Ok I remember reading about a headlight mod that some people were doing and I am curious as to what this does for the lights. I am currently going thru lights like they are going out of style so I am wondering if that headlight mod has anything to do with that.
The next thing I am wanting to know is if anyone on here knows of somewhere I will be able to find a set of king ranch seats and consoles. I know that there has to be some wrecked trucks out there somewhere but I am unable to find one. Any help would be great. Thanks
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'96 F-350 4 door long bed
6" skyjacker lift
38" Swamper TSL radials
Custom "me" built 6'traction bars
Massive "me & Jim built" winch bumper
Limo tinted windows
Apillar guage setup with bullycrap guages
The following is courtesy of Northern diesel Performance
Tymar intake
6-POS chip
Cool duals 4" exhaust with 3" Dp
HX Mod
Baby swamps
s-dookie HPOP
SOLD
***My new baby***
'03 Excursion 6.0L
4" cat back MBRP
CCV Mod
ELITE diesel Xcal tuner
One mod for the headlights is to install a harness so the bulbs get full voltage, it makes them brighter than otherwise. You can also polish the plastic lens and gain a huge amount of brightness if they were scratched and yellowed to begin with. Also go to a quality bulb such as the Sylvania Xtravision (in the pink-and-black package) as mentioned here Daniel Stern Lighting If you read through the web site you will understand why the harness works so well and why some bulbe do not last.
One other trick is to use a diode with the harness to make a High beam/Low beam combination when the switch is in high beam mode.
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Rick:Red 97 F350 CC DRW 4.10/LS E4OD, 28,000GVW trans cooler w/170F thermostat, remote ATF filter, Mobil 1 ATF, Sonnax valve & Tricum springs, Tymar Hi Performance Open Air Intake System W/Donaldson B085011 filter, IH water pump w/integrated coolant filter, BD downpipe & BD 4" cat back exhaust, "SWAMPED", Tymar HX mod, Tymar/Bill's 4 posn. "flip-chip" (this bad boy rocks), Isspro EV gages in 3 hole PITA Pod, "Harpooned" Fuel tanks, Bilstein shocks, Gutted EBPV, Alpine CDA-9825 head unit, Pioneer TS-A1671R 6 1/2" 220W Front, Pioneer TS-A6880R 6"X8" 240W rear, FOKISD member, Beavercreek, Ohio (near Dayton)
Right now I am running the sylvania silverstars. They have been just about the brightest that I have found. Maybe I will just try those other bulbs and see if it makes any difference with longevity and still has the same brightness.
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'96 F-350 4 door long bed
6" skyjacker lift
38" Swamper TSL radials
Custom "me" built 6'traction bars
Massive "me & Jim built" winch bumper
Limo tinted windows
Apillar guage setup with bullycrap guages
The following is courtesy of Northern diesel Performance
Tymar intake
6-POS chip
Cool duals 4" exhaust with 3" Dp
HX Mod
Baby swamps
s-dookie HPOP
SOLD
***My new baby***
'03 Excursion 6.0L
4" cat back MBRP
CCV Mod
ELITE diesel Xcal tuner
The next thing I am wanting to know is if anyone on here knows of somewhere I will be able to find a set of king ranch seats and consoles. I know that there has to be some wrecked trucks out there somewhere but I am unable to find one. Any help would be great. Thanks
Spoke with him @ an insurance sale a month ago or so. He wanted $2500 for a complete Super Duty King Ranch interior. Probably not a terrible price, but more than I am willing to pay.
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'97 F350 CC, XLT, 4WD off road, 4.10, Milemarker manual hubs, Suncoast E40D w/ Bob Riley's (Dieselsite) remote filter & Triple Lock Torque Converter, Hypermax H2, BABY SWAMP'S! Swamp's 20* HPOP, Head Studs, TS 4 position chip w/ Bill's programming, Banks Intercooler. Ceramic coated up-pipes and down pipe. Triple pillar w/ Isspro boost, trans temp and digital EGT gauges. 4" Exhaust. 45gal Transfer flow rear tank. Dale Isley's HX mod. Joe Servo's IDM mod. Bob Riley's coolant filter, Coolant "T", Evans Coolant, A/C mod. Velvet-Ride's, Monroe Gas Magnum Shocks. TSM's rear disc brake kit. Frozen/ Slotted front rotors with Hawk Pads. Centramatic Wheel Balancers & 285/75/16 Michelin LTX/MS. Interior sound deadening (what a difference!).
Future Additions:
cab lights --- DONE
40/20/40 bucket set for back seats
shadow grass seat covers front and back
camo-rocker panels
custom built wood center console -- DONE
ranchhand bull-nose front with KC dayliters
on-board air with train horns
Chrome polish or I have used fine rubbing compound!! I used a buffer just keep your sense and hit it real easy use no pressure let the machine weight and the polish do it!!
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97 F-250 H/D 4 door 4X4 6'bed.Broke block building new engine! Oh well it ran14.96 at 89mph at Baytown!
Kenworth T-600 aerodyne 3406c CAT, with 18* "B" modle injection pump(was a freakin peak yuk),10 over trans,4.10 rears,Dual 150 gal. fuel tanks,Budwieser inspired custom hot rod flames.Going to work real soon Leasing to Landstar yeah!
89 mustang coupe single turbo 302 ,built c-4,running little rubber.
I hate Dodges, straight piped common rail cummings sound like crap!
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The Sylvania SilverStar bulbs have a very short lifetime, because the filament is selected so as to be overdriven. This is necessary because the blue filtration coating "steals" so much light that only an overdriven filament can push enough light through the filter to be legal. The Sylvania SilverStar bulbs are also priced quite high. This is not because they cost a lot to make, and not because they're based on some exotic new technology. It's because the goal with this product is to take market share away from other overpriced bulbs like the PIAA line.
For best headlamp performance and best value, choose only bulbs with clear glass.
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Maybe this answers why you have short bulb life..the link to Daniel Stern Lighting has some very good information on performance lighting...take the time to read it.
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Rick:Red 97 F350 CC DRW 4.10/LS E4OD, 28,000GVW trans cooler w/170F thermostat, remote ATF filter, Mobil 1 ATF, Sonnax valve & Tricum springs, Tymar Hi Performance Open Air Intake System W/Donaldson B085011 filter, IH water pump w/integrated coolant filter, BD downpipe & BD 4" cat back exhaust, "SWAMPED", Tymar HX mod, Tymar/Bill's 4 posn. "flip-chip" (this bad boy rocks), Isspro EV gages in 3 hole PITA Pod, "Harpooned" Fuel tanks, Bilstein shocks, Gutted EBPV, Alpine CDA-9825 head unit, Pioneer TS-A1671R 6 1/2" 220W Front, Pioneer TS-A6880R 6"X8" 240W rear, FOKISD member, Beavercreek, Ohio (near Dayton)
I have heard if you touch the bulb glass with the oil on your hands it will create hotspots leading to short bulb life. Do you touch the glass of the bulb?
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Smokyred- RED 11/97 F250HD XLT SCLB Auto 4.10LS 4x4 OFFROAD Powered By 2L Motorsports and SWAMPS.
Mods: AM Ultra-Lites, DiPricol HPOP gauge,TS/2L Moto Chip, 4" Straight-Piped, Poor boy's intake, Swamps II's, BTS, 285 BFG A/T's on factory Alcoas. Lots more to install, see below!
On the bench: AirFlo S400, Swamps 275's, Studs Rods and Springs for the top end, and some other stuff.
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I have heard if you touch the bulb glass with the oil on your hands it will create hotspots leading to short bulb life. Do you touch the glass of the bulb?
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If this was directed at me, the answer is no I use a tissue to install the bulbs. So far I have never had a bulb burn out. I did not use Silverstars because of the information I read on the Danial Stern web site.
If directed to the original poster, that is true and very good information...never touch the bulb with your bare hands. If you have, then clean with an oil free solvent, alcohol would work.
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Rick:Red 97 F350 CC DRW 4.10/LS E4OD, 28,000GVW trans cooler w/170F thermostat, remote ATF filter, Mobil 1 ATF, Sonnax valve & Tricum springs, Tymar Hi Performance Open Air Intake System W/Donaldson B085011 filter, IH water pump w/integrated coolant filter, BD downpipe & BD 4" cat back exhaust, "SWAMPED", Tymar HX mod, Tymar/Bill's 4 posn. "flip-chip" (this bad boy rocks), Isspro EV gages in 3 hole PITA Pod, "Harpooned" Fuel tanks, Bilstein shocks, Gutted EBPV, Alpine CDA-9825 head unit, Pioneer TS-A1671R 6 1/2" 220W Front, Pioneer TS-A6880R 6"X8" 240W rear, FOKISD member, Beavercreek, Ohio (near Dayton)
Like Aljay mentioned, you can buff it out. I used the following kit with my drill and it worked out very, very well. I let a friend use it on his Plymouth mini van and it worked great!
I used the brown compound first, but it wasn't working as well as I thought it should. I then tried the black and that worked very well. After that, I went over with the brown type again and after I was done, just rinsed the housing off.
Hope that helps.
JB
__________________ 1997 (Built 2/97 Ours since 2/02) F-250 HD Ext Cab XLT
PSD, TDE1, LWB, Auto, 4.10, 4x4, Manual Hubs, Overloads, White Century Topper Mods:GP and Door Chime Bypasses , DPPI Downpipe, Bilsteins, Autometer Z-Series (Pyro, Tranny Temp, Boost) in Rockin S Pod, Tymar Intake and Coolant Filter, Tru-Cool Trans Cooler, Magnefine Trans Filter TDS Mods: Gutterguarded Grill, <$10 Cold Air Intake, FPR Shimmed @ 70psi
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how do you polish the plastic on light covers?
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I used Meguiars plastic cleaner & polish to put a shine on the headlights, BigRed's was also done in this manner with good results.
The 2 bottles were bought at the local Advance/AutoZone parts store for pretty cheap & theres enough to probably polish a 100 headlights [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
Cheers
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Brian
95 F-250 XLT,SC,4x4,TDE1,LWB,4:56's,Dana 60,E4OD(lightly tuned),Tymared,Swamped,Lifted,rear disc brakes,6 pos chipped & a pile of other odd & end mods.Trucks,Parts & Misc. Pics 05 F250 V10 too
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