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Old 05-06-03, 03:39 PM
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Headlight Choices

What sort of choices are there for an FB headlight? I find the standard lights a bit dim and would like something a bit brighter. Any sugestions??

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Old 05-06-03, 05:05 PM
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You can convert from a sealed beam to an H4 style light for fairly cheap. Should be a decent upgrade.

If you wanna spend more cash you can always go with a nice HID system.
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I converted to H4. Not only is it a bit brighter, but your headlight will still work if, god forbid, a passing semi kicks up a stone and shatters the lens
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which light housings did you get? i got some from www.procarparts.com and they are not to impressive. the beam is all over the place no where near as direct as the sylvanis cool blue bulbs i took out. the manufacturer was otto
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I got the Bosch kit - $80 CDN at Canadian Tire (at the time that was aboot $50 US, but now it's more like $60) The reflectors and lenses are well made.

I've seen a lot of similar kits on EBay that are pure crap, with almost no thought given to beam dispersion pattern
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Surprisingly thoes sylvaina silverstart lights are actualy brighter. My friend has them in her FC and it's a big difference. They are like $25 a peice not bad.
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I just got the Bosch H4's today...easy as pie install. I'll be testing them later tonight.
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i have the Hella H4 housings that Summit sells... but the bulbs are crap in these (the ones that i got for my Chevelle are MUCH better/different)

so i'm gonna get some silverstar's, because a friend has them in his civic, and they make a huge difference.
Old 05-06-03, 09:26 PM
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Gimme a few days and i'll show you the ultimate headlights for a first gen, Jose Reyes has them on his car, they make the car look brand new production of 2003. its amazing.

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Originally posted by ioTus
Gimme a few days and i'll show you the ultimate headlights for a first gen, Jose Reyes has them on his car, they make the car look brand new production of 2003. its amazing.

~Geoff
Are they HID's? cmon give us a hint.... !! I wanna see!
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I just bought some Sylvania XtraVision and they seem a little bright, and whiter but have a much better beam patern
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They look AMAZING on first gen's!!!
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why did you show a pic of that light?
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Uhh... because thast what this topic is about
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what kind are they?
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Apparently the brand name is something like "truck-lite".

$65 per lamp, including a bulb and 9007 adapter wiring.

http://www.gulfcoastrovers.com/all/trucklite/index.htm
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I will stick with mine the cost 13.99 a piece direct replacement.
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These are diret replacement as well.

I will stick with them. i've never seen a better looking headlight on an fb.
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when you get a chance take a pic so I can see what it looks like on your car, thanks
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I've got SilverStars on my SA, and it is a million times better than stock.


I also have some H.I.D. look Foglights. Those, compared with the SilverStars, are an awesome combo.


I'm saving my nickels to get true H.I.D. headlights, AND true H.I.D. fogs.
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I used to run the Hella E-code H4 lights. They were pretty good. Big step up over the stock lights. They had a nice beam pattern too. Not the cheapest thing though.

http://www.rspeed.net/miata/item.asp...5&prod=607-131
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the new sylvaina "not sure of the model" are supose to be the closest thing to h4's and at a good price anywere from 10-20 a set
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I got the Cibies h4 conversion from www.cibielights.com. I installed one h4 and one stock light side by side. HUGE diffrence. $105 though, not cheap.
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Re: Headlight Choices

Originally posted by anthrax
What sort of choices are there for an FB headlight? I find the standard lights a bit dim and would like something a bit brighter. Any sugestions??

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Matt
Bit dim? They plain out right suck *** LOL If you ask me

http://lighting.mbz.org/ try that link...
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