sealed unit High Beam 1974 Challenger

Garp · Post by **Garp** » Wed Jan 25, 17 5:12 pm

Went to start a rather sad looking car today just to get her circulation going - perhaps it was just too cold, while hitting the footswitch I managed to blow one of the High Beam lamps.
Upon inspection it seems that these are sealed units.
Can someone point me in the direction of replacement units or do I have to go Stateside ?
Cheers
Winter can be so hard on a car when its doing nothing !

DaveBishop · Post by **DaveBishop** » Wed Jan 25, 17 7:08 pm

You can get them on ebay. You cant buy them from the states they dip the wrong way

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Jan 25, 17 7:21 pm

My Fury had lamps from http://www.winsintltd.co.uk/ Just up the road from me,they do have an ebay shop but worth ringing them.

Garp · Post by **Garp** » Wed Jan 25, 17 7:22 pm

Cheers chaps - thought I had to get LHD ones - Duh !

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Jan 25, 17 8:13 pm

These look good. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Dolom ... 5z5cy53PSQ Best to change the set while you're in there.

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Wed Jan 25, 17 8:36 pm

let me have a look in my stash. yes upgrade now, same thing I'm gonna do at some point. very easy to buy here and will point the right way

btw come to the new barn 4th and 5th

Garp · Post by **Garp** » Wed Jan 25, 17 11:10 pm

Uh, ....... guys, not to be a total knob .....
What's the upgrade exactly ?
I can just fit (cheaper) existing 5 3/4" units at half the price ....
Am I missing something?

Stu Twin · Post by **Stu Twin** » Thu Jan 26, 17 12:00 am

Looks like these have Halogen bulbs which should be an improvement on the standard bulbs.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Jan 26, 17 6:54 am

You'd be replacing the sealed beam gloworms armpit with a unit that takes a halogen bulb, these actually get brighter when you turn them on. You do need to do a simple relay mod to the wiring to take the load off the stock switch, there should be a sticky for it. Well worth doing.

Post by **MattH** » Fri Jan 27, 17 10:19 am

I did this last year, full set of 4 from ebay for about Â£35 with bulbs, relays mounted on the rad support panel, one for dipped and one for high beam, then cut into those circuits and introduce the relay, then main feed from the battery which is conveniently close.

About 1 1/2 hrs job each circuit, then your light switch is not switching anything like the old amount of current so less likely to burn out and your lights will work, provided your battery and alternator are doing the right thing.

Garp · Post by **Garp** » Fri Jan 27, 17 11:19 am

MattH wrote:I did this last year, full set of 4 from ebay for about Â£35 with bulbs, relays mounted on the rad support panel, one for dipped and one for high beam, then cut into those circuits and introduce the relay, then main feed from the battery which is conveniently close.

About 1 1/2 hrs job each circuit, then your light switch is not switching anything like the old amount of current so less likely to burn out and your lights will work, provided your battery and alternator are doing the right thing.

Matt,
I was thinking exactly that as I don't think there is any need to interrupt the loom up until the light units, except to tack in a fuse for the relays.
Did you just replace the old twin-connectors for the sealed beams with a 3 way "block" for the bulb connector ?
Cheers, most helpful, will order a set of lights now#
garp