Headlight Conversions, Hal or HID - Who's done it? Options

[tracks914]

I'm looking for better lighting at night. Who has converted their old Sealed Beams for something better?
How much did it cost?
Can our alternators keep up with it?
Tx
Doug

[Bruce Hinds]

I did the halogens too and they add a lot. I also replace the fogs with driving lights. They're wired to the low beams and can easily be unplugged from the back of the fuse box and plugged into the high beams.

The purests don't like it and some say the lights are too low to be effective. I think the set up works really well even for 80-90 mph at night. I've used the Series 95 Cibie lights that state they have a 1 mile reflective range.

The lights are rectangular and I had to enlarge the RBBBs on my '75, but they fit fine on a '73 I had, I just had to cut some thing aluminum to fill in around the light where the grills were. Polished, the aluminum looked great and I really liked the look of the rectangular lights on the small bumpers.

If you're interested, I have a picture somewhere I can scan. PM me.
B