I am going to try to link photos to this thread, but I am much better working with grease than electrons, so we will see what happens.
If you pick up this thread and you haven't been following the first one, let me summarize. The stock headlights did not provide enough lighting for me to drive very long at night without eye strain. I found a lighting specialist who provides advice and grey market Euro spec headlights. He was able, with some patience, to source a direct replacement for the huge stock lamps that originally came from Ford.
I have installed one Euro spec headlamp on the left side. I also used a relay and 10 gauge wire to power the light. I left the stock light with stock wiring on the right side. The photos are two sets. The first set is a comparison of the light pattern at 25 feet. The photos were taken as I was aligning the headlamps. The camera was completely on manual so the pictures are as close to apples to apples as I could make them. The opposite headlamp was covered when the photos were taken to isolate the effect of each.
I did measure voltages at the lights. I have 13.7 at the "hot" bus at the wiring panel in the passenger kick well. With the stock setup, I measured 12.7V at the stock light. With the relay setup I measured 13.5 at the Euro light. The point is that at a minimum install relays and heavier wiring !!!
Ok the first set is showing the different patterns of the two. The stock light throws a pretty diffuse pattern at 25 ft with a moderate amount of light shining upwards. That upward light is supposed to illuminate road signs, but it also provides a bit of glare to oncoming traffic. The Euro pattern is very concise, and you can see right at the midpoint the light starts to shine upward to the left at a 45 angle.
Stock
Now here is the Euro Pattern
Ok, now for the dramatic photos. I pointed the coach into a completely dark and level field.
This is the stock light
And here is the Euro
The other three lamps are on their way from Daniel Stern. I will wire them so I have the option of switching the second set of high beams or low beams on and off with toggle switches at the drivers console. Its a really easy setup if you use four relays instead of two.
So what is the final cost, you say?
141 each for the lamps, about 15 each for the bulbs, about 100 bucks of relays and electrical connections, and 30 bucks for wire. So it's not for the faint of heart. I looked at installing projector beams and fabricating a facade for the headlamps to hold them. The projectors would have saved about 300 bucks, but I couldn't imagine it looking right. I also thought about upgrading the front cap to incorporate projectors. Hmmmm, much more than the 700 bucks I will have in it.
Kudoes to Michael Day for hosting the pics on his web site so I could post them here.