18 XTS Luxury AWD, 84 Buick Electra Estate Wagon **** Gone - 06 SRX, 08 DTS, 87 Brougham d'Elegance
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The other day, one of my low-beams went out. I'm a car-part hoarder, so I had extras from an old Town Car I owned about 10 years ago...so immediate problem solved. It got me to thinking though...that the old halogens just don't do much really...especially compared to the lights on my wife's SRX. I want to replace my headlamps with ones that are brighter...but I want to try to maintain the functionality of the lamp monitors.
The original headlamps have a glass nipple on the back side, in the center of the electrical connectors, which carries light from the bulb. A little black tube around it keeps light from leaving out the sides...and the light coming through that nipple is picked up by the fiber optic leads and transferred to the monitor on the front fender. Composite headlamps, as well as our taillamp and front turn signal lamp assemblies, have a light-transmitting fitting attached that the monitor lead can connect to.
I noticed that the new headlights at the stores do not have the glass nipple...only a silicone sealant bead in the center...so new headlights won't shine light out the back of the bulb to the monitors.
I like the HID conversions that some have done with their cars, but I don't believe that any concession was made for a fiber optic lamp monitor functionality.
Is anyone aware of any sort of headlight upgrade that will keep the functionality of the lamp monitors?
Cheers.
The original headlamps have a glass nipple on the back side, in the center of the electrical connectors, which carries light from the bulb. A little black tube around it keeps light from leaving out the sides...and the light coming through that nipple is picked up by the fiber optic leads and transferred to the monitor on the front fender. Composite headlamps, as well as our taillamp and front turn signal lamp assemblies, have a light-transmitting fitting attached that the monitor lead can connect to.
I noticed that the new headlights at the stores do not have the glass nipple...only a silicone sealant bead in the center...so new headlights won't shine light out the back of the bulb to the monitors.
I like the HID conversions that some have done with their cars, but I don't believe that any concession was made for a fiber optic lamp monitor functionality.
Is anyone aware of any sort of headlight upgrade that will keep the functionality of the lamp monitors?
Cheers.