It seems to me that the headlights are weak. Anyone else have that opinion? Has anyone made a simple modification with new bulbs which have made a significant improvement.

Thanks in advance

Kenny

 

silverstars are a big help alot bighter bulb

 

You could get the Sylvania Silverstar Ultra's, which are a little brighter than the regular Silverstars.

 

I use the 20% brighter bulbs in two vehichle and am satified with the result.
Make sure the housing adjustments are not to low in hi beams.
The driving light are also adjustable.

 

Thanks for the replies

One question - Is this just a straight plug in replacement or is more required?

 

I don't know what bulb your 05 might use but my 02 uses 9007 and is just a plugin upgrade.
Remove the housings and change out the bulbs unless you can get to yours without takeing the housings out.

 

straight plug in replacement only downfall is you have to remove your full headlight to replace the bulbs well worth it though

 

silverstars are going to be H13ST IS THE REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHTS

 

Thanks to one and all for the advice

Sounds like a trip to Auto Zone or Advance Auto

I really think the factory lights just plain suck and we need more light - especially without fog lights.

Kenny

 

while youre there you may want to upgrade to the heavy duty bulb sockets. supposed to handle more load and have less resistance. less resistance means more power getting to the bulb.

 

Wouldn't this be a case of an upgraded harness, along with the connector ?

I know my ZG-1000-A17, I did the upgraded headlamp connector and harness ( relays driven off the factory bulb connector ) with 12 AWG wire, and it make a difference with the EU Silverstar bulb, over the factory wiring.

Replacing the connector alone will provide a little relief, but not like a complete harness w/ relays and a connection to the battery.

Something like this :
http://www.puredieselpower.com/catal...ade-p-117.html

NOTE : This is just the first one I found, don't know this site, nor if this is the best price.

 

The other problem with just adding HD sockets is how you add them to your existing harness. Remember, neither the stock sockets or wiring are really up to the task of higher wattage bulbs. Without getting into a debate on the best way to tap into a wire, (remember that one?), I would propose that adding the sockets the wrong way will actually do more harm than good. I'm a big proponent of the HD harness that's available from many sources. It's pretty much "plug & play" and solves the real problems.

 

I did not understand what the heavy duty bulb socket statement, until I went looking for another source for the HD H13 harness.

I found tons of what were called upgrade harnesses, but all this was, is a Male and Female connector, with ~ 14 AWG wire between the 2 sockets. Almost looked like a pigtail extension. KYO or something like that was the mfgr.

I have no idea what this 35.00 item is to do for higher wattage ( this was listed on the same page with the HID look, Ice crap ) bulbs.
Considering what you ( 2stroked that is ) posted about the use of the factory harness ( relay and fuse(s) ).
I don't know why someone would install these "pigtails" of sorts with higher then stock wattage. If someone can enlighten me ( I know tall order of the day ) that would be great.
All I see is the same as 2stroked, use of the factory harness, not made for more then the 55W lo or 60W hi, and how these offer anything better is beyond me.

After a failed search, I did buy that one listed above ( too lazy to make a H13 harness of my own ) to see if it helps with H13 Silverstars bulbs.

Next trip by a Napa, and I am picking up some H10 sockets to do the same thing to fog lamps ( Silverstar 9145s ). So once I get everything here, make the Fog harness, and install the H13 harness, I'll report back on the findings.
I know on the Kawi, this is a case of WAY undersized wire, thus the reason I did the HD harness with the EU Silverstar ( what could now be called Silverstar ULTRA in the states ?? ), if the factory Ford harness is as bad, is yet TBD.

No, I am not going anywhere near that "other" topic. Steve83 will still talk tome, and that is about it

 

This is what KYO Automotive Lighting has to say about them :
This is what it looks like ( 9004 version, not H13 version ):


Got me why one would install these ?

 

Steve,

I agree. I see no value in adding yet another connection with just a heavy duty connector on the end. The rest of the harness will still fry. When I was running higher wattage headlights on my '97, '99 and '02, I used a complete HD harness with relays and everything. All you had to hook up was a hot lead to the battery, a ground and then plug it into one headlight connector from the OEM harness. Never had a problem with it - probably because it replaced everything that was undersized.