my sister has been driving my moms 92 pickup see sig and has somewhat better sealed beams but they still suck .... soo i started to look for some h4 conversion ones found some that are 200mm and they are e codes best of all there $40 shipped real glass and there metal...... these come with basic bulbs and they are plenty white throw a nice even beam with a good cut off sorry i dont no how to take good pics at night

link to headlights look for euro ones 200mm http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/rimiinc/

 

 

I have halogen headlights in my 86 4Runner, are these lights brighter ?, is so then i might consider upgrading to these.

 

there brighter even with stock wiring when adjusted right they have a really nice wide beam pattern

 

i have those same housings and i just upgraded to a set of osram night breaker +90 bulbs. when aimed right they are a very good combo and throw light wide and far. with the brights i can see 1/4 mile down a flat straight road. the bulbs that come with them are better then stock but there is definitely a lot better out there.

 

i was thinking about making a harness and putting in these 55/100w bulbs in

 

How does the pattern/coverage compare to these hellas?


If quality and everything is similar I might consider the ebay ones. Last time I checked $25<$100!

 

Not bad! The lense looks almost the same as my hella e-code.

 

The hella housing has the little umbrella reflector thing in the middle, and the ebay one doesn't (hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about) Don't know if that makes any difference, or if it justifies the price difference, just putting it out there.

 

Just ordered mine. I can't wait to get them in, and if they aren't that good, oh well I'm not out that much money.

Thanks for the great tip!

 

Good point, I didn't notice that.

 

i got these last week wehn i saw them posted on pirate. i am VERY happy with them. couldnt believe they just pluged in!!! gona get 4crawlers harness for a lil extra wattage

 

Don't worry, ANY e-code lamps gonna be worlds better than a sealed beam. You'll be very happy with the new lights.

 

yes they do have a umbrella thing or glare shield what ever there called

 

Oh...oops

must have been my subconcience kicking me for buying overpriced hella housings...

but MINE are 40% better!!!!

 

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Couldn't help but notice the "off road use only" sticker. Is there any reason that it would be considered off road only?

Guess I will have to remove that to make it street legal

 

The reason they say for off road use only- is because
they have a european beam pattern meaning that they do not throw any light up to light up over head signs. Over in Europe all signs are required to be light up by them selves, not requiring light from head lights to light them up.

making them non DOT approved

 

WOW, ive been looking for something to replace my cracked head lights, this is awsome
good find man

 

Thanks for the answer. Either way they should be a heck of a lot better then the stock sealed beams. I should probably get that order into 4crawler for a new wiring harness too. All told this will still be cheaper then doing the hella conversion!!! :-D

 

Never knew that!!

I bought the Hella ones about 11 years ago. I had them on my 87 p/u for 7 years. The pattern is wide but not as tall as the stock sealed beam. It disperses the light better and you can put a higher amperage bulb in them. I highly recommend the H4 updated wiring harness. It makes them brighter and when you switch on the high beam, the low beam does not go out. I bought mine from NWOR years ago but Summit sells the kit and it is worth it. You can make your own kit which is not that hard to do.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...artSearchFlag=



James