Sealed beams

[RetroMat]

My hiace has got 7” sealed beam headlights, one of the elements has gone down on one side, I was just wondering if I buy these they will fit or do sealed beams come with different fitments and connectors on the back? :
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also i was wondering about the halogen conversion kits anyone had any experiences with them?

have a nice hiace picture for you troubles

[tonka12]

i put some in a suzuki jeep mine had tungston bulbs the halogens were alot better

[Ratters]

from my knowledge, i think a lot of them have slightly different fittings into/onto the bowls. that's not to say they can't be made to fit though so i've heard if you are that way inclined. i bought a complete set of halogen's for the escort though these were about £50ish iirc but that was everything including plastic bowls, bulbs, wiring loom etc

[cam]

those'll fit. they're just the standard old 'lucas' style sealed beams,.
with halogens you may want to run a relay system to make it easier on the switchgear if it doens't already run one. be midful though that most inserts you'll get will have a flat glass which may not be up there in the aesthetics department for what you want.

I converted my CROWN (quad headlight 5-3/4" jobbies) to h4 on low beams and long range driving inserts on the high beams with 100w bulbs and a relay for each lamp. such awesome lights now, much better than any newschool car even!

[ezzysi]

I put some in my mk1 escort, made a massive difference.... don't bother with sealed beams.

[ezzysi]

Try here.............

www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/lighting/headlamps.php

[loon]

all you need is the H4 light and bulb it does need to be wired differently so don't just plug it in to the original plug

DON'T use the H1 as the brackets are wrong for this application

L :oN

[fredtransit]

Yep, ditch the sealed beams. There are only two sizes of them, so the mini conversion kit will fit most vans, we have them on the mk1 SWB transit

[mikemai47]

Jan 15, 2009 23:23:06 GMT fredtransit said:

Yep, ditch the sealed beams. There are only two sizes of them, so the mini conversion kit will fit most vans, we have them on the mk1 SWB transit

;D How times change, we used to uprate to sealed beams in late 60s -70s.. called Bright Eyes cant remember who made them, could have been lucas...god i'm old

[ChasR]

I used to have Sealed beams on the MG Midget I had and some on the MGB. Compared to the Halogens on my other 'B they are OK (Midget's were far worse) but the later MGB is on its original Halogen lamps. With new ones it should improve, leaving me to put on the other items onto my older 'B.

In terms of current consumption, they are not all that different from normal headlamps, 10W at most on dipped with no difference between main beam. I am debating on Cibies, in a curved glass for Retroness, but I hear that they are not so hot on dipped but amazing on main, maybe I'm a brand whore. Otherwise I may just go for the Wipac Quads.

It's good to see a Cov Uni member on here .

[RetroMat]

cheers for the advise all, i think i will go for the halogen kit next payday. The Toyota has already got relays in the head light circuit.

[Team Blitz]

Halogen kits?

Good golly, I ought to send somebody a whole case of halogen sealed beam bulbs, which cost pennies more than incandescent sealed beams, draw the same wattage, and that's that. Job done. Go smoke a pipe and pet the cat.

[RetroMat]

such things exist then?

[jrevillug]

They do, but only in the states, it seems.

Probably dip the wrong way, too.