Headlight upgrade?

[225]

I have these lights now:



I would like to switch to the newer style headlights. Can I just buy them and they will fit right in? Or will have have to do some modifications?

I did the search feature and couldn't find anything.

Thanks in advance!!!:sombrero:

 

[225]

Anyone?

 

[JKMikey]

Not sure if they would fit, but I think TruckLite makes some LED replacements.

 

[Toyotero]

I'd recommend a set of Hella Vision Plus headlights. They drop right into the sealed light mounts.

Check out this article on upgradig the illumination in a Toyota, the same model lights you'd need I think.

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Headlights.shtml#H4Conversion

You'll want to install new wiring to power the lights since they pull more than the Halogen sealed, see further down in that same article.


Some suppliers of the lights and wiriing:

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

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-pQ8QKrNj167/p_52972207/Hella-Vision-Plus-Conversion-Headlamp.html

http://www.amazon.com/HELLA-003427291-190x132mm-Conversion-Headlamp/dp/B0002M9QRE

 

[cem17]

You could also go HID and new housings off of ebay. There are a few different styles of housings from white to clear black and most are made for HID's. This is what I did and am happy with it. They are pretty bright, way better than what I had, and use less power. I chose to keep the bulb color temperature white/oem (4500k ish) not the blue tint you see too often. Sorry no pics, out of town for a few weeks.

HID kits and info: http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DDM-HID-Kit-Slim-Ballast-35W-or-55W

ebay housings: http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-06-E150-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c695550d4&vxp=mtr

 

[rxinhed]

Also the Cibié lamps at Daniel Stern:


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[225]

ebay housings: http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-06-E150-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c695550d4&vxp=mtr

What I am talking about are these housings for my van. Right now, I have the squre headlight.

Do I have to do any extra mods to get them to work on the setup I have now?

 

[BlueCruiser88]

I just picked up the JW speaker model 8700 (low beam) for my Fj62 Land Cruiser. You would need the model 8800 (low and high beam) I believe.

Some reviews on youtube show a much better beam cutoff than truck lite as well as more lumens. They are very expensive, but a headlight upgrade makes ten thousand times more sense than a 900 dollar light bar that you only use 5% of the time on the road (which is illegal anyway in most states). I have light bars as well, they are amazing off road but simply too much for road use perchance I screw up and blind someone fumbling for low beam on winding roads.

The JW speaker is DOT approved and made in the USA.

 

[copescobra]

I just replaced the sealed beams in my 2000 E-350 with this set up from
Highperformancebulbs.com

You can email them and they will give you other ideas but this one worked best for my purposes.

Pilot Automotive 6054 WI-HL5A 1 59.99
Sealed Beam Headlight
Conversion Kit Part #
WI-HL5A
H4 HID Bi-Xenon HID Kit HIDH4BI 1 124.99
(HID Low Beam and High
Beam) Part # HIDH4BI

I don't know much about installing them as my Van is with Chris at Ujoint and he is doing a bunch of work on it and thought
why not upgrade headlights as getting a light bar also.

good luck. and get some real light going.....

 

[225]

I just replaced the sealed beams in my 2000 E-350 with this set up from
Highperformancebulbs.com

You can email them and they will give you other ideas but this one worked best for my purposes.

Pilot Automotive 6054 WI-HL5A 1 59.99
Sealed Beam Headlight
Conversion Kit Part #
WI-HL5A
H4 HID Bi-Xenon HID Kit HIDH4BI 1 124.99
(HID Low Beam and High
Beam) Part # HIDH4BI

I don't know much about installing them as my Van is with Chris at Ujoint and he is doing a bunch of work on it and thought
why not upgrade headlights as getting a light bar also.

good luck. and get some real light going.....

How many K was your light bulbs? And how are they?

 

[cem17]

What I am talking about are these housings for my van. Right now, I have the squre headlight.

Do I have to do any extra mods to get them to work on the setup I have now?

I don't think so, but I already had that style. These vans did come with both styles in the same years. I don't think I had to use anything from the old housings to make the new ones work. My oem housings and bulbs were not nearly as bright as the new ones with HIDs.

 

[copescobra]

Please forgive my ignorance.
I don't know what "K's" are in reference to??? If you let me know I will inquire

Other members of the sportsmobile forum were helpful in recommending these to me.

I would think that once Chris at Ujoint installs them he would be happy to share his thoughts on them.

Once I pick up my Van I will share with you my thoughts.

 

[cem17]

Here is a hid color chart.

 

[rxinhed]

K = Kelvin

C = Centigrade, Celsius

F = Fahrenheit

This kind of thing. The 'K' describes the intensity of the light (quote from Wikipedia):

The spectrum emitted by a blackbody radiator does not match the sensitivity characteristics of the human eye; the light emitted does not appear white, and most is not in the range of wavelengths at which the eye is most sensitive. Tungsten filaments radiate mostly infrared radiation at temperatures where they remain solid – below 3,695 K (3,422 °C; 6,191 °F). Donald L. Klipstein explains it this way: "An ideal thermal radiator produces visible light most efficiently at temperatures around 6,300 °C (6,600 K; 11,400 °F). Even at this high temperature, a lot of the radiation is either infrared or ultraviolet, and the theoretical luminous efficacy (LER) is 95 lumens per watt."[39] No known material can be used as a filament at this ideal temperature, which is hotter than the sun's surface. An upper limit for incandescent lamp luminous efficacy (LER) is around 52 lumens per watt, the theoretical value emitted by tungsten at its melting point.[34]

Although inefficient, incandescent light bulbs have an advantage in applications where accurate color reproduction is important, since the continuous blackbody spectrum emitted from an incandescent light-bulb filament yields near-perfect color rendition, with a color rendering index of 100 (the best possible).[41] White-balancing is still required to avoid too "warm" or "cool" colors, but this is a simple process that requires only the color temperature in Kelvin as input for modern, digital visual reproduction equipment such as video or still cameras unless it is completely automatized. The color-rendering performance of incandescent lights cannot be matched by LEDs or fluorescent lights, although they can offer satisfactory performance for non-critical applications such as home lighting.[42][43] White-balancing such lights is therefore more complicated, requiring additional adjustments to reduce for example green-magenta color casts, and even when properly white-balanced, the color reproduction will not be perfect.

 

[Chuck59]

I upgraded my Jeep LJ stock (and very abismal) 7 inch rounds with a set of Bosh reflectors from busdepot.com. Cost was only $44 bucks and now I am able to purchase modern bright and much better performing halogen bulbs. I ordered a couple of German halogen bulbs from bus depot.co also, but could be sourced from any auto parts store.

They have made such a difference / improvement to my lighting needs.