sealed beam headlights
My Harney coach has the sealed beam headlights. The high beam is great but, the low beam is almost worthless. I am thinking about changing them to LED's and was wondering if anyone else has already d...
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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
