B model headlight upgrade

[Bumblebee090458]

Wanting to upgrade the headlights on my B, without destroying the original look completely.  Anyone have any advice or recommendations.  Thank uou

[Vladislav]

LED lamps could be installed into the existing lenses. IDK if that's legal regarding your DOT requirements though. I put a pair in my motorcycle and also 4x4 Mercedes recently and very happy with the results. 

[Geoff Weeks]

My K's both have 7" H-4 conversions (Hella). 55-60 watt 6 volt bulbs.

[mowerman]

Check Amazon they have all kinds of fancy lamps that will fit in there. Good luck.

[mowerman]

The new style lamp definitely travels a lot further

[66dc75]

Probably won't find led headlights that look stock in a B model but they sure are nice to have on a dark road

 

[cruiseliner64]

My own humble opinion is LEDs should be outlawed on vehicles.They blind other road users.Theres a debate going on in Europe to outlaw them.What ever the rights or wrongs of that and again in my opinion LEDs have no place on a vintage vehicles...just my thoughts....

Paul

[Mark T]

36 minutes ago, cruiseliner64 said:

My own humble opinion is LEDs should be outlawed on vehicles.They blind other road users.Theres a debate going on in Europe to outlaw them.What ever the rights or wrongs of that and again in my opinion LEDs have no place on a vintage vehicles...just my thoughts....

Paul

Some of them are like looking at welding aluminum. Then often when someone puts them in themselves, they're in the carriage crooked and are shining in the wrong direction.

[Vladislav]

I installed Xenon light in my 1985 Mercedes car as soon as I could put my hands on a set of. About 2001 year. Factory installed xenon used to have (must have?) dynamic level corrector for not blinding opposit traffic when the vehicle is bouncing on road bumps or gets out of horizont being loaded. I didn't have any correctors besides a manual one but saw no warnings from other folks when my lamps were set normal (or a bit lower than they should). LED lamps I put in two vehicles recently are no less brighter than factory xenon. Again it looks Ok and I also noted about 50-70% of upcoming traffic have it installed in the area I live. I suppose a half of them is modern cars with factory LED's and a half of home installed units. From where I'm sitting by the wheel I see no discomfort from them as long as they don't glow in the sky. 

[Freightrain]

All new cars have blinding bright lights.  Ya, they are adjusted correctly from the factory so in normal, straight, level roads they are barely "ok".  But straight, level roads aren't the norm.  Hills and curves make it damn near impossible to see, especially in bad weather.  I wear sunglasses at night to be able to drive.  Even being a passenger without my glasses on make it difficult to look forward.  Don't get me started on these huge LED tail lights.  Ugh. Ever roll up behind a Cadillac Escalade?  Has three 4ft long lights wrapping around the rear and I usually cover my eyes when stopped behind them.  Ludicrous.  "It's all about safety".  Whatever.  People staring at their cell phone still won't see them.

I only have one "late model" 1995 F150 with plug in style bulbs.  Everything else is old glass sealed beams.  Why is it I can safely drive them around for the last 40 yrs without issue?  Can I see a gnats ass on Mars?  No.  But I don't need to.

 

Sorry, this is one of my many growing pet peeves.

[Geoff Weeks]

I found old H-4 (Hella's) to be a good compromise between what we have today and what the old sealed beams gave us. But must admit I try and limit my night time driving, my eyes are as good as they were in my 20's. 

My 1st dog could spot deer long before I could. 1st time I had to hit the brakes hard to avoid hitting wildlife, he would come out of the sleeper and sit in the passenger seat and bark when he saw something. I came to trust his judgement better than mine!