Cibie makes a h6054 housing into which one can place a H4 bulb of various wattages, but one cannot really do better than a Phillips extreme bulb in them.
These have the best beam pattern to assist human vision, and Will not blind oncoming drivers with too much light above the 'cutoff'.
Ensuring there is not too much voltage drop to the bulbs over the too long too thin and too many connector lighting circuit makes a huge difference in light output.
Hella has some 6054 offerings. When the low beam is adjusted correctly, the high beam is way too high.
There are no other aftermarket 6054 halogen housings that will provide anywhere near an adequate beam pattern. The Autopal and anything Ebay are absolute Junk. Avoid avoid avoid.
If you have the bucks, you can get JWspeaker LEDS, and there are extremely well designed drop in replacements for 6054 and other size formats. Their beams pattern and output are compliant with all legal parameters.
My headlamps are 6054's. I was having nearly 3 volts of drop on the original circuit as the circuit went from battery through fusible link, through bulkhead connector, through headlamp switch, through dimmer switch, back through bulkhead connector. From here the low beam went into the drivers side headlamp then back out around the firewall to the passenger side. The highbeam split closer to the bulkhead connector and went to each headlamp individually.
I made a 12awg harness and got new 12awg h4 connectors. The original circuit now just triggers Bosch relays that get their power from the nearby 6awg alternator to battery cable. the total circuit length is about 5 times shorter over thicker wiring, and the bulbs get voltage within 0.3v of alternator voltage. Light output increased a good 30%.
GE nighthawk 6054NH are the best sealed beams one can get. Sylvania/wagner and other offerings cannot compare in this size format.
I plan on upgrading to Cibie 200MM which are a direct replacement for the 6054 and using a good quality halogen H4 bulb like Phillips extreme.
Do NOT put HID or LED bulbs into aftermarket housings, or any housing designed for a halogen bulb. The reflectors simply can't properly focus the light from these light sources into a viable beam which helps the driver see better, and not blind oncoming drivers.
Extra forward lighting has different laws in different states. In general you are allowed high and low beams and fogs. Any extra forward lighting might be illegal or needs to be covered.
Do not drink the Kool aide concerning HID lights in incandescent housings. The Human brain is very poor at judging how well the eyeball can see. Often the response to an illegal HID bulb or LED bulb is WOW, so much more light.
But excessive foreground lighting constricts the pupils and makes distance vision significantly worse. So the Human thinks they can see better, but the opposite is true, and add to that the fact that improper bulbs in halogen housings will glare and blind oncoming drivers and it is a recipe for disaster.
Fog lights are also a menace to the driver's eyes above 25MPH, and fog lights should never be used above 25MPH as all they do is compromise distance vision, and give the driver a false sense of security.
So If you have 6054 sealed beams, the Best you can do is get the JWspeaker 8900 series. NO harness upgrade needed with these as they draw less juice than halogen and are regulated to have the same output on 12v as on 24V.
Trucklite also has a pretty good LED in this size format. It is rebranded by a few name brands like GE and Phillips, but is not as good as JWspeaker LED.
NExt best are the Cibie 200MM, available here:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.htmlEverything you need to know about safe legal lighting upgrades is available to read on his website.
Reducing the voltage drop to the headlamps should be considered the first step whenever sealed beams are not bright enough for the driver
The headlamp harness left the factory undersized and too long, and Aging of these wires and connectors quickly degrades output.
My GE6054NH bulbs getting 14.5 volts give excellent illumination, compared to my previous Sylvania silverstars getting 11.8v, and when driving at night, only a few modern vehicles are putting light on the road more effectively than me.
I very much look forward to being able to afford the Cibie 200MM to replace the GE6054NH sealed beams.
Also of great importance is proper aim of the headlamps. When springs sag, most headlamps point up too high and the driver can't see the road properly.
I have some Illegal High beam assist LED's, and their output effectively doubles the light on the road and is rather impressive. I use them responsibly, except when I am blinded by someone who has put HID or LED bulbs into halogen housings. Then they get briefly blasted so that their eyes are as dazzled by my high beam lighting as my eyes are by their low beams.
Few who do the HID or LED bulb into halogen housings will ever believe that their 'upgrade', is in fact an Illegal, unsafe downgrade that not only does not help them see better, but also blinds oncoming drivers.
And they are very combative, and vocal, and Ignorant, and there is no shortage of them on the internet, and no shortage of vendors of these illegal modifications, who have no qualms about selling an unsafe illegal product. It is a shame these products somehow get through customs.
Do not become one of them.
