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[GMCnet] Headlights (was Save the GMC Molds!) [message #336868] Sun, 09 September 2018 20:24 Go to previous message
JerryW is currently offline  JerryW   United States
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Hi Karen, those Hella conversion housings and lenses are great for our coaches. Nice, clean cut off so the oncoming driver is not affected. Replace the halogens with LEDs and you don’t need to alter the wiring. The amp draw is so low with the LEDs that the existing wire and switches will do just fine.

Jerry
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:18:46 -0600
From: KB
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Subject: [GMCnet] Headlights (was Save the GMC Molds!)
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I'm separating this out into its own topic since it's not related to the GMC molds...

I recently installed HELLA 002395301 Conversion Headlights in our coach.
The advantage is they take a standard HB2 bulb (included), which gives you a much wider selection (HB2/9003/HB4).
They're also a heck of a lot brighter.
https://www.amazon.com/HELLA-002395301-Halogen-Conversion-Headlamp/dp/B0002M9QK6

I was going to also replace the wiring harness with one that includes new relays, as others have done, but found I didn't need to. I did have to trim
the plastic shroud from the OEM headlight plug to get them to fit, and of course cleaned up the old connectors.
Going forward, it's much easier to replace a burned out bulb than a whole sealed beam headlight.

There are lots of other "Conversion" headlight kits available, but I got these because they're street legal, not crazy expensive, a known brand, and
about the same power draw as stock.


Karen
1975 26’
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