Upgraded headlights
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abodyjoe
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jw speaker was suposed to be bringing out a good affordable set of LED healights somethime this year.. not sure if they are out or not yet.
Dartsun
Mopar Dude
Yes I bought the headlights and relay kit from Dan. It's been great, my Mopar I installed on is a quad headlight and LED for the brights were way to expensive. Even tho it wasn't cheap for the relay kit and Headlights, I'm extremely happy with it.
Moparman485
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So, it seems like, at least the majority thus far, are saying the yota lenses and bulbs from the kit, plus crackedbacks relay kit is going to be a substantial improvement over what I have, and likely functionally equal a reasonable LED set?
If so, how difficult of an installation are we talking? An hour or two and some tinkering, or a afternoon and a 6 pack?
If so, how difficult of an installation are we talking? An hour or two and some tinkering, or a afternoon and a 6 pack?
I am.not sure what year but factory did finally recognize the need and added a ground jumper from core support to batt' negative. Previously the chassis ground path was through a jumper from firewall to engine block. For my 67, all DIY. I purchased wire, terminals, wire loom, relays, 7" round H4s, all to have the desired wire length to place these relays where I wanted.
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Dartsun
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Yes it shouldn't take more than a few hours. I put my relays under my battery box.
Professor Fate
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All depends on how you want to do it- just slapping it in with some zip ties would probably take an hour.
Finding good locations to mount the relays and fuses, trimming or adjusting wire lengths and time spent soldering and heat shrinking connections, doing a nice job re-wrapping it into the harness and making everything look nice will probably kill the whole day.
Professor Fate
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Good to know that they're still available- I was having a hard time finding them a year or so ago- even the Toyota dealer couldn't locate any. I assumed they were being discontinued.
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Ditto. Very pleased, lows are low enough to see great without blinding oncoming traffic, highs are bright as heck.
I bought H4s that were clearance, marked down, whatever, for dirt cheap, years ago.
Look blue when off but light is not.
70SwingerGuy
Long Haired Freaky Person
I put in the Toyota kit like the other members were talking about and am VERY happy with it, and so cheap too! I also upgraded my rallye dash lights to Philllips Ultinon LED's as recommended by @slantsixdan and wow, what a difference.
My harness, you tell me where you want to mount the relays, usually under the battery tray or pass side of rad support and the kit shows up where you don't have to do any cutting/adjusting. None of my stuff is a one size fits all like many of the other kits out there. Bosch/Tyco/TE relays only... no chinese relays.
You want everything to a specific length, send those lengths and you get it, no extra charge (unless you want a crapload of extra wire/shrink
). The kit, wrapped in black shrink, hides nicely in the factory tabs as well. Have a bunch of high end hemi and six pack cars with my kits and you would have a tough time seeing it with a quick glance.
Seen kits that use trailer wire romex style bundles with extra wire runs inside. Not my favorite approach. Why put extra wire into the system sitting stagnant. Some instructions in other kits are not good in regards to our older mopars.
The fastest install I heard of for my kit was 35 minutes. Taking your time, 1-1.5 hours. One was 4 hours with a TON of beer.. as reported by the installer.
Thanks to everyone that has bought a kit/products from me over the years. Appreciate the patronage.
You want everything to a specific length, send those lengths and you get it, no extra charge (unless you want a crapload of extra wire/shrink
). The kit, wrapped in black shrink, hides nicely in the factory tabs as well. Have a bunch of high end hemi and six pack cars with my kits and you would have a tough time seeing it with a quick glance.Seen kits that use trailer wire romex style bundles with extra wire runs inside. Not my favorite approach. Why put extra wire into the system sitting stagnant. Some instructions in other kits are not good in regards to our older mopars.
The fastest install I heard of for my kit was 35 minutes. Taking your time, 1-1.5 hours. One was 4 hours with a TON of beer.. as reported by the installer.
Thanks to everyone that has bought a kit/products from me over the years. Appreciate the patronage.
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Mine don't look blue but their shinny new made the park/turn fixtures look like crap, even with their new lenses. I bought a second set of the aftermarket bulbs and cut them up. When I would roll into the local McCrise-in folks would stare. All positive comments. I like the look of stained amber bulbs rather than the OEM painted ones. Later on one of the headlights failed. I found the OEM connectors crushed against back of the headlight bucket. 90 degree offset connectors solved that. Yeah they are homemade hybrid grilles. Not a good pic. Reflectors in P/T fixtures matches
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22dog22
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just checked on line found the kit from Toyota Parts Express out of Florida for 16.49 , 10.86 for shipping my total was 27.35.
Bob67Barracuda
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Extra tidbit for anyone considering the Koito headlamps: When mine arrived and I opened up the box, I was surprised by the flat lens. My old lenses were rounded and I was immediately worried that the flat lenses would look goofy. They don't. You can't tell unless you really look for it.
70SwingerGuy
Long Haired Freaky Person
I agree. I did find though on my 70 Swinger that the headlight surrounds definitely went on a bit more tightly and needed a bit of finesse to get them in
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
I had the opposite experience with my '66- the flatter bulbs left a gap of +/- 3/8 of an inch between the bezels and the bulb. Nothing a couple of spacers behind the bucket mounts (they screw on as opposed to the '67 and later that are welded to the fender) didn't solve.
DartGTDan
'71 Dart GT Fan
I used 2012 Jeep Wrangler headlamps (halogen bulbs) in the Jaundiced GT. They're a bolt in, but the vehicle wiring will need to be modified to accept the Jeep Wrangler headlamps. I also installed relays at the same time.
dmopar74
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I did the Toyota headlight kit, everything was super nice and good quality. One of these days I will trim/modify the harness to fit properly and get rid of all the extra length, but for now just zip tied everything up
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Picked up and installed a Toyota H4 kit yesterday. I cut off the vinyl covering and re-spliced all the wiring. I haven't had it outside to properly aim the headlights but looks to be a significant improvement over the OEM system. Is there a better and brighter lamp that can be installed in these? I see some lamps are way more expensive than the Toyota kit. The parts guy said there should be another zero on the price for what is in the kit. lol
I wouldn't be surprised that a brick and mortal store asked twice the internet price. It doesn't stop my buying from them time to time.
moparmark65
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I have the koito’ s in my 68 barracuda, and my 68 coronet. Love them. A bit spendy but well worth it , in my opinion. Love to drive at night now! Lol
Used Holley Retrobrights on my 72 Scamp, plug and play, very satisfied.
Once upon a time, I spent considerable time and money to backlight HAZARD, LIGHTS, WIPER, and the climate controllers in the rally inst' panels.A single bulb hidden just left of glovebox, fiber optics on the bezel, all in kit form. At presentation here there was no interest. General concensus was "no one drives these old girls in the dark". This thread suggests otherwise. Too late to turn back now. Cheers
These are what I used on my 71 Duster. They are brighter than stock Halogen lights, but not distracting to on coming drivers if adjusted properly. Only modification was a minor re-wiring for the turn signals.
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