This is just an idea and im throwing it out there...
Lighting kits in Dubai (especially the Halogens and better) are very hard to find for Fords (you can find everyting for toyotas and nissans and other cars... but almost nothing for Ford... and the few that you can get are either %@# expensive or of dubious quality (and still too expensive to take the chance and find them to be crap)
i was looking at the kits and the only thing that really sperates the Ford kits from the other kits is the actual housing installation... from what i saw at least.
the Ford ones have a different shaped base that the other manufacturers dont have. the bulbs have slightly different shapes too... but nothing significant.
My Question:
has anyone tried getting a set of lights (for.. say toyotas) that are cheaper than the Ford ones... (but good quality) and taking off the bulbs and soldering them onto the ford base installation?
after all... its only two connecting tabs (theyre pretty wide and you could easily solder them) and its just a current flowing through the thing... any reason it wouldnt work?
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also... has anyone tested or thought of getting those cheap but really bright halogen bulbs that you can find at hardware stores and finding one of the right wattage/voltage and soldering THAT on! those are really REALLY cheap... !! i wouldnt mind being the first to try something this silly.. but i just want to be sure i wont fry something by trying... or cause my headlight to explode or something >_<
let me know what you think.. im sure my idea has some major loopholes in it but i cant seem to see them myself.
are the hardware halogens not made to produce wattages similar to the ones used in cars? they seemed d*mn bright to me... and for dirt cheap too!
what's the deal with the 8000 k and 4800 k rating on these bulbs? maybe that would be a problem?
(for the record, i looked mostly at the stock fog-lights... dont remember the actual headlights assembly... and i'm talkind about the 2nd gen explorers... but it should apply across the board)
Lighting kits in Dubai (especially the Halogens and better) are very hard to find for Fords (you can find everyting for toyotas and nissans and other cars... but almost nothing for Ford... and the few that you can get are either %@# expensive or of dubious quality (and still too expensive to take the chance and find them to be crap)
i was looking at the kits and the only thing that really sperates the Ford kits from the other kits is the actual housing installation... from what i saw at least.
the Ford ones have a different shaped base that the other manufacturers dont have. the bulbs have slightly different shapes too... but nothing significant.
My Question:
has anyone tried getting a set of lights (for.. say toyotas) that are cheaper than the Ford ones... (but good quality) and taking off the bulbs and soldering them onto the ford base installation?
after all... its only two connecting tabs (theyre pretty wide and you could easily solder them) and its just a current flowing through the thing... any reason it wouldnt work?
:also... has anyone tested or thought of getting those cheap but really bright halogen bulbs that you can find at hardware stores and finding one of the right wattage/voltage and soldering THAT on! those are really REALLY cheap... !! i wouldnt mind being the first to try something this silly.. but i just want to be sure i wont fry something by trying... or cause my headlight to explode or something >_<
let me know what you think.. im sure my idea has some major loopholes in it but i cant seem to see them myself.
are the hardware halogens not made to produce wattages similar to the ones used in cars? they seemed d*mn bright to me... and for dirt cheap too!
what's the deal with the 8000 k and 4800 k rating on these bulbs? maybe that would be a problem?
(for the record, i looked mostly at the stock fog-lights... dont remember the actual headlights assembly... and i'm talkind about the 2nd gen explorers... but it should apply across the board)
