home-grown light upgrade
Always looking to upgrade lighting on my truck - this is an upgrade I first did on a buddies' '67 mustang coupe.
Jeep JK Wrangler headlights ('07-current) are a direct bolt in swap for the old sealed beam headlights in our trucks. Requires changing from the H4 style connector to a H13 style connector (late model fords, jeep, etc). This whole swap (using junkyard parts) cost me about $100, including silverstar bulbs. one old, one new http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170020.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170021.jpg new on right (crisp light cutoff and concentrated beam), old on left (wider, more scattered light and hazy cutoff) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170024.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170033.jpg Lows, silverstar bulbs and new housings http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170035.jpg Highs http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...3/P2170036.jpg difference in the amount of light on the road ahead of you is absolutely night and day. Well worth the hour and a half of effort.:chevy: |
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you take 2 standard normally off relays, and hook them into the high and low beam power wires on the headlight harness on one side, and to the battery/alternator on the other. Then you use your original high and low beam wires to trigger the relays and supply power to the headlights right from the battery (or alternator). This serves two purposes: 1. it gives your headlights the most direct line of power they can have, allowing them to perform to their fullest potential and 2. it prevents your new, upgraded headlights from pulling too much current through the 40+ year old headlight switch and causing it to fail (or light on fire :eek: ) |
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Sooo....where can you buy the relay? this sounds like a great easy upgrade that i would like to do. Is it a over the counter part? can i swipe it from the jeep when i find my headlights?
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Autozone carries the 4lug relay and a 5 lug relay for less than 5.99ea.
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