It'll be interesting to see the results here. The only issue is whether there's adequate space at the rear of the headlamp assembly to clear the 90-degree bulb base. From the mounting ring forward, the bulbs are identical. If no satisfactory answer is forthcoming, stop by any…
Read the full replyHas anybody tried using the Sylvania XtraVision bulbs (which come only with the right-angle connectors) in a 300M (which comes with in-line-connector bulbs)?
Daniel Stern has said that the in-line and right-angle bulbs are electrically and photometrically equivalent and should be interchangeable *if they actually fit*.
Anybody tried?
-=- Alan
It'll be interesting to see the results here. The only issue is whether there's adequate space at the rear of the headlamp assembly to clear the
90-degree bulb base. From the mounting ring forward, the bulbs are identical.If no satisfactory answer is forthcoming, stop by any large-volume repair shop and ask them for a dead 9005 and a dead 9006 bulb the next time they change someone's bulbs, and experiment on your own.
DS
According to the following links, the 90° bulbs will work on 2nd generation Intrepids, but *not* 300M's:
I don't know about the Concorde, but I will find out at some point in the not-too-distant future when I switch to the XtraVisions that Daniel has recommended in the past.
Hey - if you look at the first link, one of the comments is by DS!
Bill Putney (to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with "x")
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