Headlights

[Gary Gregory]

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?

[V4F]

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

[Gary Gregory]

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.

[Bob C]

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

[jmeckel]

Originally Posted by Gary Gregory

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.

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.

[Richard Wilson]

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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.

[Mike V. Florida]

Focus focus focus

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by 1930 coupe

I was referring to the brightness of the filament, not the brightness on the road. Bad focus equals bad light on the road, no matter how bright the filament is. I use original 6 volt generator original reflectors and old stock bulbs and I can see just fine at night.

Same with my 28.

[Gary Gregory]

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

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Gary Gregory

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

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.

[Gary Gregory]

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