headlight upgrade

jeffw · Post by **jeffw** » January 29, 2009, 11:01 pm

WOW!! got the headlight relays hooked up and there is a total differance,,
very stoked right now!! talk about BRIGHT!!!

Ford4jack · Post by **Ford4jack** » January 30, 2009, 1:04 am

Yes that is a great upgrade its nice to be able to see at night for sure.
What kind of headlights are you using Jeff

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » January 30, 2009, 8:35 am

Cool Jeff.

What's also cool is if you do not have halogen bulbs in your truck you can get a even bigger improvement for another $10.00 bucks.

fmartin_gila · Post by **fmartin_gila** » January 30, 2009, 9:12 am

When I installed the headlight relay setup on mine, I also went with the Halogen lights and it was a whole nother world compared to what I had.

Fred

jeffw · Post by **jeffw** » January 30, 2009, 9:21 am

jwh f-100 wrote:Cool Jeff.

What's also cool is if you do not have halogen bulbs in your truck you can get a even bigger improvement for another $10.00 bucks.

another 10.00 clams?? fill me in,, also I have the regular headlights in right now and one died on the spot, it was dim to begin with,

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » January 30, 2009, 9:55 am

jeffw wrote:
jwh f-100 wrote:Cool Jeff.

What's also cool is if you do not have halogen bulbs in your truck you can get a even bigger improvement for another $10.00 bucks.

another 10.00 clams?? fill me in,, also I have the regular headlights in right now and one died on the spot, it was dim to begin with,

jeff, next time you are at the parts store get bulbs that look just like yours but say halogen across the glass but check your truck it may already have them.

Mine were about 5 bucks each at NAPA.

I THINK H6024 is the number you want

64slickster · Post by **64slickster** » January 30, 2009, 10:16 am

where did you get the relays at?

charliemccraney · Post by **charliemccraney** » January 30, 2009, 10:17 am

I like the sylvania silverstar headlights. I have them on my 88 firebird. They are brighter than a lot of newer cars. The cars with HID lights are still much brighter.

cosmo115 · Post by **cosmo115** » January 30, 2009, 10:29 am

Ive been wanting to do this mod for quite some time, I have the schematic and the instructions from the this)Dane's garage) site. But I'm confused about a few things.
Do I need to install the two 20 amp fuses? I thought the headlight swithch was the fuse.
I just installed a Ron Francis Wiring Kit and I have 2 extra fuses there as well, cna i use those?
I found the relays, but I/m having a heard time finding a 2 fuse block for the 20 amps.
After all the time spent re-wiring my truck, who badly will I have to destroy the headlight connector wiring?

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » January 30, 2009, 12:18 pm

cosmo115 wrote:Ive been wanting to do this mod for quite some time, I have the schematic and the instructions from the this)Dane's garage) site. But I'm confused about a few things.
Do I need to install the two 20 amp fuses? I thought the headlight swithch was the fuse.
yes, the headlight switch has a circuit breaker but you need to fuse the power to the relays
I just installed a Ron Francis Wiring Kit and I have 2 extra fuses there as well, cna i use those?
as long as they are hot wired from the battery
I found the relays, but I/m having a heard time finding a 2 fuse block for the 20 amps.
you can use inline fuse holders or circuit breakers, any auto parts will have them
After all the time spent re-wiring my truck, who badly will I have to destroy the headlight connector wiring?
you do not need to destroy anything, just remove and replace/splice a shown in the article

i added the extra switch in mine so i can have both high and low beams on at the same time.

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » January 30, 2009, 12:42 pm

cosmo115 wrote:Ive been wanting to do this mod for quite some time, I have the schematic and the instructions from the this)Dane's garage) site. But I'm confused about a few things.
Do I need to install the two 20 amp fuses? I thought the headlight swithch was the fuse.
I just installed a Ron Francis Wiring Kit and I have 2 extra fuses there as well, cna i use those?
I found the relays, but I/m having a heard time finding a 2 fuse block for the 20 amps.
After all the time spent re-wiring my truck, who badly will I have to destroy the headlight connector wiring?

Yes two 20amp fuses need to be installed on two 12ga. wires giong from the battery to terminal #30 on the two relays.

You do not need to make any changes to the headlight switch or dimmer switch but the two headlight wires (high & low) coming from the dimmer switch need to go to terminal 85 on the relays (one to each). Take note to wich is high and low. If the lights are backwards when you are all done just switch the two "terminal 85 wires".

Then two 14ga. wires will be hooked to each relay on terminal # 87 ( two lows & two highs) One wire from each terminal # 87 will go to each headlight ( a low and a high for each light).

Last thing would be to just ground both #86 terminals.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » January 30, 2009, 2:59 pm

LMC sells the kits. cheap like borscht ,almost everyone at SS picked one up. You probably couldn't build it yourself for that cheap, and it's plug and play. The instructions are in Chinglish and a good laugh as a bonus.
Ask Doug or Mike Kimbrell.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » January 30, 2009, 5:38 pm

Just to repeat what I have said several times though the years, in case anyone is wondering. Sealed beam 6024 halogen bulbs don't take any more juice than the old style bulbs did. Also, you cannot even buy a non-halogen sealed beam these days, unless you go through a place like LMC or DC. Finally, the Sylvania Silverstar bulbs actually take LESS juice than a standard halogen, so I think they are a very good choice if replaceing lights even without the relay upgrade.

I have a rare, fully intact wireing harness and pretty pristine engine bay, so I didn't like the idea of relays and what not. What I DID do, is take every single connection apart, clean them up and re-assemble with dielectric grease. And a new, american made, headlight switch. My lights are really quite acceptable. Just my experience -- I am sure the relay is better still but you CAN get by with the original setup too....

semotrucker · Post by **semotrucker** » January 30, 2009, 9:53 pm

And I thought I had really done something when I took out my FORD script headlights and replaced them...

Cam

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » January 30, 2009, 10:00 pm

the cool thing about those style headlight harnesses is that there is no cutting of the stock harness. like jc said, they are truely plug and play.

Post by **Greg D** » January 30, 2009, 10:12 pm

There are some pretty good deals on the replaceable bulb halogen conversion lights on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=

jeffw · Post by **jeffw** » January 30, 2009, 11:16 pm

LMC truck product is truly a plug and play deal,, took half hour to hook up,, only thing was to find a place to ground,, easy fix though, other than that everything is labeled, and really easy,,

65f100_Thug · Post by **65f100_Thug** » January 30, 2009, 11:24 pm

Thats what i did, and it took longer to get the old headlights out than it did to install the whole thing ....and LET THERE BE LIGHT......A WHOLE NEW WORLD EMERGED.. Im not real fond of some lmc products but this upgrade gets 5 stars...no doubt.

65f100_Thug · Post by **65f100_Thug** » January 30, 2009, 11:29 pm

Greg D wrote:There are some pretty good deals on the replaceable bulb halogen conversion lights on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=

Way cool Greg I added him to my favorite sellers the wife would like them on her 66

Post by **Greg D** » January 31, 2009, 10:39 am

I just bought these for my Uni - they are tribars, have turn signals (removeable) and Blue Dots to go with my tail lights! Only 6 pair left now! Oh and yes I want the turn signals in them. I'll be mounting driving lights in my grill where the turn signals are now.
These are perfect if you have a 65-66 and want to ditch the stock turn signals and use a 61-64 valance. Makes for a very "Slick" look find a pic of the front Kid's 65, he went this route.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0324515540

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