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For my '91, how about the 9004/HB1 Hella 100/80w Xenon Hella High Performance Xenon Blue? Currently I have the Sylvania Ultra for Ultra Night Vision 65/45, stock lenses, but polished. At freeway speeds at night you just about outdrive the light. I know the 100/80 is more than stock, just don't want to blind oncoming traffic or involve the cops. Should I get them? $32.63/pair at www.rallylights.com

Wagner Brite Lites. best bulb you can buy

That's nice. Anyone have any comments about the Hella bulbs I am referring to?

If they're the blue tinted ones than I would beware... They make it harder to see.

They have a blue coating. They got to be bright at 100/80w, though.

100w= melted harness
blue bulbs = rice

internetautomart wrote:100w= melted harness
blue bulbs = rice

+1

dont forget that they overheat from getting so damn hot and then the bulb explodes inside your headlight and leaves a smokey residue inside which you need to take the entire lense off to clean. happened to me TWICE! when I was a ricer with my civic

rice is good if you're starving in the jungle or if you're uncle ben

why not pick up a drop-in hid kit?

Arctic Assassian wrote:why not pick up a drop-in hid kit?

because jamal will kick his ass... if its in the stock housing

Arctic Assassian.... Shut Up before vikash cuts off 1 testicle for discussing it... But if you do it... He comes back for the second one...

And jamal too... I forgots about him... *is scared*

lmao

Arctic Assassian wrote:why not pick up a drop-in hid kit?

which is technically illegal....

smh0101 wrote:
And jamal too... I forgots about him... *is scared*

lmao

i'm surprised he didn't steal and total my car while he was back in the zoo recently. i think he would have if i had HIDs

Yup... He totally would have... lol

More light is not going to fix the problem. Pre-facelift headlights just have a useless beam pattern. If you put in overwattage bulbs and manage not to melt the wiring, reflectors, lenses, or bulb holders, you still won't end up with better seeing distance, sadly. Those dumb aftermarket HID hackjobs make that situation even worse.

This has been covered before. The only option if you want to not be overdriving your lights at highway speed is to get different lights. Depending on how much work you want to do, how much money you want to spend, and your access to resources, your three best options are:

- Get European-market lights.
- Swap to a post-facelift front end.
- Come up with some kind of custom headlight assembly using parts designed to be good headlights.

I would say just do the glass headlight option...I have them and they are worth every penny!

555BCTurbo wrote:I would say just do the glass headlight option...I have them and they are worth every penny!

Agreed, I just installed EDMs in my ’91, the difference is… well… night and day. The pre-face lights use the 9000 series bulbs with an external shield and a poor reflector. Here is a pic of my stock light pattern just after I wet sanded, polished and upgraded the bulbs… still crappy.



Gary

I'm so jealous!

Nick, you're lucky your car is post face. . . or else I'd just take them off of yours.

ooOOooOOOh

OOOOOoooohhhh




.... get it? I'm a scary ghost.

not really..

i wish my lights were as bright as yours in that picture of your "bad" ones

Laura wrote:I'm so jealous!

Nick, you're lucky your car is post face. . . or else I'd just take them off of yours.

Just buy some Ms. Moneybags

internetautomart wrote:

Arctic Assassian wrote:why not pick up a drop-in hid kit?

which is technically illegal....

As are the bulbs that were originally posted!