lens of the reproduction T3 Sealed Beam bulbs and grafting them onto the Koito H4 housings. Thats what I ended up doing.