blue halogen or incandescent??

[CDX825]

80-86 trucks used sealed beams


I did the relay mod and hooked straight to the output of the alternator and have been very happy. Everyone that rides with me at night says my headlights are bright.

 

[riotwarrior]

80-86 trucks used sealed beams


I did the relay mod and hooked straight to the output of the alternator and have been very happy. Everyone that rides with me at night says my headlights are bright.

Stock lights are sealed beams, I agree fully with you on that, as soon as you change those out, and install replaceable bulbs that leave the lens housing they are no longer stock sealed beams are they


But in that, the Free Form reflectors style with clear lens if designed correctly are truly quite a remarkable upgrade...but those facets need to be designed accordingly.

 

[bigblue85]

i purchased a set of the sylvania silverstars and havnt put them in yet but do they come with the relay harness to help with brightnes???i seen how lmc truck had them in there with there hid lenses and bulbs

 

[riotwarrior]

i purchased a set of the sylvania silverstars and havnt put them in yet but do they come with the relay harness to help with brightnes???i seen how lmc truck had them in there with there hid lenses and bulbs

Nice.....good luck whith those

 

[itsacrazyasian]

i purchased a set of the sylvania silverstars and havnt put them in yet but do they come with the relay harness to help with brightnes???i seen how lmc truck had them in there with there hid lenses and bulbs

No they dont. the silverstars work well as a basic upgrade but definatly get the headlamps off the stock head light switch wiring.

I shove them in a few of the econoline 15 passenger vans that still run sealed beams and they work well. No comparo to the composite headlamp housing.

As for HID conversions Warden. A properly done HID conversion with mechanical limiters work well for HID's. the problem is 99% of people don't do it correctly. I have HID's in my 84 Mercedes. It has the vacuum headlamp adjustment knob in the dash so i can adjust my headlamps depending on who's i the back seat. I put a mechanical limiter i the housing so it doesn't shine up into people's faces.

 

[itsacrazyasian]

Stock lights are sealed beams, I agree fully with you on that, as soon as you change those out, and install replaceable bulbs that leave the lens housing they are no longer stock sealed beams are they


But in that, the Free Form reflectors style with clear lens if designed correctly are truly quite a remarkable upgrade...but those facets need to be designed accordingly.

The lights he was looking at and the lamps on his truck currently are sealed aren't they?

If you look closely i put a link for a upgrade to put a h4 bulb in his truck.

but doing that upgrade with the h4 without upgrading the wiring is pointless IMO.

 

[riotwarrior]

The lights he was looking at and the lamps on his truck currently are sealed aren't they?

Yes YES the stock slant nose head lights are sealed and came that way from the factory, I forgot they had sealed beams in the early 80's I appoligize.

How ever if the lights are those euro ones with multi faceted reflectors with H4 bulbs they are not sealed beams, nor are Cibi Bosh Hella replacement lights if they use the H4 bulb.

If you look closely i put a link for a upgrade to put a h4 bulb in his truck.

but doing that upgrade with the h4 without upgrading the wiring is pointless IMO.

Nope don't be putting any H4 in thar if you do not plan on a relay upgrade, Even if your just putting some True Sealed beam halogens it's actually worth it to do the relay mod just for the added insurance of less load on switch and more current available to the bulb.

The bulbs going into my OBS factory lenses are on this page

http://www.myhellalights.com/index.php/default/bulbs/high-performance-xenon-blue-bulbs/

Model
H83175122
9007
100/80
Off-Road Only
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HLA-H83175122/

Now up here in igloo ville...aka Canada I paid more n what Summit wants...that's fer sure! I would liked to have had Yellow ones but eh...it's what I got...now to try some of the fancy Free Form faceted style lens housings...instead of stockers or like
http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-96-FORD-...Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item3a68174afa

 

[Matrix37495]

Has anyone found an E code conversion for the 6054? I've been looking around, but cant find any that say they are E code.

If they dont exist i'd be perfectly happy with glass lenses........

 

[The Warden]

Has anyone found an E code conversion for the 6054? I've been looking around, but cant find any that say they are E code.

If they dont exist i'd be perfectly happy with glass lenses........

http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=744

I've been running these on my truck for almost 8 years now and am as happy as a clam with them

 

[Matrix37495]

Gonna have to save up for those puppies! Ouch!

 

[itsacrazyasian]

Gonna have to save up for those puppies! Ouch!

Find yourself a mercedes salvage yard. ALOT of the older mercedes used the H6054 sealed beam when they were federalized. Many converted back (not the true full faced euro lamps) but to a housing built by hella to use the h4. very similar to what you see up there, just without the crazy price tag.

 

[Matrix37495]

Find yourself a mercedes salvage yard. ALOT of the older mercedes used the H6054 sealed beam when they were federalized. Many converted back (not the true full faced euro lamps) but to a housing built by hella to use the h4. very similar to what you see up there, just without the crazy price tag.

What models should I look for?

 

[itsacrazyasian]

What models should I look for?

W126 mercedes. 80-85.

Part of grey market import modifications to these cars. They went from this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W126-Left-Headlight-Assy-Euro-500SEL-H4-New-/140585042738?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item20bb858332
to this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MERCEDES-W126-126-81-86-OEM-R-HEADLIGHT-/230175515388?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item359787a2fc

Then people replaced those sealed beams with these or something close to this. you can tell with the removable bulb in the back side obviously.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hella-200mm-E-code-conversion-Headlamp-H6054-008-122187-Toyota-Ae86-Brand-NEW-/330669687908?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_210&vxp=mtr&hash=item4cfd730464

I still don't understand why the DOT insisted the euro lamps be replaced with a sealed beam. STUPID!

Or a projector style housing to use HID's.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/H6054-projector-Headlight-w-HID-conversion-kit-10k-/150726699251?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item231802e8f3

 

[paulb3]

I have HID light and I love them but I think I blind people a lot becuase people tend to flash their high-beam lights at me when I drive by.

 

[itsacrazyasian]

I have HID light and I love them but I think I blind people a lot becuase people tend to flash their high-beam lights at me when I drive by.

well if you just "stuck" in HID's without modifiying the housing then you are most likely blinding the crap out of people infront of you.