jesscurtin Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Searched Summit's site for replacement headlights and they only presented LED new units for $350+ a pair. Um, what? Suggestions for best place to get OEM and what's a fair price? Quote
72jrfan88 Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 When I needed one I also went to the auto parts store. The replacement was a sylvania bulb. My old one was a General Electric. Looked very old. Which ones were factory? AC? 1 Quote
7tonemonte Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Local auto store here also, probably the cheapest place too cause of no shipping. Maybe try rockauto.com if there is nothing close to you Quote
monte70car Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Jess here is an $9 headlight from Summit Racing http://www.summitracing.com/parts/upd-30354/overview/year/1971/make/chevrolet/model/monte-carlo They also have a $15 light http://www.summitracing.com/parts/wag-h6024/overview/year/1971/make/chevrolet/model/monte-carlo. I know the set I have in My 70 came from Summit and they have a flat lens. Quote
jesscurtin Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 Thanks. Hadn't done too much looking, but knew I'd get good info here! Quote
cny first gen 71 Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 The haligon ones are a little brighter thats what I put in mine think I got them at walmart eather that or local advanced auto Quote
Mo's70MCs Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Our cars originally came with an Incandescent "6012 Sealed Beam or a "60/50W" PAR56 12.8V 3 PRONG headlamp. Soon after in the late 70's or early 80's the lamp manufacturers introduced the "6014" which covered a broader field of car makes. Today we have at our disposal an abundance of sealed beam and or headlight conversions for the 7 in. Dia. round lamp. Not only in brighter but of many color spectrum's. To include Halogen sealed beams and replacement European style Hella assemblies and their "H" style lamps, also the new LED White lamps on the market as well as the matrix projector style, and the all popular HID conversions.  The problem with some of the conversions that I have seen is the amount of heat generated in the rear of the lamp (the stock) socket and fusing itself to the lamp prongs. Also with the added wattage for instance a 60 - 140 watt H4 hella style lamp generate a lot of heat, and that added wattage not good for the original wires common to our cars. I have had good results with the H6024..unless you're looking for mega brightness.  Quote
Bluemalibu Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015  Well said, Rod.    I replaced the stock wiring with 8ga and relays to the lights, with ceramic plugs.     I replaced the sealed beams with Cibie, as I found  that they throw a perfect road illumination pattern  (way better than the much heralded Hella H4 eCode!).  There was no 'One Stop' purchase to achieve the best available performance in our 7" headlights.  But, piecing this together is certainly worth the effort with what you end up with in the end.    The headlight reflector is Cibie 082440      http://www.amazon.co...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1   The bulb that I used is Flosser Head Light Fog bulb 9003/hb2/h4 .  They are 145 watt high beam/100 watts low beam halogen bulbs.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLOSSER-9003-HB2-H4-145-100W-TWO-BULBS-HEAD-LIGHT-OFF-ROAD-REPLACE-RALLY-HALOGEN-/141527502788?hash=item20f3b24fc4&vxp=mtr   But, if I were to do it today,  I would put a high quality LED into the Cibie reflector, to replace the high wattage units.      Doug Quote
Arvizu9618 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 I'm happy with my Sylvania Silverstar H6024's... Quote
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