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Old 03-20-2015, 01:38 PM
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Price out a HID fixture on a new vehicle and the price seems much more reasonable. Made in the USA with a long warranty

If I had a vehicle which took sealed beams I'd strongly consider them.

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Old 03-20-2015, 02:12 PM
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The LED lights cost that much!?! That's bonkers.
LED sealed beam replacements

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Old 03-20-2015, 06:37 PM
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The cost of LED is why I'm running halogen conversions. The light is about the same as a silverstar, but they're lasting considerably longer.
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Old 03-21-2015, 07:11 AM
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Does the headlight adjust?

If not, your mount may have failed.
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Old 03-21-2015, 08:49 AM
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Everything is tight. Either it's the glass bulb inside the big glass enclosure (the headlight itself) thats shaking at idle or it's the power fluctuating and the filament reacts so fast that it's showing the pulses.
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Old 03-21-2015, 10:55 AM
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I have a similar issue, the light is tight, occasional vibration when at close proximity to the garage door.

Does it adjust?
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Old 03-21-2015, 12:47 PM
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Oh yes I have recently adjusted the aim of both lights just last summer. All that works great. Do you have the newer headlight bulbs too with the small halogen bulb inside?
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Old 03-21-2015, 01:14 PM
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Sealed beam Sylvania.
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Well the bulb finally burned out. Lasted a whole 10,000 miles. What a piece of crap.
But I had to put in the exact same thing. Sylvania Xtravision 5006.
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Old 04-27-2015, 01:49 PM
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Ohh I think I may have solved it. I changed the fuse and it stopped pulsing as much. I think that may have solved it. The old ones were original and starting to decay quite a bit, so maybe it just wasn't getting the full potential.

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