79D50 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I purchased a pair of european hella e code H4's and H1's for my project(not DOT approved). The H4's are a high low using a 55W Hella Xenon Premium Bulb. It is rated at 1895 lumens at 3300 kelvin. The high beam H1's are Xenon Premium bulbs. This set produces much more light than the ellipsoid projectors with PIAA Extreme Whites (rated at 4300K). The cutoff and dispersion of light to the road is so much clearer. I highly recommend these lights. It is a design that has been tried and true in the European market since the 70's. Susquehannah motorsports is the shop where I picked them up. They have all the information to help you make a solid choice and educate you on bulbs, housings, application etc. They are brand new, high quality, solid built headlights. You do not need to modify your buckets to get these to fit so installation is basic. I've tried so much bullshit, and these are by far the best. Anyone want to buy some ellipsoids? hehe Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I did almost the same thing recently, except that i only did the low beams. I used the Hella kits though, not sure what bulb comes in the kit, except that it is a 55/60w high/low bulb. These alone made a huge different in nighttime vision. I had put all of the headlights on relays a couple of years ago, and the relays made a huge improvement in the stock style halogen(garbage) lenses. Highly recommended. I got mine from Discount Import Parts in Tigard,OR. They keep the kits in stock too. Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Lots of good info on the Susquehanna MotorSports website. :thumbup: Pete Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I was running 80/100 bulbs for a while in the Hella housings (510) I have Cibie housings in my 521s remember on Lows(H4s) your only using the half the housing the way the reflector works. a 7in lamp would be more efficiant having Hella 500s bumber ralley lights really help out as its a almost 7in housing(h1) Must have a relay harness!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I recently did a headlight relay install on a Ford pickup I own. Theses are the relays I used, two relays from summitracing.com, for $18.45. This is the diagram of the wiring circuit I used. Because of the ground side switching on a 510 car, You will need to wire the coils of the relay differently. This circuit should work. In my wiring diagrams for a 510, the power in for the headlights on one side is red, and on the other side it is red, with a blue stripe. Low beams is red with a black stripe, high beams is red with a white stripe. Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I bought from them too. I love these lights. Highs are Hella# 71156 Lows are Hella# 79564 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 use pass side outer plug to plug in New harness w/ relays(hook to batt power) done 20mins http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Headlights.shtml#OnLineOrdering Quote Link to comment
ianlink Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 what would i use if i wanted to convert my 67' 520 to this h4 conversion ? Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Ianlink, your 520 should be the same as the 521, 620, 510, etc. They all ran the same sealed beams, so I would assume the buckets are the same shape/size on them as well, but I have been wrong on occasion ;) Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Youneed a H4 harness. 67 a 4 ,5.75 size light system? Quote Link to comment
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