I've got Hella 55W driving lights to help out but these stock lights are so dull its dangerous

 

Ok, if you are looking to do this on the cheap - follow this link:

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/de/0020.asp

Get the HD wiring harness. It gives you a full 12V at the bulbs. This combined with better bulbs will give you a whole lot more light. Still not as much light as I would like, and there are likely better options but I did this quick before taking off on vacation and it worked good. And was very easy to install.

 

i installed PIAA lights into mine, made a noticeable difference on low beams, but a HUGE difference on highs. i did nothing else, just different bulbs.

 

Get the Hella 9007 bulbs Xenon 80w low 10ow high beat the Piaa's by a good margin.. I tried them side by side and took the PIAA's out..

 

I would think 80W bulbs would get pretty hot....had any trouble with the plastic lens?

 

Hey Evil will 9007s fit in that harness or are they 9004s like the stock lites , I just ordered 3 harness 2 for my 02 sport and one for my 98 . Thanks again for costing me more money . lol

 

caper, I seen a 9007 harness after I ordered this.

But, I believe you can use the 9007 if you swap the leads to the bulb and cut a lockeng tab off. Dont quote me on that though. I have an old link bookmarked....Ill try to find it for you. I think its on my laptop.

I covered mine in split loom to hind that ugly yellow sheath.

 

None so far but I am keeping an eye on everything....

 

I don't remember exactly what I had to do with the Dremel tool, but I had a 9007 in my F350 because one of the lenses was fogged up pretty bad.

If you compare 9004 and 9007 you can see what needs to be done.

 

Are the 9007 bulbs THAT much better than the 9004's?

 

If you can afford it, the best repaior is to convert to the Sport headlights.
if you can't, then the next best is to polish the lenses to remove the haze on them. The first step for this is to use toothpaste and a buffer. Yeh, that's right, toothpaste. Then, you might want to use some really fine buffing paste to finish the job.

 

WestTN, I tried buffing several times before buying the haarness. Yes, buffing helped a bit but it does not give you any more voltage to the bulbs. The harness I was talking about has relays and bumps the voltage up to a full 12V - that combined with some better, higher wattage bulbs gives a pretty fair performance increase (at least for me it did)..

 

I upgraded to the dual sport light clear lens, with 9004 and 9007,,than purchased the harness from suvlighting.com, cost some but way worth the cost. Those stock lights should not be allowed.

 

I installed the H.D. harness and the improvement is quite good!! And I still have the same old bulbs!
Mike

 

I got the harness for my 97. Man they don't give you any extra wire do they? I'm still trying to figure the best way to run the wires.