Brighter Bulbs < Need Recommendations

-Mike

I bought the new lamp containers that have the faceted mirror and clear lens. You will be amazed at the difference it makes in light and being able to see. I had the high wattage bulbs for a while and they MELTED my damn plugs!! I had to replace the plugs, therefore I would recomend a set of EBA (extremely bright ass) driving lights. Use the output from the stock fog light switch to trigger a relay and power them straight from the battery.

Don't buy those. They don't even say what the wattage is, for you can tell they are blue coated, normal wattage bulbs.

SYLVANIA SLIVER STAR. They produce significanly more light and only require a couple more watts. I.E. they will not MELT your headlights or connectors. All the other high output bulbs I have seen require SIGNIFICANTLY more wattage (HEAT).

LJH

For the Cobra, go with Sylvania XtraVision (in the pink and black package). That's the best bulb Sylvania makes, without all that glare-generating blue coating and without the premium price. See

If you can afford it, the best lamps for the LTD are E-code halogen sealed beams. Like these: . If you don't feel like spending $56 x 4, XtraVisions would be the best alternative here as well.

Another thing to try would be to rewire your lighting systems using good relays. The stock wiring on most vehicles just plain sucks. for more info on that.

they call it "fat finger syndrome" LOL

Kate

ASSWIPE! LOL!!

See the recent posts in rec.autos.driving and rec.autos.tech by daniel stern. Full of good info.

I junked the plastic housings and factory wiring for my lights on my '96 S10. I replaced them with the Stanley E code lights and the headlamp relay kit from Mr. Stern, BEST money spent! I supplied the wiring, just bought the relays & sockets from him, followed the aiming instructions religiously and have MUCH better lighting without that gay blue, blinding light bothering other drivers.

Intend to do the Mustang someday, don't drive her much at night, but when I do it's down right scary.

bill

Colt SP1,Sig P220, Moss. 590A1, Marlin 70P

Thank you, Larry.

Today I went looking around the auto parts and I found a set of the Sylvania Silver Stars for the LTD. They were buy one get a second one at half-price, PLUS a 6-dollar mail-in rebate. Can't beat that! I'll plug them in tomorrow and give the NG my impressions. If they impress me, I'll pick up a set for the Cobra.

Thanks again!

Patrick '93 Cobra '83 LTD

Brent,

VERY VERY VERY insightful!! Thank you for the info! For the rest of you, here are the links:

Patrick '93 Cobra '83 LTD

they may not look yellow to you yet but they are on there way.. when i polished out the lenses on my 96 contour i used the cheap magnifiers that you put on your head like a jewelers uses and you would be suprised at the tarnish you can see on the lenses... they looked good after about

Patrick,

Yes I have read 'em, but I stick my own lightbulbs. I don't use those exactly, but they're very similar. They work extremely well for me. They ARE brighter and DON'T blind other drivers (I've driven another car while my car was being driven towards me.. I am anal about blinding other drivers). It's not very "blue" at all... it's extremely white, but with a very very slight tint of blue. You can barely see the blue. Anyway... glad you found some lightbulbs.. I'll stick w/ mine. Let us all know how you like yours.. I'm sure they're great.

-Mike

NO, what I am saying is that I am not in the mood to engage in arguement with yet another person who thinks he knows headlamps because he slaped in some blue-bulb overwattage junk or the latest APC riceboy crap and now he can see "better".

That's not how automotive lighting works.It's much more complicated than mere perceptions of one individual. If that gets your panties in a bunch too bad.

I refered you to good information by an automotive lighting engineer, someone who does this stuff for a living. If you don't want to read and believe it, it's your loss. And the loss of anyone that encounters you on the road. (not to mention the loss of good product on the market because someone is buying the marketing hype instead of good lighting)

Oh, and BTW, dollars to doughnuts your marketing hyped blue bulbs are glaring to me, that's my perception.

So don't reply

Sexist remarks?

I did read it & I liked it as well, but that doesn't mean I am going to rip out my light bulbs & buy what everybody else is buying simply because you say so. I'm not gonna automatically do what you recommend or imply. I ain't yer bitch.. get that outta yer head. I do not care if you do know more/less about automotive lighting than me.. I simply posted to this thread because I have had good experiences w/ these kinds of light bulbs. They work well. Don't like it? Too F*ing Bad!

Sucks for you.

Memset, you sound like a whiny 12 year old. Actually most of your posts sound that way now that I think about it. Grow up dude. I think a lighting engineer would know more than you would about his own specialty. Whether you want to believe it or not, he's right, as opposed to your uneducated opinion. You don't want to believe that you're wrong cause you dumped money into those lights, fine, but don't try to convince those who already know your wrong and really don't give a s*it what lights you use. Sounds more like your trying to convince yourself than any of us. Buyers remorse maybe?

Scott W. '66 HCS