Headlight recommendation?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by RedRover, May 17, 2017.

  1. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    Apparently I have a low beam fault. Drivers side headlight is out. Need a recommendation for some lamps that will turn night to day. I don't see as well at night as I should and so anything that will blind oncoming traffic is probably exactly what I need. Cost irrelevant.

    2016 Kenworth t680.
     
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  3. bowhunter67

    bowhunter67 Light Load Member

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    JW Speaker make some that will fit they are plug and play
     
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    ChaoSS Road Train Member

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    You really are turning into a proper Swift driver aren't you?
     
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  5. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    Swift installs cheap ### headlights on their company and lease trucks and one of mine is out. As I do most of my driving at night it would make sense to have some bright headlamps so as to illuminate my path. I wouldn't want to become another statistic because I couldn't see where I was going.

    I mean one is out, I don't think they sell them in single packs and I might as well get the best ones I can.
     
  6. Toomanybikes

    Toomanybikes Road Train Member

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    Swift must be so proud - Another Swifty running half as dim as everyone else, looking for the tool to blind other drivers. Carry on Swifty.

    Swift uses the same quality DOT certified bulbs everybody else does, you should have picked up spares at a terminal. What did truckers do years ago with those 35w sealed beams; hard to imagine freight ever got delivered?
     
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  7. Sublime

    Sublime Road Train Member

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    I keep trying to imagine today's drivers getting anything done back in the day when I started 30 years ago... I just can't.
     
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  8. RedRover

    RedRover Road Train Member

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    I was being sarcastic you ########. Looking for the best and brightest. Not going to go round and round with folks who probably have those annoying ### blue spectrum bulbs in their own #### anyway.

    Do you have a headlamp recommendation? If not, you can scroll on.

    #### sake. Yea man I totally legitimately want to literally blind people. Because what could be safer for me on a two lane road like 287 to Texas from Colorado that I run all the time than actually blinding oncoming traffic.
     
  9. Txdriver77

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    sylvania zxe, they are the best non-hid or non-led bulb. $60 at autozone, $30 on amazon. or you could spend $150 on a pair of led bulbs.
     
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  10. Toomanybikes

    Toomanybikes Road Train Member

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    Hard to tell. Believe me, this has been a topic here before and their a lot of 'drivers' that could give a squirt about blinding others on the road.

    Your not going to find them in the truck stop. And the the brightest is going to be illegal and most likely blind others.

    I hate those too. But at least they are dimmer then other bulbs.

    Yeh, hit up the terminal for some extras. Otherwise buy whatever you can ASAP before you get a ticket and inspection with your burned out headlight.

    All the bulbs you buy over the counter are going to be the same DOT spec. If you want to try to waste your money on something "special" go knock yourself out and waste your money. Any coating put on the bulb is going to make it dimmer.

    Their is many folks out their that could give a crap about other drivers; just check out all those fools with the HID kits. If you think your going to get something special with any bulb at a truck stop, you might as well be one of those guys.
     
  11. Txdriver77

    Txdriver77 Medium Load Member

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    it's not about blinding others, it's about lighting the road in front of you so you can see whats coming up. op should check his headlight aim and adjust them.
     
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