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Thinking about replacing my driving lights in the bumper with something more powerful than the 55W halogen H3's that are OEM. However, I haven't found anything that puts out more light that would actually fit in there.
Most of the H3 replacements I have found are either weaker than the 1450 lumens the halogens are supposed to have, or are way longer and thus won't fiit in the reflector. The H3's are actually pretty small bulbs. Posting this here on the off chance that someone has actually found something that works. |
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It wasn't clear but I think the OP was referring to the LATE OE fogs in the BUBS. The "pilot" driving lites I offer also are equipped with the H3 bulbs but are specific to the early bumper-ed cars. They can be rather easily converted to one of the many high lumen LED bulbs on the market. To clarify again… I have according to you an “early” car (74) with the round driving lights (clear lenses, very little ribbing) and they currently have 55 watt H3 halogen bulbs. I do not need a replacement for the lamp housing or the reflector/glass. I was simply looking at the possibility of replacing the H3 halogen bulbs with LED’s that emit more light (i.e. more lumens than 1450 per side). If you say “They can be rather easily converted to one of the many high lumen LED bulbs on the market”, can you point me to which? In my searches I have only found ones that are either too long in front of the bulb mounting flange (hits the front glass), or too long behind the flange (hits the back of the reflector housing). The original halogen H3 bulbs are actually quite small, and there is not a lot of space in the reflector. |
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