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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Ford Discussion / Halogen Bulbs forT's, A's and V8's

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slopey1939

10-10-2016 @ 4:51 PM

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Anyone have any experience with replacing stock light bulbs (taillight, headlight etc) with Halogen bulbs for better night driving? If so any issues with them regarding wiring, generator and such? Do they work with stock generator (no tweeks?) wiring etc?
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10-10-2016 @ 5:04 PM

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Halogens draw a lot of amps. If you install them you should have a relay to take the load of the switch.
I would recommend you buy the bright bulbs for your headlights from Ron Francis Wiring. They would work just as well as halogens without the relays or the extra load on the generator.

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10-10-2016 @ 5:37 PM

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Thank you, that is great news. Hirsch Automotive sells the halogen bulbs and says they pull no extra load and plug into existing sockets. Sounds like that might be a stretch regarding load??

36fordor

10-11-2016 @ 3:18 PM

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Have saga involving alternators & halogens that goes back to Jan. 2015. First alternator, although specified for 1936 Ford, came with brackets for apparently a tractor. No way to mount on 36 Ford & vendor absolutely unresponsive despite over a year and a half of emails & phone calls. Useless, ignored me.

Ordered different alternator from west coast vendor, stock mounting but no output. Vendor responsive, repaired & alternator mounted again about week ago & working. Headlights brighter but halogen bulbs blew fuse after about 15 min. use.

Have sent original reflectors out for resilvering, received relays from Fifth Ave. Antique Auto Parts for my 36 & 35 today. Good chance I'll be reverting to original headlamps with alternator, forgetting about halogens.

This has been a horror story for over a year and a half despite doing what I consider due diligence & all my homework. Can hardly wait to see what happens next.

36fordor

10-11-2016 @ 3:21 PM

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Trjford8, can you tell us stock # of "the bright bulbs"? Thanks.

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10-11-2016 @ 3:33 PM

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Have to suggest anyone wishing to go this route (i.e., 'halogens' or other 'brighter' solution) to please do a search on this Forum for every term concerning this issue and ensure you have thoroughly researched this before going down this road.

You will find, speaking from experience, that removing all root causes (grounds, electrical system deficiencies, etc.) will allow standard 6V pos ground lights to be as bright as you will need. If you go the halogen route or other before fully trouble-shooting and optimizing your current system you are simply band-aiding problems that you will ultimately have to address down the road anyway.

Fwiw -

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CharlieStephens

10-11-2016 @ 4:10 PM

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If you are 12 volts this is probably the companyt you are looking for: Ron Francis Wire Works, https://www.ronfrancis.com, (800) 292-1940 The bulb is B2337 and shown here: https://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=B%2D2337

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10-11-2016 @ 4:11 PM

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This is probably what you are looking for: Ron Francis Wire Works, https://www.ronfrancis.com, (800) 292-1940 The bulb is B2337 and shown here: https://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=B%2D2337

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wmsteed

10-12-2016 @ 8:33 AM

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Like 36fordor I to heeded the advise of others and converted my '39 w/12v to halogen headlights. Of course this required a modification to the reflectors to accept the halogen bulbs. Some people advised me to modify the headlight buckets to accept standard sealed beams behind the stock lens. Did not like the look of the sealed beams behind the lens.
Long story short, I got hold of another set of stock reflectors, had them nickle plated and sent them off to UVIRA in Oregon to have their glass coating applied over the nickle..
I purchased Ron Francis' "Bright Bulbs" for 12v, they fit the stock '36-39 receptacles, which I also purchased from Ron Francis.
The problem with modifying headlights is the stock lens which have prisms in the lens which are designed to work with the stock "pre-focused" bulbs, the prisms direct the light onto the roadway in lieu of all over the place.
I recently replied to the same topic over on the Ford Barn..

Bill
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twostickmutt

09-23-2017 @ 11:24 AM

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I just came across this. I know this is an old thread but i'm going through the same thing with 6 volt halogens and the original lenses. I recently put the original lights back in my 39 after buying it with the sealed beam conversion which myself I think the teardrops look a lot better. just my opinion. what i'm gathering is with new original style reflectors or getting
the originals re-silvered the stock bulb set up will be fine as long as everything else is right. sometimes i'm famous for buying parts that just end up on the shelf because they just didn't improve what I was trying to improve. I know they won't be bright like the new light systems but I just want something that'll keep me out of the ditch. thanks for any help and excuse the ramble.

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