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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2008 - 03:04:04 PM »
I think I used these guys...I'll have to check when I get home.  I looked at so many places for the 5.75" conversions.
http://www.slickcar.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=1028


I like the look of those...in the picture any closeups of them installed in your car?
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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #31 on: October 24, 2008 - 03:15:44 PM »
I like the look of those...in the picture any closeups of them installed in your car?
Not yet.  Went to put them in only to realize how far off the body shop had installed the buckets.  So, had to take of the grill to adjust the buckets.  With the grill off, it seemed like the perfect time to redo my bumper brackets.  Then it made no sense to put an old bumper on fresh brackets....and so it begins again.

Anyway, not yet.  Let me confirm where I got them from.  My bulb housings are flat instead of convex, so I need to just look at the packaging tonight.  Will update then.
Brooks

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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #32 on: October 24, 2008 - 05:46:40 PM »
I got one of my sets at JC Whitney, the other set I bought off of a guy on Ebay.  All H4 5-3/4 housings. The ones I got on Ebay came with the bulbs.
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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #33 on: October 24, 2008 - 11:29:23 PM »
Got mine from 2kracing.com, CWC-7003

http://www.2kracing.com/Product/4417.html

They're pretty shallow, the same as my old sealed beams.
Brooks

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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2008 - 07:05:04 PM »
I am a newbie to this and I am sorry for the silly questions but I asume you need to use a relay on these bulbs. Is there an old relay to replace or do I have to cut in and put one? I would really like to use these but I am a retard   :screwy: when it comes to electrical.

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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2008 - 08:19:06 PM »
Yes, You need the relays. I had mine in at first without them and the headlight circuit breaker would shut itself off when I used my brights.    Very easy to wire in by the battery.
Rob

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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #36 on: November 07, 2008 - 09:45:30 AM »
Ok, so this is not a retrofit this is something I need to put in for the first time? Where do I get a relay. (Pepboys, Napa, Kragen, Places like this?)

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Re: uprade alternator & H4 light conversion
« Reply #37 on: November 07, 2008 - 10:04:06 AM »
Any parts store or Radio Shack should have them.  For a four headlight system like yours, with no fog lamps, you'll want two relays, one for the low beams, one for the high beams.

Run a wire (with a fuse) from battery power to the #30 terminal on each relay.  Connect the low beam wire (purple?) coming from the dash to the #85 terminal.  Connect #86 to ground.  Connect #87 to the purple wire that feeds your lights.

The brights wire the same way, just with the red (I think) going into the #85 and out from the #87.

Check your headlight sockets.  The outside ones will have 3 wires, the inside will have 2.  Whichever color is missing from the inside is the low beam.

Check out Goody's website for an overview on this...http://www.goodysgotacuda.com/Headlights.html
Brooks

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2001 Toyota Solara Convertible
2002 GMC Savana 1500 Explorer Hightop Conversion
1972 Dodge Dart Swinger...keeping the Slant.  Rocking the turbos.