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Old 08-03-2011, 10:13 PM
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I am wondering what headlights and or bulbs i can get to have bright headlights. I had 80/100 bulbs in my stock headlights then I bought projector headlights at a truck show i put them in and they suck they are made by spyder never buy them they wont take them back either I was thinking of getting 100/120 bulbs for my stock headlights let me know what you guys have I wanna see at night
 
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Old 08-03-2011, 11:03 PM
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projector headlights are primarily designed for HIDs. ive found a few places that you can get HIDs for 150 or so online. try ebay for instance. also note. i personally do not have HIDs (yet) but have been 'told' not to purchase a set with high/low beams. something about them not lasting as long. either way. HIDs are bright as all get out an i dont know that high beams would even be neccessary.
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 11:59 AM
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what do you think the brightest standard bulbs are.
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 01:59 PM
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I did the sport light mod on my truck with the suvlights.com harness. I wish I would've done this the first time I upgraded my lights.
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 03:16 PM
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I did the sport light mod on my truck with the suvlights.com harness. I wish I would've done this the first time I upgraded my lights.
What is the sport light mod?
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 04:00 PM
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The sport light mod involves retrofitting the later (I forget which years, I think 99+) "sport" model lights. These lights have 2 bulbs instead of one. With the suvlights.com harness, it has both lights on for both low beams, and high beams. I'll head out and get some pics.

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This is a link to the harness I used.

suvlights.com Dodge Ram (Sport Headlights) Super Heavy Duty Conversion Harness w/4 relays 9004

The nice thing about the harness is that it's a direct plug in, no splicing needed. It also uses relays so that the power for your headlights no longer runs through your headlight switch.
 

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Old 08-05-2011, 04:47 PM
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Nice! Thanks for taking the time to snap a pic. Are the sport headlights a direct swap?
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 06:10 PM
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No problem! Not exactly a direct swap. You need to remove some sheet metal from behind the headlight so that the 2nd bulb will fit back in there. Other than that, all the mounting bolts line up exactly.
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 07:28 PM
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Sounds simple enough to me. Thanks again man
 
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Old 08-05-2011, 07:41 PM
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No problem.
 


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