Is anyone using headlight Bulbs other than halogen?

All my searching turned up two things,..1.halogen bulbs used in pre sealed beam buckets are marginal on low beam only. 2, The old gl*** lenses are not cut properly to focus a halogen beam. Okay, has anyone found a convential bulb that is 12v and puts out decent light? I could easily convert to a sealed beam but I like the looks of my old "bug eye" gl*** lenses. I'm considering a 35 watt bulb from a moped. Has anyone gone this route? Opinions?? Thanks, Jeff

 

my brother works for ElectroSport and they are just finishing their new sealed beam replacement headlights...these things are supposed to rock. Going to use my poncho for the press photos. I'll let you know how they are when I get the deal going...in the next couple months or so.

 

What about a halogen Cadillac parking light? My BF uses those in his '30 Chrysler lights and has been for about 20 years. They don't blind the hell out of you like a normal halogen, but you can bomb down the highway at night and see what's in front of you.

 

Do those have a dual filament for hi-low beam? I'll have to check those out.

 

Sure do!

 

I can see fine with regular headlights. When I was running a 6 volt car, I simply ran with the brights on full time.

It worked for decades.

 

Thats what I'm getting at, but I'm having a hard time finding a 12v bulb with enough power that fits in a convential two prong socket.

 

U can also have the reflectors resilvered to make them brighter. I got some 12v bulbs from The Filling Station.

 

A regular 6012 GE should do the trick. I have them in my 46 and properly adjusted with no problems at all. There are still thousands of cars still using them without problems.

 

Would that 6012 bulb fit in the same socket as an 1157 ?

 

I'm running halogen bulbs in my '29 headlights with '28 fluted lenses. On low beam, they are so damn bright, I constantly have people flashing me the high beams. And yes they are aimed correctly. Are your reflectors chromed? That makes early head lights much brighter than even a good silvered reflector.

 

I have done many hid conversions. The only way to do hid is to use a projector so you have to have a bucket with enough depth. They work quite well in E&J's. Even with fluted lenses they put more light on the ground than any halogen ever could. Plus there safer as only light is projected down not up at oncoming traffic. They are not "traditional" and fall in the area of improved safety like seatbelts.

 

Yeah, I gotta do something other than halogens. I drove truck for 27 years and nothing pisses me off more than oncoming headlights blinding me. Kinda like the little old lady driving in the daytime with bright lights on.