How to swap your sealed 7" to LED
I converted my 7" sealed beam headlights on my '52 GMC to LED bulbs.
I will put links to the parts I used, and pictures on what I had to do. I have now put the same LED bulbs in 3 different vehicles. My friends '07 Jeep, my '67 Jeep, and my '52 GMC all with great results. I'll just say the bulbs work from 9V-32V so if you have a 6V truck it probably won't work. |
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I will be showing some pictures of my Jeep's lights sometimes but the conversion is the same.
This is the LED bulbs I bought. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Philips-LED-...NZDB8e&vxp=mtr I also bought new H4 headlight plugs from my parts store they where $6 ea. Attachment 1650205 Attachment 1650206 |
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You will also need a after market headlight lens/reflector. I used different ones in my Jeep and GMC it's really personal preference. Both mine use a H4 bulb. You can also find a lens from a newer Jeep 07-15 should work.
First 2 are my GMC Second 2 are my Jeep Attachment 1650209 Attachment 1650210 Attachment 1650211 Attachment 1650212 |
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As for installing it is really quite easy. The H4 ring comes off the bulb install it into lens.
Then you may have to trim the rubber but push it on. Click LED back into ring. 1st ready to go, don't worry about the wires they are for my headlight rings 2nd H4 ring installed 3rd rubber pushed on 4th Led bulb clicked back into place. The last pick is from my Jeep I cut off the red and black you see. GMC http://www.ebay.ca/itm/7-ROUND-DIAMO...item56993ba35f Jeep http://www.ebay.ca/itm/86-95-Suzuki-...item4ac7f40961 Attachment 1650213 Attachment 1650214 Attachment 1650215 Attachment 1650216 Attachment 1650217 |
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After that you should just be able to install like any other stock headlight. Just plug in and go.
This is a low and high beam shot from my GMC And a low and high beam shot from my Jeep for comparison. They are so nice and bright white, easy to see everything. Also the street signs glow. Attachment 1650220 Attachment 1650221 Attachment 1650222 Attachment 1650223 Attachment 1650224 |
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Lower, nice how to on the LED set-up...Jim
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Nice job there.
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Good write up. Did you see any difference on your electrical system? Since the LED draws a lower current, did you change your headlight fuse to a lower rating?
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It's always a good idea to have fused circuits even if is higher amp than the draw.
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Any preference ,one over the other ,style you did? Led ring vs, not
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Also, are you worried that the rubber seal around the bulb will get hot and melt? I know the heat sink of the bulbs get pretty hot. Here's a picture of mine installed. Thanks again for all of the info! :metal: Here's the lights I purchased: http://www.ebay.com/itm/322177905990...AIT&rmvSB=true |
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Nice write up. I thought about this on mine as the actual LED complete headlights are super expensive. Mine work great now so I will probably leave them for now as they are.
But these look nice. |
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That's why we are all here Dan
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Nice write up Lower. One other nice feature of these LED type bulbs is most of them have a cooling fan in the back of them to keep them cool and to prevent pre mature failure.
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