You don't, but 4 lamps give twice the output of 2 lamps, and the car's gonna be funny-lookin' with just two lamps. Can certainly understand not wanting to spend for four LED headlamps, though. Why not two LEDs for high/low and halogens for high beam?



There is practically no such thing as enough light. Most drivers don't have anywhere near adequate lighting at night, which is why so many pedestrians die.

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Great. Thanks very much for the perspective, Dan. Will consider options, and I'm probably 6-18 mo from upgrading these on the 62.

Lou

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I think the biggest "loss" to me would be the look. For a typical classic street car, a standard bulb has a proper look. These lights look far from stock and would be a huge distraction IMO, and then the removal of the inner lights would just compound the situation. My car has enough modernization that I may be able to get away with it on my Road Runner, but my 62 would probably look funky.

Ping me when you're ready; I've got my eye on what might be another good option in LED 5.75" rounds.

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Thanks again. Those JW Speaker 5.75s are quite deep, so I bet there would be some creative engineering to get them into the stock buckets. 7" ones (8700 J2) were not too bad. If you have a line on another (more shallow but great light) 5.75 lamp, I'm all ears.

After toasting the front end of my 64 Dart at dusk in the middle of WY 2yrs ago (antelope), I am ready to upgrade every car to awesome headlights. It is a lot of work to fix one of these things properly...

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Well, you got that right. Expensive headlamps are cheap compared to body parts (car or human).

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Absolutely. Just because you can buy a part that will fit your car for almost nothing doesn't mean it is time to buy it and not save up for a really great part.

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Now, Dan.......let's give credit where credit is due. Many pedestrians die simply because they are humans. They are stupid, or drunk, or distracted, or have an attitude that "pedestrians have the right-of-way" no matter what, and out they go into traffic.
(IMO), in general, humans are stupid. There are plenty of exceptions, but.......

For the record, I can agree with plenty of what you did post, though.

Roger

I am a dedicated pedestrian, averaging 45 miles per week in a medium-sized town. Even if I obey all the rules and use my legal rights of way, if I were not carefully paying attention to the inattentive drivers then I would be dead. Many drivers are not looking at peds as they go through crosswalks or make turns. This is worse at night, and I'm sure lighting/vision has something to do with not seeing pedestrians as people make their way in their huge lethal machines. Also, the number of people I see handling electronic devices and looking down or being distracted is, um, yikes...

If better lighting gives a little edge to drivers to help save pedestrians, their cars, and other cars/drivers, I am all for it.

Obviously this is a very complex problem. I would say also that the danger of walking along many (most?) roads/streets in the US is probably one reason why many people do not walk.

Lou

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Now, Roger…………………………………we don't have the death penalty for drunkenness, distraction, stupidity, or jaywalking. C'mon, let's be human beings, eh?



Whew, that's a relief!

(I spend my days with my nose in traffic-safety data. Why pedestrians die is not a matter of guessing or philosophy or opinion or pet theory. Most of them—sober or drunk, distracted or attentive, stupid or smart, jaywalking or in the crosswalk—die because drivers can't see them in time.)

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Correct on all points—and none of this is a matter of guess or opinion, either.

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