Topic: Hella Brand headlights

[Toy-Cra-Ze]

I wanting to get some input on something so i thought i would post it on here. I was wondering if Hella brand headlight are pretty good headlights?

Thanks, Conner

[88_Pathy]

The h4 conversion or the bulbs? They are nice, all of it.

[yoshaleng]

don't know much of their headlights but I know that their fog lights are great.

[Tofudude]

i'm guessing your talking about the conversion from sealed beams to the replaceable bulb thing...(sorry can't remember off the top of my head)

[Toy-Cra-Ze [OP]]

Well i wasnt talking about the conversion kit but i was looking at the hella lights that you can put on your truck for extra lights for off road.

[88_Pathy]

They are good.  But for a cheap way out and a lot of light, the Kragen HIDs kick butt.  They are 89$ a piece on sale.

[Toy-Cra-Ze [OP]]

well i found these Hella lights at walmart and for 2 light they are $60 and they are pretty good sized lights

[steveco.]

They are good.  But for a cheap way out and a lot of light, the Kragen HIDs kick butt.  They are 89$ a piece on sale.

where can you find kragen HIDs for $89? i've always seen $130.. for the 7" and $115 for the 4"

[yoshaleng]

He's right, they have gone on sale for 89.99 for the 4" before. it doesn't happen very much but it does happen.

[steveco.]

when they first came out here in SoCal. it was that much. then everyone started buying them. kragen got smart and upped the price.. theres a member on Dezertrangers.com that gets them for wholesale

[Tofudude]

the hella's are good, can always swap in 100w bulbs for a few bucks too.

Kragens are cool if you want to upgrade after, they don't have a wiring kit, its just the light. (can be dropped into the same wiring as the hellas fyi)

[Toy-Cra-Ze [OP]]

thanks a bunch for all the info i think im going to be getting those lights here in the next few days.

[clifford91]

I would recomend getting the hella H4 conversion for your sealed beam driving lights first. They are a great upgrade to start with, and if you end up needing more light you can always get an extra set of mounted lights later, and you'll have good output on all 4 bulbs rather than just the two mounted.

I've seen the full conversion kits WITH bulbs for around $100 on ebay. Another good upgrade is to upgrade your light wiring harness that way you get direct power to the bulbs rather then sending it through the switch on your steering column. That gets kind of pricey though. and I don't have the information off hand. I'll try to find the guy that makes them.

 

Andrew

[Ghostrider]

Roger Brown over on 4x4wire in the older Toyota Section known as 4Crawler has lots of good information see his write up http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Headlights.shtml.

Good luck

[Stocker]

I would recomend getting the hella H4 conversion for your sealed beam driving lights first. They are a great upgrade to start with, and if you end up needing more light you can always get an extra set of mounted lights later, and you'll have good output on all 4 bulbs rather than just the two mounted.

I've seen the full conversion kits WITH bulbs for around $100 on ebay. Another good upgrade is to upgrade your light wiring harness that way you get direct power to the bulbs rather then sending it through the switch on your steering column. That gets kind of pricey though. and I don't have the information off hand. I'll try to find the guy that makes them.

 

Andrew

Great information, thanks for posting it. Upgrading headlamps to H4 E-codes is one of the best mods you can do. I'd stick with a reputable European brand... Hellas are easy to find and cheaper than Cibies (not sure about Bosch). And the relay mod is also well worth it (if your vehicle doesn't already have headlamp relays) even for stock headlamps -- and highly recommended with upgraded lamps. If you can do basic wiring, it's not at all expensive.

[Tofudude]

what the heck is a relay mod?

[clifford91]

I think what he's talking about is the same thing I mentioned. It's basically just running a direct wire w/ fuse to your headlights from the battery. Typically your headlight wiring is run up into your headlight switch and then from the switch back to the headlights. This causes some power loss. The relay mod is simply running direct power to a relay, then running your headlight wiring into the relay, then run wire from the relay to the headlight. It helps brighten up your lights a bit.

You can do it yourself or you can buy plug-and-play kits that have soldered connections and heat shrinked and all that jazz.

[Stocker]

I think what he's talking about is the same thing I mentioned.

You got it