sealed beam headlights

There are LED sealed beam lights available on web sites as. aliexspress.com. They are not bulb replacements they are a rack of LEDs in the shape of the original sealed beams. I don't know how good they are but look interesting.

You have duals, two headlights, two beams each light
Rectangular equivalent of the old round head lights

I have quads, four individual sealed lamps , two low beam, two high beam

Thanks for all the replies. I do know what headlights I have. There is one headlight on each side and they are sealed beams. I have checked the voltage and it is where it should be. I was looking at LED bulbs that are a plug in replacement for my sealed beams. My headlights have also been aligned and are set correctly.
Anyway got lots of info. Will check into this deeper before I do anything.
Busyguy

The Hella 6054 h4 replacements have a rather severe issue with the High beam being too High when the low beam is adjusted correctly.

We don't know what size the OPs bulbs are, and his complaints of a poor low beam might be resolved simply with a voltage drop test, and a GE NightHawk bulb replacement and properly aiming them.

The GE nighthawks are acknowledge by lighting experts to have a beam patterns much superior to Wagner and Sylvania in the sealed beam formats.

I upgraded from Sylvania bulbs to GEs the same time I added a new relayed 12awg harness, so I can't make a direct comparison, but brightness was at least 30% better and the beam pattern was wider with a less intense hotspot.

Too bright a Hotspot constricts the drivers pupils, reducing the ability to see, as well as drawing the drivers eyes to the hotspot, when perhaps the obstacle required to be seen lies outside the hotspot.

Sylvania recently got called on their false marketing and had to pay out 30 million in fines for their insupportable claims of improved lighting.

The Op should Email Daniel Stern with all the information they have concerning their lighting on their vehicle

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Pardon me :)

I was solely going by the fitment number. What I was driving at is essentially there are no drop-in replacement lamps with higher wattage. I am donating time and materials upgrading an ambulance that uses the 6054 lamps. At night the lighting is a death sentence at Code 3 operation. That thing needs 100-watt KC off-road lamps. Too great a burden for my meager resources. Asphalt tinted cattle and scrap iron engine blocks that tumble off of trucks can be a real bear at 80-mph.

Correct, and understood.

6054 is the "OEM" or Original Equipment Manufacturer Non Halogen part number..

It has been superseded (IE "replaced") with Halogen PN which typically will have the"H" added to the PN..

So, the 6054 bulb is now replaced by a "H6054" PN..

No matter the aftermarket manufacturer brand, the H6054 "should" be a vast improvement over the OEM 6054..

Toss in the headlight relay upgrade and you should have a noticeable improvement on the lighting..

I did that for my Dad's 1980 F350 and it is like you turned on the sun instead of lighting a birthday candle :B

if his Harney is like my Safari
there are FOUR indiviual lamps(sealed beam)
each one is adjustable

Pardon me :)

I was solely going by the fitment number. What I was driving at is essentially there are no drop-in replacement lamps with higher wattage. I am donating time and materials upgrading an ambulance that uses the 6054 lamps. At night the lighting is a death sentence at Code 3 operation. That thing needs 100-watt KC off-road lamps. Too great a burden for my meager resources. Asphalt tinted cattle and scrap iron engine blocks that tumble off of trucks can be a real bear at 80-mph.

landyacht318 wrote:
Sylvania's cheapest 6054 sealed beam is no upgrade. None of sylvania's sealed beams have a good beam pattern.

Start engine, turn on the headlamps, and put a DMM on the prongs of the bulb.

Compare to voltage at battery terminal for both high and low beam.

Find where the h4 connector grounds to the body/frame/fenderwell, and clean that ground.

Retest voltage drop.

My point to Mex, is there ARE "6054" bulbs available and they do not cost $180 either but to FIND the bulbs he was looking for you need to look for HALOGEN.. Many of the HALOGEN bulbs use a "H" IN FRONT OF THE PN.. Hence the H6054 designation..

As far as Sylvanias brand being junk, I can't say that at all, at least with the round versions I have on a antique car.. The Halogen Sylvania bulbs on it were a good upgrade in pattern and brightness when compared to the OEM style bulb..

I will agree that the VOLTAGE DROP NEEDS TO BE CHECKED AND ADDRESSED before blaming the existing bulb..

Now if you are really over the top OCD about beam pattern then perhaps a sealed beam to halogen "conversion" would be up your alley..

At about $50 each you CAN buy a reflector which is DOT approved that you can replace the halogen capsules like a non sealed headlight..

SEE HERE

Sylvania's cheapest 6054 sealed beam is no upgrade. None of sylvania's sealed beams have a good beam pattern.

Start engine, turn on the headlamps, and put a DMM on the prongs of the bulb.

Compare to voltage at battery terminal for both high and low beam.

Find where the h4 connector grounds to the body/frame/fenderwell, and clean that ground.

Retest voltage drop.