mrfajita

No heat is annoying when wet snow is falling a lot. Doesn't melt off the lenses while you're driving.

I've seen them for $380, I paid $415 for mine about 8 months ago

salad

Current draw intrigued me so I looked up specs for Truck-Lite 27450C. 23/46W, compare to stock sealed beam at 55/65W and high-output halogens at 80/100W.

Also, apparently the lenses are high-strength polycarbonate, same stuff safety glasses and CDs are made out of. Tough stuff!

Admittedly the overall TCO seems kinda crap as it could take 10-20 years of ownership to meet the price of a conventional setup but the advantages certainly make these more attractive... if they're reliable.

Kinda fug though.


lol how long until we see "VOLVO HEADLIGHT WIPER MOD WRITEUP"

bheath

im working on it now as a matter of fact...

NewKindOfClown

Good point. I hadn't considered that. Has it been an issue for you?

salad

what seriously

bheath

yup. been asking NKOC questions... thats freaky weird ya'll were talking about that. Im using Mercedes-Benz wipers though. The older models use the same 5x7 lamp as us along with a inline 6.

see. http://www.daveolimpiautomobiles.com...z300D_main.JPG

NewKindOfClown

Nice!

cdawall

Helping a buddy get his 80 something 3 linked, new axles (D30 non-disco w/4.88's and 8.8" w/ a craplok and 4.88's) along with some other maintenance done. Somehow it has substantially less rust than my 94, but has a really shady PO lift on it.

Old axle junk



New axle with the passenger link cut off and ground down



The mess left from all of the boxes and one of the links

salad

Haha cool. I look forward to it. I see you have a '99: Are you modifying the bezel or the signal lights or what? Got a thread on them?

Edit: Of course you edit after I posted and I didn't bother to quote... sheeesh

rmoore1031

It'll be snowing any day now in NY, so I'll be updating how these work in the snow. When I had Truck-Lite LEDs on Humvees, FMTVs, M-ATVs, HEMTTs, etc.. I had no issue with snow in NY or Afghanistan. So I don't imagine a problem with these.

bheath

i'm making a bracket that'll hold the wiper up. few wires and relay's and you have mud scrapers.

only problem right now is how to get the damn things from moving in such a wide range of motion. they'll hit the bezel as of now...

SteveTCook

Replaced 3 shocks and broke the heads off the bolts for the 4th shock. You win some, you lose some.

bheath

consider yourself lucky you didn't break all 4 upper rear shock bolts. alot of people do.

JerrytheJeep

Thanks for that!

bheath

no problem. it's just that I try to inform as many people as I can about HID's due to the fact every kid around me on their lifted trucks has HID's and they buy those cheap kits and end up blinding people. I've actually seen wrecks where the driver stated that they passed a person with HID's and couldn't see the road because the lights were aimed in their eyes, so they ended up in the ditch. It's a pet peeve i suppose.

this is another reason why the Truck Lite LED's are so expensive. The housings are made specifically for LED's.