[DeTomaso] Headlight replacement
Scott Mead Photography
scott at scottmeadphotography.com
Sun Dec 29 01:47:27 EST 2019
As I rarely drive the car at night, I did the HID conversion primarily for looks - the smaller headlamp opening really trumps the frog eye look. That said, the LED bulbs were much brighter than the HIDs. There are HID to LED conversations (I believe Hella also had LEDs in the HID size) which are now available. That upgrade is probably next on the list.
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> On Dec 28, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'd be interested to know how much more light the HID gives out over the LED?
>
> I did an LED bulb conversion on my Raptor and it was like night and day, hard to believe the HID would be better again.
>
> Julian
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2019 10:58 AM
> To: billmoore6480 <billmoore6480 at gmail.com>
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight replacement
>
> Before I did the SACC HID conversion, I was using LED bulbs by Vintage Car LEDs. The fit was perfect, light was bright (5,000K on my light meter) and power draw was minimal.
>
> https://vintagecarleds.com/shop/7-inch/vcm3-7-inch-led-headlight-kit/
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 27, 2019, at 7:03 AM, billmoore6480 <billmoore6480 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I swapped to mine to,
> >
> > Vision x led 7" headlights. Done in 15 minutes. Lower amp draw, much
> > better light.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Bill Moore
> > Calgary
> > 403.860.4300
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
> > Date: 2019-12-27 1:35 AM (GMT-07:00)
> > To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlight replacement
> >
> > For some reason this seems a lot harder than I would think it should
> > be. I
> > am cleaning and putting together my headlight assembly and the original
> > Carello bulbs are rusty on the inside. To replace them I picked up
> > Sylvania
> > H6024 sealed bulbs that have three pins on the back but they are .32"
> > wide
> > not the .25" like the original female wire connectors.
> > 1. Is there a direct replacement for the original with the two
> > separate detachable bulbs?
> > 2. Would the 7" Hella Vision Plus Conversion Headlights 002395301
> > with
> > a single detachable H4 bulb work? I cannot find any reference for the
> > pin
> > size on these or any bulbs.
> > I must be missing something easy..
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > For some reason this seems a lot harder than I would think it should
> > be. I am cleaning and putting together my headlight assembly and the
> > original Carello bulbs are rusty on the inside. To replace them I
> > picked up Sylvania H6024 sealed bulbs that have three pins on the
> > back
> > but they are .32" wide not the .25" like the original female wire
> > connectors.
> > 1. Is there a direct replacement for the original with the two
> > separate detachable bulbs?
> > 2. Would the 7" Hella Vision Plus Conversion Headlights
> > 002395301
> > with a single detachable H4 bulb work? I cannot find any reference
> > for
> > the pin size on these or any bulbs.
> > I must be missing something easy....
> > Thanks,
> > John
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As I rarely drive the car at night, I did the HID conversion primarily
for looks - the smaller headlamp opening really trumps the frog eye
look. That said, the LED bulbs were much brighter than the HIDs. There
are HID to LED conversations (I believe Hella also had LEDs in the HID
size) which are now available. That upgrade is probably next on the
list.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 28, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
wrote:
I'd be interested to know how much more light the HID gives out over
the LED?
I did an LED bulb conversion on my Raptor and it was like night and
day, hard to believe the HID would be better again.
Julian
__________________________________________________________________
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2019 10:58 AM
To: billmoore6480 <billmoore6480 at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight replacement
Before I did the SACC HID conversion, I was using LED bulbs by Vintage
Car LEDs. The fit was perfect, light was bright (5,000K on my light
meter) and power draw was minimal.
[1]https://vintagecarleds.com/shop/7-inch/vcm3-7-inch-led-headlight-kit
/
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 27, 2019, at 7:03 AM, billmoore6480 <billmoore6480 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I swapped to mine to,
>
> Vision x led 7" headlights. Done in 15 minutes. Lower amp draw,
much
> better light.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bill Moore
> Calgary
> 403.860.4300
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
> Date: 2019-12-27 1:35 AM (GMT-07:00)
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlight replacement
>
> For some reason this seems a lot harder than I would think it
should
> be. I
> am cleaning and putting together my headlight assembly and the
original
> Carello bulbs are rusty on the inside. To replace them I picked up
> Sylvania
> H6024 sealed bulbs that have three pins on the back but they are
.32"
> wide
> not the .25" like the original female wire connectors.
> 1. Is there a direct replacement for the original with the
two
> separate detachable bulbs?
> 2. Would the 7" Hella Vision Plus Conversion Headlights
002395301
> with
> a single detachable H4 bulb work? I cannot find any reference for
the
> pin
> size on these or any bulbs.
> I must be missing something easy..
> Thanks,
> John
> For some reason this seems a lot harder than I would think it
should
> be. I am cleaning and putting together my headlight assembly and
the
> original Carello bulbs are rusty on the inside. To replace them
I
> picked up Sylvania H6024 sealed bulbs that have three pins on
the
> back
> but they are .32" wide not the .25" like the original female
wire
> connectors.
> 1. Is there a direct replacement for the original with the
two
> separate detachable bulbs?
> 2. Would the 7" Hella Vision Plus Conversion Headlights
> 002395301
> with a single detachable H4 bulb work? I cannot find any
reference
> for
> the pin size on these or any bulbs.
> I must be missing something easy....
> Thanks,
> John
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