Replacement headlight ideas?

[MarkD51]

is this what you are talking about?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Headlight-High-beam-conversion-Kit-88-98-Chevy-GMC-Truck-keep-low-beams-on-/231145615673?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35d15a3139&vxp=mtr

Yep, that's the Kit.

Two biggest beefs of my Tahoe when I bought it in '97, shit lights. and shit brakes, both of which IMO were considerable safety issues with the OBS Tahoe.

With stock lighting on dark roads, at 55-60mph I always felt like I was over driving the lights.

This kit alone helps quite a bit when you are then able to flick on your high beams.

What the Kit basically does, is sends juice-voltage from your high beams back to the low, thus lighting all 4 at once

 

[jerryjoe28]

Yep, that's the Kit.

i have been thinking about how to make this happen glad you posted that guess i know what ill be doing my next day off!

 

[00Caddy]

Get ya new headlight assemblys with glass lenses, found them on amazon for my 2 door i used to have. Then get ya some DDM hids and be done with it. If you want a ton of light output get Hids. Even the brightest silverstars dont even compare to hids. Have hids in my low beams and my fog lights and ill never go back to regular bulbs.

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Another thing the 4 high mod is super easy and super cheap. It worked great on my old yukon.

 

[MarkD51]

i have been thinking about how to make this happen glad you posted that guess i know what ill be doing my next day off!

This Kit you linked to looks just about exactly the same as the one I bought.

That there's quick splice connectors that you simply squeeze shut onto your existing Headlamp Wiring.

No, maybe not quite as sophisticated-labor intensive as cutting-splicing, and then hot soldering and heat shrinking, but to tell the truth I've never had problems with those squeeze quick connectors, period. I said ten years. I'm now thinking I had my Hi-4 Kit on board actually closer to 12 years. Before I moved here to New Mexico. With the Hi-4 Kit, you really light everything, which on dark roads, and with just the high beams you could not see side roads, or signs to side roads very well.

The Kit offers long range seeing, plus up closer, and to the sides at the same time.

But one thing I'm seeming to like better with this particular kit you linked to, is the seller states he's using a 40A Relay, and a 30A Inline Fuse.
This sounds quite a bit "beefier" than the Kit I used, which I believe only has a 20A Relay and Fuse.

I do see a reply just previous to mine here with the suggestion to go HID.
Perhaps with this simple little cheap kit you should for sure feel you have better vision at night on the dark country roads, and may not even need to modify your lighting any further?

I also just started a thead here asking about Cree LED Lamp Replacements.
These aren't exactly cheap either, considering one needs two pairs on the OBS Chevys like ours. They seem to have long life, ultra bright, and the K color temps seem to be a lot whiter.

 

[jerryjoe28]

i have brand new headlight assemblys so i wont be changing them out - i am deff going to give this mod a chance and see how it gos

 

[MarkD51]

i have brand new headlight assemblys so i wont be changing them out - i am deff going to give this mod a chance and see how it gos

And if your tail lights are looking like ass, that would of course be the next logical swap. I did mine as well with an almost stock housing. Look great!

 

[ford141]

Thanks for all the help guys. This truck is a very low-budget beater, so there's no way that I'm spending the coin for HID's. So far I only have about $800 in this thing. Plus I'm not a real big fan of HID's. I get blinded every day by cheap HID retrofits in ricer cars and lifted trucks running around here. There's no need for that much light on low beams. I also know a few guys with retrofit kits that are constantly replacing bulbs and ballasts. I'll stick to the $10 stock bulbs.

The ONLY reason at this point to go with aftermarket lights is because I can't adjust the stock ones since the adjusters are frozen and stripped. The driver's side light shines up in the trees and the passenger side shoots straight at the ground. If I could adjust them correctly I'd be happy. Plus my driver's turn signal lens is broken and getting dirt and water inside.

I am going to try the 4hi mod though. That will help greatly on the back roads around here where there isn't much traffic and lots of deer. They just stand on the sides of the road every morning waiting to destroy the front of your car.

Does anyone have any links to wiring the 4hi mod yourself? I am a DIY guy and I have a whole box of relays and extra wiring. There's no way I'd ever use those blue push in clips in the kits anyway, they don't last a year here with all of the moisture and salt on the roads.

 

[MarkD51]

Thanks for all the help guys. This truck is a very low-budget beater, so there's no way that I'm spending the coin for HID's. So far I only have about $800 in this thing. Plus I'm not a real big fan of HID's. I get blinded every day by cheap HID retrofits in ricer cars and lifted trucks running around here. There's no need for that much light on low beams. I also know a few guys with retrofit kits that are constantly replacing bulbs and ballasts. I'll stick to the $10 stock bulbs.

The ONLY reason at this point to go with aftermarket lights is because I can't adjust the stock ones since the adjusters are frozen and stripped. The driver's side light shines up in the trees and the passenger side shoots straight at the ground. If I could adjust them correctly I'd be happy. Plus my driver's turn signal lens is broken and getting dirt and water inside.

I am going to try the 4hi mod though. That will help greatly on the back roads around here where there isn't much traffic and lots of deer. They just stand on the sides of the road every morning waiting to destroy the front of your car.

Does anyone have any links to wiring the 4hi mod yourself? I am a DIY guy and I have a whole box of relays and extra wiring. There's no way I'd ever use those blue push in clips in the kits anyway, they don't last a year here with all of the moisture and salt on the roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La63i5owruo

Here's one vid, I suspect there are many more if you search.

It will be your choice of course, to either buy one of these pre-assembled kits from a vendor of choice from wherever, or to concoct your own from parts sourced from an Auto Supply store such as A-Zone-etc.

At least with a sourced kit you'll have well written instructions to guide you, and as for the price of the kit itself, $17-$25 is not an outrageous sum to pay for such.

That then with the Kit, you can of course then personally choose the style-type of connections to the existing factory Headlight wiring.

As for my installation and the fact that I have used Optima Dual Terminal Batteries for a good number of years, it was simple tapping for a 12V source from the Optima's Top Battery Terminals.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nby-6G4_4qc

Here's another Vid that might aid you since you wish to replace Headlight Housings also.
Mark

 

[jerryjoe28]

And if your tail lights are looking like ass, that would of course be the next logical swap. I did mine as well with an almost stock housing. Look great!View attachment 29859

thanks man yea mine are new as well. there isnt much on this thing that isnt! go check out the "why i hate people" thread in the General Discussion area to see all the crap ive done lol

put the link in my sig

 

[MarkD51]

thanks man yea mine are new as well. there isnt much on this thing that isnt! go check out the "why i hate people" thread in the General Discussion area to see all the crap ive done lol

put the link in my sig

Holy shit JerryJoe, I had no idea that's what happened to your truck!?

I did see the thread some time back, but never clicked on it-read it.

Losers like that should be tied to a tree, and horse whipped.

And another old saying comes to mind......"Some people are only alive because it's illegal to kill them".