Dakzuki
Carnation, Wa, USA
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You can always stick on two more hi/low units to add to your current capability. It's legal (at least where I live).
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/External_Fitting_Headlamp.asp
BTW: I have ordered form them before and had good service. They also have been responsive to my e-mails in the past.
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az99
N.Y.
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Dakzuki wrote:You can always stick on two more hi/low units to add to your current capability. It's legal (at least where I live).
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/External_Fitting_Headlamp.asp
BTW: I have ordered form them before and had good service. They also have been responsive to my e-mails in the past. I discussed that with him today. He showed me a set of Hella Driving/Fog lights that are the size of a 12oz. can. They may fit well in our bumper holes. He said they do a really good job of filling in light in the low area. With our lights so high there is a dead area under the low beams. He said these new lamp holders would make a huge difference over the sealed beams, even with stock wattage bulbs. I will report back in April when I can use it again.
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Micmac
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My headlights were way out of adjustment. I did buy the best seal beam I could get at NAPA and now I can see at night.
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Liquid_Vitamins
Oak Forest, IL
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So glad someone posted this. I have been white knuckle driving at night. I felt like I was out driving the headlights all the time. I started racing to get to a campground before it got dark to avoid it. Had the headlights professionally aligned and same problem. I was beginning to think it was just me.
There are alot of choices on that page. What did you end up getting and have you tried them on the road yet?
Thanks for the help!!
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az99
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Just give them a call and tell them what you need. The guys there are very knowledgeable and friendly. They made a big improvement on mine. I had my stock headlights aligned also and it made very little difference. The stock sealed beams are pitiful and Chevrolet should be ashamed of them selves for even selling a vehicle with them.
When I was there we also discussed adding some lower driving lights since the low beam lights are so high off the ground it would help fill in the light pattern down low.
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oldusedbear
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AZ - - Your last comment above touched on a very critical factor that is often overlooked. The geometry involved is all important. I used to wonder why all my Class A's had such crappy lighting - - especially on low beam. It has to do with the fact that the headlights are mounted farther above the pavement.
Try this experiment. Take a flashlite that has a fairly concentrated and focussed beam. If you're standing up and pointing it down at say a 30 degree angle, you get an illuminated spot on the floor out in front of you. Not much light beyond the spot, or back towards you - - just the spot is well illuminated. Now start lowering your light. The lower you get it, the longer the "smear" or pattern of light becomes. You are now illuminating a much larger area both in front of the spot and back of the spot (towards you),
This is very analogous to what I had in my Class A's - - One small area out in front of me that was illuminated but very little in front or in back of that small area. It always frosted me when some guy with a beat up Geo would pass me and he had MUCH better illumination of the road in front of him than I did with my DP.
Answer: Driving lights down much lower to the road. You want those lights "smearing" that larger area. Try the flashlite experiment - - it is very revealing.
The reason for spelling is so that all of the words don't look the same.
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MMSnablo
Bryan, Texas
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David, did these work and will they fit a 2006 Chevrolet Kodiac with four sealed beams.
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dsteinman
Los Alamos, NM
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Yes, they work fine. They are a direct replacement, no work involved other than unscrewing the old and putting in the new. It is easier to remove to cover surrounding the lamps first.
I got the free-form DOT lamps. Friday was the first time I had driven at night with them. They are certainly much better than the stock lamps, but still not as good as the lighting in my cars. This is with the stock bulbs that came with the lamp, so maybe a bulb upgrade would help.
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MotherTucker
Atlanta, GA
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If you want the best possible light, go for these HID projector replacement lamps:
6 1/2 x 4 HID projectors
I used them, you can fit them in if you trim the tabs off the lamp holder pieces. I mounted the HID electronics right above the lamp there. I also added those little Hella Micro DE HID driving lights, which are unbelievably bright but are high-beams only. Hella makes a foglight version of the DE's which would be great for lighting the ground close to the rig.
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edited 06/25/08 10:01pm by MotherTucker *
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Dakzuki
Carnation, Wa, USA
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I'm a huge fan of HID lights. I have them on one of my cars (factory option). I sure wish more cars had them available.
I had Hella Micro DE fogs on my previous car. I liked them a lot. Very good beam pattern.
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