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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 06:54 PM
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i have regular stock sealed headlights.. i want to upgrade to something better. what is a good headlight other then the ones they sell on ebay.. and what is a good upgrade for the wires?
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:16 PM
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Hey man, I was happy with the 35$ eBay ones, but there are tons of people in threads that have swapped to better, try autopal, or the rampage h4 kit. But you can find more by searching a little on here, good luck tho and expect some search ***** in here btw
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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I just threw some sylvania silverstars in mine and wow what a difference. Definately worth a swing through autozone... the stock headlights suck...
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Originally Posted by 97bluecherokee
i have regular stock sealed headlights.. i want to upgrade to something better. what is a good headlight other then the ones they sell on ebay.. and what is a good upgrade for the wires?
Autopal sold on ebay are great for regular halogens. Hella e codes, cibie, ipf are others. As for the wiring upgrade, buy some wiring, a couple of relays and do it yourself, its cheaper than buying the premade kits.
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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I just threw some sylvania silverstars in mine and wow what a difference. Definately worth a swing through autozone... the stock headlights suck...

Great light~!!
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got these from truck lite they are bright as hell still havent seen them anywhere for sale
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 06:43 AM
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Hella H4 "Cat Eyes" with plug-n-play "H4/9003 High Intensity" harness from eAutoworks. Verrry nize!
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On my last XJ I had Autopal lights from eBay with H4 bulbs and an upgraded wiring harness. The difference is amazing, and none of this was expensive.
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Originally Posted by Donnie_K
I just threw some sylvania silverstars in mine and wow what a difference. Definately worth a swing through autozone... the stock headlights suck...
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Originally Posted by Rhutchinson609
Hey man, I was happy with the 35$ eBay ones, but there are tons of people in threads that have swapped to better, try autopal, or the rampage h4 kit. But you can find more by searching a little on here, good luck tho and expect some search ***** in here btw
X2 on the Rampage H4 kit, took me 10 minutes to install them. No wiring, just pull the old ones out & install the new H4 lights. CAKE. 1000times better than the crappy stock ones. I don't even have to turn on the Hellas to see at night.

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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by XJRaider
got these from truck lite they are bright as hell still havent seen them anywhere for sale
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These are pretty cool, not for me & my XJ, but pretty cool.
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Rampage H4 with the eautoworks harness:





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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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X2 on the Rampage H4 kit...
I'm not familiar with the Rampage lights, is that a cheaper light similar to Autopal? I just wasn't going to spend big money on the Delta lights. Aside from the low price and the H4 bulbs, I was also impressed with the Autopal's "e-code" cutoff lenses that kept the beam focused.

As for Silverstars, I don't like them in any form.
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I went with HID projectors.

Love them. Absolutely astonishing .
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I did autopals with the upgrade harness on mine. Here's a vid from inside and one from outside.
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