Guest Durahansolo Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 Well, this weekend I had the fun job of replacing the bushings in my right headlight. Me and my dad started saturday afternoon and finished yesterday at 10:00. If we have to do it again, the time will probably go by faster because we'll know what tools to use. Anyways we installed these headlights in the car to replace the old ones headlights I now have very bright headlights and nice looking accents around the lights.
Guest F14CRAZY Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 I do prefer some other headlight color than yellow
Guest joereatta Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 How difficult to change out headlights? My low beams provide poor lighting and can't always drive around with highs on.
Guest F14CRAZY Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Not bad. Probably a 15 minute job with a philips screwdriver. That is, to switch the sealed beams to the H4 housings and bulbs.
Guest Durahansolo Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 yep it really doesn't take long, 1. Let your lights down, open the hood and remove the black harness from the back of both lights2. Let the lights back up and take the 4 hex screws out of both light housings3. take a phillips screw driver and remove the silver harness around the light that holds it in, There will be four phillips screws.4. Take old light out and put it somewhere safe5. Place new headlights in and replace the silver harness (4 screws)6. Replace 4 hex screws in both housing7. Flip lights down and replace harness8. Turn on and enjoy.The bulbs i have in are APC h4 bulbs and they are bright. 19.99 at advance auto parts.Check attachment I took pics today when it got dark.
Shelby Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Spray a little wd-40 on the screws before trying to removing. They get seized in after 15 years
Rawja Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 I've installed Sylvania Silverstars and there is a noticeable increase in visibility.
Guest Durahansolo Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Spray a little wd-40 on the screws before trying to removing. They get seized in after 15 years </div></div>Yeah, That's the truth, my dad sprayed penetrating oil on all my screws that i took out.
padgett Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 When installing make sure the headlight harness comes around the assembly and not up through the middle.ps I have SilverStars and like them.pps not sure about the pattern on those lights from Advance
Guest F14CRAZY Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Forgot about that...there are sealed beam Silverstars
Guest imported_dantm4 Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 I have silverstars as well - definitely improved visability.-Dan90' Black/Tan Coupe
Guest Durahansolo Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 I was going to get the silverstars as well but the people on the streetglow board said that they weren't very bright.
89REATTAJIM Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Had one low beam burn out. Took advice from Padgett & others & installed a set of Silverstars. I was very happy with the increased visibility. Px 1 week after I put the S'stars in, had a rock go into the one on driver's side. Took a piece of clear shipping tape, covered the hole, and at least a month later it's still working fine. Do have a spare in the trunk in case it decides to go out. The S'stars are the best I've seen for $20 or so apiece.
Guest joereatta Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 Advantage/disadvantage of sealed beam over other?
Rawja Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Advantage/disadvantage of sealed beam over other? </div></div> Probably a smidge more expensive over the long run to run sealed beams as you have to change out the whole unit, but at $ 20 a piece for the Silverstars, it aint a lot of money, plus your headlight is truly, fully new each time you change so there is no long term degradation of the lens unit.The "other" will be slightly cheaper on lamp changes, but usually these housings and lenses are plastic, so the lens will degrade over time. You have a great deal more variety available with the aftermarket cartridge units, the afforementioned "angel eyes", various colored headlamp bulb units can be installed within, the new fangled clear lens look, parking lamps within the headlight, etc.Sylvania was selling a retrofit kit to convert to HID (Xenarc) which I wish I had bought before the feds pressured them and it was pulled from the market. There are some "illegal" true HID kits out there, but the cost is fairly high and the quality is not assured.
Guest Durahansolo Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Advantage/disadvantage of sealed beam over other? </div></div> Probably a smidge more expensive over the long run to run sealed beams as you have to change out the whole unit, but at $ 20 a piece for the Silverstars, it aint a lot of money, plus your headlight is truly, fully new each time you change so there is no long term degradation of the lens unit.The "other" will be slightly cheaper on lamp changes, but usually these housings and lenses are plastic, so the lens will degrade over time. You have a great deal more variety available with the aftermarket cartridge units, the afforementioned "angel eyes", various colored headlamp bulb units can be installed within, the new fangled clear lens look, parking lamps within the headlight, etc.Sylvania was selling a retrofit kit to convert to HID (Xenarc) which I wish I had bought before the feds pressured them and it was pulled from the market. There are some "illegal" true HID kits out there, but the cost is fairly high and the quality is not assured. </div></div>Have you checked ebay for the kit because 9 times out of 10 whenever they stop selling stuff they end up there.
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