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Headlight Conversion - Coronet

oldjonny

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Anyone done conversion to a new style of headlights, whether LED or high intensity? Looking to upgrade to something with some light output.
 
actually got a set of hella lights that I'm putting on soon , one my clients order them for his Ferrari and they don't fit
so he gave them to me. there really cool got them at carid.com
free is always good
 
Get a Crackedback (user here) relay harness and continue to use your halogens.
I've got one installed in the Super Bee and I'm very happy.
 
they are in and very illuminating


watermelon

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An easy fix to brighten headlights is use relays & take power from alternator. Did this a few years ago following instructions from Daniel Stern @ danielsternlighting.com. Bought the relays @ the local auto parts place.
 
Going with LED,s in mine. Piced up some H4 housings at a swap meet but they are the same that oracle and other sell. You have to cut the hole out on the 67 headlight buckets to fit them (about 1/4inch further). Amazon sells H4 connector Leds, that plug in where an H4 Halogen would fit.
 
Just finished the Hella conversion in my 69RR. I ran around a about 6mos. and thought they were pretty effective without installing relays. Well, last week my lights flickered and figured I better do something about it. I checked the connections and the wiring was getting warm. After doing some research, I found the 14 gauge wiring that runs to headlamps is too small for the headlamp upgrade. I went to the local part store to buy some relays and pigtails. I was not impressed by how they looked. Very shade tree mechanic looking. So I surfed the net. I found on Amazon a 5 relay kit with pigtails and nice looking sealed housings with mounting brackets for 25.00. I wired them up and hid the relays under the battery box holder. I gave me enough wiring to pull the relay and pigtail out in case the relay needs to be serviced. I ran a 12 gauge positive wire from my starter relay and tucked it along the wiring that runs along with the positive battery cable. You really can't see it and looks very sanitary. The lights are working even better than before. I would have never done this upgrade without being a part of the B Body Forum and reading this thread and others. It is great to be a part of a group that has been there and helps each other out. Thanks!
 
Just finished the Hella conversion in my 69RR. I ran around a about 6mos. and thought they were pretty effective without installing relays. Well, last week my lights flickered and figured I better do something about it. I checked the connections and the wiring was getting warm. After doing some research, I found the 14 gauge wiring that runs to headlamps is too small for the headlamp upgrade. I went to the local part store to buy some relays and pigtails. I was not impressed by how they looked. Very shade tree mechanic looking. So I surfed the net. I found on Amazon a 5 relay kit with pigtails and nice looking sealed housings with mounting brackets for 25.00. I wired them up and hid the relays under the battery box holder. I gave me enough wiring to pull the relay and pigtail out in case the relay needs to be serviced. I ran a 12 gauge positive wire from my starter relay and tucked it along the wiring that runs along with the positive battery cable. You really can't see it and looks very sanitary. The lights are working even better than before. I would have never done this upgrade without being a part of the B Body Forum and reading this thread and others. It is great to be a part of a group that has been there and helps each other out. Thanks!


Can you give me the details of what you did please. Four Hella empty sockets and H4 bulbs?
 
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