lol.. then you've obviously never switched seats from a Dodge Intrepid over to a BMW. MAJOR difference on how those cars make use of DOT compliant lighting. And BTW, I'm not a foolish man who falls for hype or placebo affects and my thousands worth of lighting enhancements over the years has been money well spent. Might have even saved my family's life a few times while my wife was driving up to Northern Wisconsin at night without me. You seem to have totally misinterpreted my reply. You're right about one thing so far though.. deer will be deer and they don't care about the brand of car you're driving or how effective the lights are. BUT.. seeing them even 25 feet earlier can make all the difference in the world for reaction time, braking and allowing extra potential for evasive maneuvers. From what you seem to be saying.. people see the deer just fine with whatever lighting they have available.. but simply don't slow down enough to give sufficient time for braking as an "easily spooked jumping critter" surprisingly jumps out in front of you? Of course they get hit because you don't see them.. IN TIME TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN.. as they suddenly make their way out onto the roadway. That's what deer do and only a total idiot would keep driving at full speed once they realized an animal is standing on the shoulder 3 feet off the roadway. That's actually how we can tell they're up ahead sometimes. Brake lights.. as other drivers see them off to the sides of the roads and automatically assume that where there's one or two there may be even more their headlights haven't picked up yet. Luckily common sense rules with country drivers in our parts of the woods. Especially those who've hit deer before. Another way to look at lighting efficiency. Lighting and braking power = distance. Distance = time. And more time saves lives(and wildlife/insurance costs). Period and exclamation point.. end of story.
Thanks for that info Micah! I believe those are the same housings(although I remember mine having more faceting than the link you gave?) that I used on my Torino many years ago. Very good to know that they'll fit in these cars headlight buckets. They'll be added to my wish list of parts for my build.
I like the silverstar line up. Ran them in sealed beam and halogen bulbs in my Durango. A nice improvement thats still safe for oncoming traffic. Key is with any conversion that the housing and reflector must match the bulb design. Avoid the low line Chinese junk!!
I decided to go w/ the Silverstar H6024ST's; they should work out for my limited nite driving. I ordered from Amazon today. I drove home tonite from a local event and decided to look at my lights from a non-operating position. I notice the drivers side appeared to be out while driving down my alley to the garage. It was not out, just dim. I will need to re-aim the new drivers side; I moved it around a lot b4 I discovered the unit needed replacement. I got my money out of the ones that was in the car when I bought it 5yrs ago nx week - probably should have replaced them long time ago. I guess my excuse was "waiting till I get the relay mod done.
If you are going to the Gathering I will check out the Silverstars, I have halogens in mine with the relay mod. The relay mod made a huge difference.
Silverstars are really good, and there are a few of the relay kits on e-bay directly made for mavericks. I bothered to ask an old friend of the family on the highway patrol, he said the only direction he had was to warn people if their lights were super blue/violet. He also said he had personally no idea how to tell driving down the road if someone's lights weren't white enough, and it seemed like a waste of time. He only ever looked for improperly mounted lights (too high, too low, aimed in the wrong directions). They don't inspect lights in Oregon for your emissions stickers.
I finished the Silverstar upgrade today including relay wiring. I see a big improvement over what I was using. Reg sealbeam on driver, haologen on pass side. I cud hardly tell the driver side beam was on w/o getting out of the car to look at it. Sealbeam was on but producing only abt 30% of illumination and that was yellowish. Halogen beam was much better and had white light. I've had the relays (3) mounted over a year and was only using one for horn addition. Finally got around to wiring lights. To say it's a huge improvement, wud be an understatement. I measured abt .75v difference thru relays w/ engine, off after installing relays. I did see a big improve in illumination b4 I installed relays. I just think the most benefit of relays is to remove load from headlight switch. I compared the performance of this setup to my 06 Buick, parked next to the Comet by shining them on a house across abt 100ft distance and results pretty much equal. I drove the car tonite and had a chance to see the difference. I am very satisfied w/ this modification -- should have done it when I did the horns -- last summer.
