Has anyone used the off-road ;-) headlight conversion for 7" sealed beams PP has?

https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/SuperCat/3389/MBZ_3389_ELLITE_pg4.htm#item13


And do you need anything to go along with it?

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I've not used the 7" round format, but I've used the 5x8's on several vehicles, both Hella and Cibie. Either is a HUGE improvement over sealed beams and highly recommended.

Cibie had a more sharply defined beam pattern and the spread between high beam and low beam was more suited to lower vehicles like the MBZ, the Hellas have a larger beam spread(high beams point higher in relation to the low beams) and work better on my taller truck.

Proper aim is HUGELY important, far more so than with the random blob of light cast by sealed beams. Aimed incorrectly, these could look like a significant downgrade.

Avoid any LED/HID replacement bulbs, or anything with a blue coating. They're all crap, every single very last one of them.

Now, the dedicated LED sealed beam replacements can be a different story entirely, and this is the route I'd go if replacing my sealed beams now. By the time you do big wires and relays and fuses and such, the cost difference isn't as large. Once again, one must be extremely careful to get a good brand(JW Speaker, Truck Lite, etc) and not the garbage that is all over the internet. Candlepowerforums has an automotive section and those folks will steer your right.

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I've used these to very good effect and I didn't even need to use the 100 watt halogen bulbs, just the standard 60/40 ones .

As mentioned, avoid the Chinese crappo ones, they don't last very long .

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I've used them. I put in 80/100W bulbs, with relays for the extra curent dra and haven't looked back since. Excellent beam pattern wih sharp cutoff. Definitely light up the road better and even at 80W low beams, other drivers do not sem to be bothered. On a dark winding road, the 100W high beams are bright enough to melt road signs.

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I did it on mine back when I had it. Well worth the money and then some, but like everyone else said, but sure to use the up rated bulbs and heavy gauge wires to get the most out of it. I even swapped out the fog lights to be an additional set of headlight, talk about some serious output.

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