I went the no-cost route and quit driving the TJ at night.
Headlight Suggestions
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Yeah I’m probably going to end up getting a harness kind. I don’t have fog lights but I’m planning to get some bumper lights like that for side coverage. The more I drive it the more I think I need them.
Turn on your white high beams in fog or falling snow and you get a whiteout in front of you. With yellow you don't get nearly as much reflection from the white snow or fog. Hence the name fog lights.
Supposedly yellow is better than white/blue in foggy and rainy conditions.
Honestly? I just really wanted them to be different.
I ran the yellow Hella 500FF H3s as back up to the Holley LEDs for two reasons..
The yellow bulbs reduce glare.
The H3's would get hot enough to melt snow & ice if the Holley's got iced over... which they never have.
A bunch of winters behind me with that setup and never had a problem to the Holley LEDs so I removed the Hella driving lights and installed KC Daylighter Gravity LEDs.
I still have the Hella H3's and couple sets of bulbs if anyone is interested in them.
The yellow bulbs reduce glare.
The H3's would get hot enough to melt snow & ice if the Holley's got iced over... which they never have.
A bunch of winters behind me with that setup and never had a problem to the Holley LEDs so I removed the Hella driving lights and installed KC Daylighter Gravity LEDs.
I still have the Hella H3's and couple sets of bulbs if anyone is interested in them.
J.W. Speaker. I have had them in my last 4 jeeps and have been super happy. Headlight Revolution website did a big shoot out between them and all the leading brands. Yes they are expensive but they are about 1/2 of what they cost 8-10 years ago.
Those my second choice. Lost the toss because I really wanted a period-correct look.
First choice was the Holley RetroBright. Going on two years with them with zero complaints. Can't tell they are LED until you turn them on.
You mean you didn't want JW Speakers because they ironically look like speakers? You could have put them in your overhead speaker pods for really bright interior dome lights
There are versions with heated lenses for just that reason. I run the heated Trucklites and have never had a problem…
…’course, I live in Nashville.
100%. All other things being equal I stay with the period correct look.
My hair is thinning pretty quickly. Wonder if they could work like grow-lights? I would have to rethink this.
I went with the Koito. I have had the Hella ECE in the past the Koito are better. As a bonus they come with the upgraded wiring kit. The kit is 42.50 but they get you on the shipping. I too drive at night on country roads 13 miles to work and back, put the 100/55 watt bulbs in them the high beams are very good.
https://cruiserteq.com/oem-toyota-koito-h4-headlight-upgrade-kit-w-harness-elec81110kit/
https://cruiserteq.com/oem-toyota-koito-h4-headlight-upgrade-kit-w-harness-elec81110kit/
Said it many many times.. the Koito kit is a no-brainer if you want to stay with H4s. I had them and loved the pattern and with the HD harness and 80/100s the output was great. Also met my needs for period correct look. However, after having a few LEDs prior to the Koito's I didn't like the warm temperature even though it too would be considered period correct.
I think this is probably the way I’m gonna go, with some yellow bumper lights for blizzards .
Thanks!!
I run E code glass headlamp with LEDs - Auxbeam makes one that does a good job replacing the halogen bulb H4. When you get into higher power LED they begin to throw a little heat…. Not something I would count on in a good blizzard so I keep the standard halogens in my hella fog lights.
There are versions with heated lenses for just that reason. I run the heated Trucklites and have never had a problem…
…’course, I live in Nashville.
And on the flip side....there is such a thing as too cold. I believe at -18 snow will no longer stick on a vertical surface. The real danger is just below that 32 number where those big flakes stick to everything.
I considered the Holley RetroBrights but i could never find a Youtube video that convinced me they were as good as JW Speakers. All the videos did was talk about how nice they were and spent too much time installing them and then the last 2 minutes of the videos was showing the light while their car was in the garage shining the headlights on the garage door. LOL. That doesn't help at all.
I mean where I live there’s a month or two every winter where it’s too cold to snow at all. (Being closer to a month these days, I’ll be worried when it’s only a few weeks. Climate change is messing with everything)
I will need to worry about keeping them melted during the fall and spring wet slop
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