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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty
I just modded my lights to where my high's and low's will stay on al the same time when my hi's are on, but that don't work on a dodges lights
Wait til one of the Katy or Houston cops see's it. Thats illegal in Texas and after I got a ticket for the all on mod I changed mine to the DRL/Low Beam/Fog mod.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:44 AM
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I know in most if not all states it's also illegal to have fog lights and brights on at the same time. Fog lamps are supposed to be wired to turn off automatically when you switch from low to high beam.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by DangerousDuramax
Wait til one of the Katy or Houston cops see's it. Thats illegal in Texas and after I got a ticket for the all on mod I changed mine to the DRL/Low Beam/Fog mod.
My old man is HPD has been for 20+ years

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and i only have them on on the back roads
 

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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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Follow up
I started off polishing my headlight lenses using 1000 1500 & 2500 grit wet and dry sand paper. Then followed up with a polish. A 100% improvement. Should have done this along time ago. I can almost see past my bumper. Just kidding, it was a huge improvement.
Will be ordering the lmc wiring harness but I am not sure which bulb to go with. The 9505 might be an option but I am worried about the extra heat.
Thanks for all the help.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Greg - check out this thread:

https://www.dieselbombers.com/dodge-truck-cummins-turbo-diesel-forum/6999-hids.html

Theres a link there where you can get HID's for $135...
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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I swapped in the sport housings and loaded them with the Silverstars. Best money I have ever spent!

I tried an upgraded harness, but it netted very little change. Upgraded haarness and sport lights?

My sport lights on low beam kick out more ligt than than non sports on high. This is using one filament on both sets.

Dave
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Now, as bad as your lights are, the stock ones on my 98.5 were REALLY bad!! I picked up a set of "led eyebrow" projector lights and am really impressed. (There is a question I posted on how to wire them correctly due to a problem from the manufacturer). Once they are wired correctly, the high beam indicator does not illuminate all the time, and the power coming out of the lights is pretty good.

Here is a link on e-may similar to the ones I got:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-07...em150208638874

here are similar ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-03...em190192675805


To fix the wiring, so everything worked correctly, I followed this link, and while it wasn't exactly the same the ideas were correct:

http://ramchargercentral.com/index.p...owtoshow;id=55


My next job (after fixing some damage from a visit to a ditch while in the snow in New Hampshire, ) will be to install some additional fog / driving lights along with a brush-guard to increase vis. even more.

Hope this helps, again, no promises on the quality of the lights for your rig, but mine were a great help. I could actually see stuff!! And the brights, are REALLY bright. Definately lets people know to get out of the way when you flash 'em.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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I switched to the silver star but before switching fog lights went out (think it is the switch)
but I have twice the lights with the ss then what was in it
 
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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hids were the best money i ever spent
 
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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Can somebody point me to a thread on how to fit the Sport Headlamps onto a non-sport model? I would like to do this mod. but I'm a little nervouse around wiring
 
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