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They work really well. I have a friend who road in it with me at night, he has an older Freightliner that he pulls a horse trailer with, he wants this headlight setup for his Frieghtliner.
Tgese are the morimoto 2.0stroke 3.0 in my pickup. Huge up grade of halogen bulbs Gtr also makes some badass led bulbs. Lots of others as led technology is advancing
Good lighting will cost some money. Im not afraid to spend it at times on good lights have still been amazed by the cheap 5x7 lights
Honestly, before you even think about changing the bulbs, do the headlight harness mod. That is almost a necessary modification any way you slice it, and after you do that, you may be satisfied with a regular replacement set of bulbs, or go all out. Either way, you are still starting with a more solid foundation (wiring).
I've got the KSuspension H4 lights with upgraded harness. I'm very happy with them and they are very bright. One thing to consider with the cheaper LED headlights is they do not produce enough heat to melt snow if it gets real cold outside and you will have visibility problems. Also with H4 bulbs, if one goes out you can find them at just about any auto store. If an LED goes out you are gonna have to wait for a new pair to come in. Low beams High beams
I also went with the K Suspension harness upgrade. Since I wanted a bit brighter output still without going the LED route, I opted for Autopal H4 housings with 100/55w bulbs.
I also went with the K Suspension harness upgrade. Since I wanted a bit brighter output still without going the LED route, I opted for Autopal H4 housings with 100/55w bulbs.
I've had my Autopal h4's for a very long time 10+yrs with no complaints. I did finally notice a small bit of rust on the reflector the other day. I will be ordering a new set soon.
One added benefit of the H4. If you go with glass housings you can quickly and easily swap out your daily driver bulbs for bulbs at 100 watts on the high beam side when you go night wheeling. Hella sells H4's in many different wattage's. I can personally vouch for the 100/55 and the 65/55. The 100 watt is really too bright for on road use. (not to mention illegal, but few of the boneheads that drive around with their high beams on and refuse to dim endure them without dimming) The light reflecting back at you from street signs is blinding. The 65/55 last me for about 3 years. They are cheap too. Far less than some of the ones advertised on tv.
I should mention that your harness will need to be up to the task of 100 watts per bulb. I built my own out of 14/3 sj cord, automotive relays, and ceramic sockets. Handles the heat and draw of the 100 watt lamps like a champ.
Last edited by Hapdad; 05-04-2021 at 06:45 PM.
Reason: added infomation
I ended up purchasing a set of Hella DOT H4 housings from Amazon, along with a pair of Hella's 130/90W H4 bulbs. I made my own quad relay, individually-fused, ceramic-socketed wiring harness entirely out of 12ga wire so I knew I'd absolutely never have to worry about it ever again, and to make sure that if one goes out, I won't lose everything (there's a single word to describe that but I cannot remember for the life of me what it is right now). It's worked great for me so far, I've been flashed on lows once or twice and every once in a while I'll be in the middle of a tight corner while on high beams and can't move fast enough to swap back to lows. Oops, sorry!
Anyway, I haven't taken any pictures of the actual lighting while out on the road but I can safely say that it's about 4x as bright as the old sealed beams I was running. I considered wiring the high beam switch up to toggle both the high and the low circuit of the bulbs at the same time but figured I'll probably eventually swap to an early Wagoneer-style quad lamp setup (again with the Hella housing swap) and that way I won't reduce the service life of the bulbs if I don't need to. These bulbs get HOT HOT HOT!
As a side note, a few people have asked me why my jeep has chicken wire screwed to the front of it.
I had the chicken wire even before I had the Hella housings since I knew that eventually I'd buy them, and now that I have them the chicken wire can serve its intended purpose. I've had a few friends lose headlights to rocks while trail riding together, or even just crazy rock ricochets while out on the trail... There is NO WAY I'm losing a $50 headlamp to a rock! $0.20 worth of insurance will help avoid that. (Radiator isn't as big of a worry but I chicken wired it up too because I don't wanna get any rocks up in the fins.) So far, so good.
Edit: REDUNDANCY! THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. Redundancy.
04-12-2021 | 05:47 PM
(Radiator isn't as big of a worry but I chicken wired it up too because I don't wanna get any rocks up in the fins.) So far, so good.
