Headlights
 

I changed the old sealed beam headlights to the quartz style thinking id get better lights...wrong! Im running a 6v alt ...shouldnt the quartz be as good or better than the sealed beam?

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never tried one , but yes it is supposed to be ..........

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The brightness is not even close. The sealed beam was more like a modern car but i hated that "frog eye" look you get with them.

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Did you use original reflectors or reproduction? If original have they been resilvered?
Some of the reproduction ones are the wrong shape, see the link to Marcos's site
http://www.abarnyard.com/workshop/lamp_focus-2.htm

Bob

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Mine has sealed beams (was on it when I bought it), I also did not like the "bug eye" look, so I purchased the behind the glass mounts from Synders (they are about 1/2 the price of others for these) and put original fluted glass lens in. Now it looks right, if you look close you can see the sealed beams behind the fluted lens, but that is ok with me, I have very good lights and did not have to buy all the parts that had been taken out of mine.

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#1 Be sure that you have a good ground to the headlights. #2 Be sure that your headlights are aimed properly and not aimed to high above the ground. See service bulletins or shop manuals on proper alignment. I put quartz bulbs and new reflectors in a roadster a few years ago and they were really bright.

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Focus focus focus

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Same with my 28.:)

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Almost no light on dim....im thinking maybe a ground problem.

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The same ground is common to high and low beam. What bulb are you using?
If it's an original 1928 type bulb with just driving and parking filaments then you'll have dim on parking. I found a couple of these bulbs at our swap meet on Sunday.

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Tom...i have the quartz halogen conversion with new refectors...6v alt.