5 3/4 headlight upgrade options

[occhevelle]

I'm trying to upgrade the headlights on my 67 Chevelle. I've done a lot of research and searching and have come to the conclusion that my options seem to be the JW Speaker led's or the Daniel Stern upgrade. It looks like the truck lite led's don't come in 5 3/4 and I don't see many reviews on the Oracle led's so I'm a little hesitant to make that purchase.



I contacted Daniel who replied with a ton of great information. Doing the upgrade his way is not that cheap, but seems like it's probably the cheapest and best solution. Before I pull the trigger, does anyone have any other ideas/brands to look into?

Thanks in advance.

[68Cuda440]

I bought the Cibie 7" headlight housings from Daniel and have been very happy with them. I used 85/80 Osram bulbs and they are "almost" too bright! The reflection back from road signs on high beam is crazy. My first night drive down "Hairy Man Road" in Round Rock Texas was impressive. It is a road that follows Brushy Creek and I used to drive it often between Round Rock and Cedar Park. The road has trees on both sides and in places is kind of like a tunnel. With the Cibies and the 85/80 bulbs visibility was like driving the road in daylight. They are better headlights than anything else I have driven including my new cars.

One exceptional feature I like is the cut-off. The Cibie glass housings are E-code lamps certified for use in Europe. The cut-off is very distinct, not blended like the US DOT sealed beams. This makes the low beams very courteous to oncoming traffic and makes aiming the headlights very easy to do. I just drove the car to my local big box retail outlet and parked 100' from the side of the building. Few turns of the screwdriver and done. I already had headlight relays so the conversion was pretty easy for me. I bought the version with the parking light option. The parking light feature means you have to modify your bucket, I would recommend against it unless you have to have it.

Two pictures from 2006 when I installed the lights. First is the park light option, if you look closely you can tell the light source is coming from the bottom of the headlight. This is for situations like a parking lot at night where you don't necessarily need the headlights to see, just so others can see you. And you don't blind other drivers or pedestrians in the parking lot.


This second picture is with the brights on... not that this tells you anything really.

[j-c-c]

I hope you find and test a good improvement. A few months back on one of my OTR trucks I decided to upgrade the original 5x7 halogens with a name brand Grote LED unit, approx $180/ea. I am impressed, color, intensity, cut off sure helps in any fog/mist/dust conditions, because in a truck the driver sits much higher. If anything similar gets offered in the 5.75, etc sizes, I'll jump at the upgrade

[WallaceMFG]

Depending how much work you want to do, you can do the BMW light conversion like I did. Be warned, it is a lot of work to retrofit the big projectors into a muscle car. I went for the older E32 type that don't have halos and swapped the dimpled lenses for clear ones. The newer E34 and E36 lights are easier to find, but have halos in them.

Here's a link to what I had to do:
http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=400257

Here's the only close picture I have with the lights off:




Here's one with them on:




If you don't want to do that much work, I'd look into Dapper Lighting. I saw their product at the last GoodGuys I went to, they look really nice. I probably would have went with these, but they didn't exist when I was looking into what I should do. Good Luck!

http://www.dapperlighting.com/collec...iant=458170989

[rrelco]

i went this route converting to LED
https://www.lifetimeledlights.com/le...eadlight_bulbs

unless your in for the new car look

high and low beam LED with turn signal, high beam xenon yellow bulb with film

[69stang]

I bought these for my 69 mustang along with a relay harness. Car isn't together so can't tell you how well they work. I've heard of others using these but can't recall if it was on this forum or another.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331047848425...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[occhevelle]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'm going to go with Daniel Stern's recommendations. I contacted Dapper lighting and their new 5 3/4 headlights are still in the testing phase so it's going to be a while.

[GTOtzel]

You can go here, all of these are 5-3/4". The delta LED lights are great.

[ixfn]

For my Jag I used aftermarket H4 lamps, cut the back off, and epoxied in projectors from a Lexus.

Full write up here (scroll down).

Here's a couple pics mocking them up; the finish product turned out nice, the only drawback was using the clunky older projectors but they were cheap. In hindsight I may have just used some E30 Elipsoid projectors, but I like the look of these a little better. I have since upgraded the projectors to Acura units that look (and work) better than the monster in these pics.

[Jerems]

Have you seen Redline Lumtronix's?

It's what I planned on using on my build, read some good reviews about them and they were used on the "Zed Sled" for eastwood (Youtube has a video on it). Have option to get turn signals integrated and have an LED halo. Depends if you are looking for the halo effect. A little higher price than the other brands. They have 7" and 5.75"

http://haloheadlights.co/

[chpr1972]

I know this is an old post. For $15.32 each, I bought a light housing[2] from summit racing[IPC-CWC-7003] that used a H4 or H3 bulb. Do not remember which. Went to autozone and bought a bulb pack for $50. The low beams are real bright and I can see great! It was cheap and bright and did not cost an arm and a leg.

[bens1088]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'm going to go with Daniel Stern's recommendations. I contacted Dapper lighting and their new 5 3/4 headlights are still in the testing phase so it's going to be a while.

Dapper just released the pre-order for 5.75" lights. It's not a public pre-order so you need to contact them for the info.

[dirty rick]

There are lots of Day maker knockoffs on ebay for less than $100

[camrat68]

How about these? :P

https://www.denniskirk.com/adjure/5-...prd/216293.sku

Jim

[mc84_zz4]

Another good source for H4 conversion headlamp housings, these are Hella, excellent quality,
http://www.rallylights.com/h5001-hel...dlamp-kit.html

Other sizes available (7", 4x6", 5x7")
http://www.rallylights.com/all/headlamps

Great sources for bulbs here:
http://store.candlepower.com/houpbuthno.html
http://www.rallylights.com/all/light-bulbs

Here is a good source for budget headlight conversions, their housings are good copies of the Bosh/Hella/Delta/Phillips H4 housings. their bulbs are so-so quality, still, an absolute bargain.
http://stores.ebay.com/Autopal-Light...p2047675.l2563

[TimMC]

I have a set of the hella's from Rally light with their relay kit and have been happy with them. Looking at putting in LED bulbs next. I like the CE light pattern from The Hella's Yep not DOT legal, but still better and nobody notices.

[nekkidhillbilly]

i went this route converting to LED
https://www.lifetimeledlights.com/le...eadlight_bulbs

unless your in for the new car look

high and low beam LED with turn signal, high beam xenon yellow bulb with film

the bumpers on your car is that done with paint or how? I want a paint that mimics the raw aluminum.

[Nativefx]

Dapper just released the pre-order for 5.75" lights. It's not a public pre-order so you need to contact them for the info.

Any order an of these Dapper Lighting 575's that might be able to provide some feedback? I'm looking for lighting options for my 69 Firebird and unfortunately the Truck-Lite's don't come in the 5 3/4" option and I have been trying to figure out what my options are? I prefer the cleaner look of the Truck-Lite's but it doesn't look like we can be too picky in this size. How well will the halogen bulbs work, or would it be in my best interest to consider upgrading to the HID bulbs? Don't know enough about the lighting options, and most people of this board are lucky they have 7" lights and seem to really like the Truck-Lite's so I'm hoping we can find people who can provide feedback for the options in the smaller sizes.

I did also see the JW Speaker 8630 option, but those are sold individually and I'm not sure I want to spend that much for 4 lights! I'm also not as fond of the Halo that the new Evolution series comes with and it looks like they don't offer the older non-halo 8630's anymore.

[rrelco]

the bumpers on your car is that done with paint or how? I want a paint that mimics the raw aluminum.

wd-40 and scotch brite, be careful though you could remove too much and then the copper will show

[rallystyle]

i did find some new led 5 3/4 headlights. i dont know what the out put looks like but they look good

http://truck.uapac.com/product/cont?pid=14055