Headlight replacments
03-07-2006, 01:09 PM
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Headlight replacments What's the brightest replacement headlights for our cars? I have silverstars in my 00 and love them. I guess they don't make a silverstar headlight for the lt1 cars. I want a replacement that mimics the silverstar in color and brightness if possible.
03-07-2006, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sheikss
What's the brightest replacement headlights for our cars? I have silverstars in my 00 and love them. I guess they don't make a silverstar headlight for the lt1 cars. I want a replacement that mimics the silverstar in color and brightness if possible.
03-07-2006, 01:59 PM
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There are a few write ups on how to change the bulb filament part of the LT1 headlight and just reuse the housing. I tried it and it worked pretty well, but then I just opted to convert to the Hella FF75's for all 6 lights. Way better looking and much more light.
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After, before I did the fogs
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03-07-2006, 06:38 PM
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Are the hella's a direct replacement? They look alot better that's for sure. I imagine with the fogs done it is bright. Is there any way to override the fog lamps turning off when the high beems are on? I know thay do it on my 2000 so I figured it was the same on the 97 also. Yea it's a camaro and sorry about the spelling.
03-08-2006, 10:37 AM
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they do make silverstars for our cars and i think i paid like 40 for the set in mine. i just went to advance and asked for the part number and went and pulled them off the shelf. i have been told though they dont silverstar fog lights for our cars though.
03-08-2006, 11:06 AM
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The Hella's were not a direct replacement but did not take a lot of thinking to get them in, just some quick ABS plastic shims and I was in business. The fog lights were a little more tricky, as you can not just screw them to the plastic because it vibrates too much and looks like hell. I just used the factory brackets for scrap metal and fabbed up some good brackets out of them. I don't remember if I had to weld on them to make the brackets, but I'm sure it can be done without it.
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03-09-2006, 12:25 PM
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I got them all on ebay and they were a lot cheaper then, around $100 for all 3 sets. They have gone up a lot. Look for Hella FF75 lights. There are a few on there right now, one set is under $10 w/ $13 shipping. You will need 3 sets.
03-09-2006, 04:39 PM
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I just recently ordered the Eurolamps sealed beam kit for my Formula and I've heard good things about the kit. I especially like how I can use xenon and hid blubs in them.
03-10-2006, 09:39 PM
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If your interested in 93-97 Camaro silverstars you can read this,
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/foru...showtopic=5967
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/foru...showtopic=5967
03-10-2006, 09:47 PM
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oh thats cool i didn't know there was a writeup on it. i just went ahead and did that myself lol. they look SO much better with silverstars in. I had them left over from my talon when it blew up so i figured what the hell i can't let them go to waste.
03-12-2006, 12:12 PM
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I didnt like the idea of glueing the replacement bulbs into the housings so i went and got a SBC kit that converted me away from Sealed beams to reflector housings that i can pop any bulb into. Beforwarned... theres a good number of images there. about 5 seconds on DSL 3meg.
http://www.knology.net/~nova5/headlights.htm
http://www.knology.net/~nova5/headlights.htm
03-12-2006, 07:26 PM
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i have been told though they dont silverstar fog lights for our cars though.
03-12-2006, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nova5
I didnt like the idea of glueing the replacement bulbs into the housings so i went and got a SBC kit that converted me away from Sealed beams to reflector housings that i can pop any bulb into. Beforwarned... theres a good number of images there. about 5 seconds on DSL 3meg.
http://www.knology.net/~nova5/headlights.htm
http://www.knology.net/~nova5/headlights.htm
Where do you get that kit from? I cant find a sealed beam conversion kit for headlights of our size.
