Let there be headlights…

I’ve needed new headlights for some time. I changed out to some Sylvania Silverstar lamps back in 2021, but I happened to find the price of off-brand LED headlights has dropped significantly since I last priced them. I decided to go with a pair of the Amazon special Chinesium LED 7″ headlamps. They were actually less in price than a pair of Silverstars. They look great and I can see much better!

I have found with some LED lamps that the headlight bucket needs modification to accept the depth of the LED lamps, but these fit without any modification of the bucket. The original ’66 headlight trim ring was a little loose to hold the new lamp tightly in place, but with a little fiddling around and makeshift ingenuity, I got them held in place quite nicely.

I even had a little daytime running lights module left over from a previous project, so I went ahead and installed that to run the DRL halos in the new lamps. I did not wire in the turn signals (amber halo) yet and may not. I’m considering using the DRL module to also power my dash gauge lights. Not sure I wanna mess with that wiring change and take a chance on ruining something that is working fine.