Jeep headlight retrofits 0_o

So I finished my retrofits, I decided to go with a different approach. I used 7" led headlights designed for vehicles that use a 7" headlight. The lenses are 5d which are know for a decent cutoff as well as it uses philips leds. I also made sure that the light had mounting holes visible in the sellers pictures.



Here's the link for type I used (notice how the hi brights are on the bottom of the light just like how oem headlights are.)
https://m.ebay.com/itm/5D-Pair-7-qu...JK-CJ-TJ-LJ-/202034058773?txnId=1582674610010

Pictures
Now here's a photo dump





Fitting
(Make sure to shorten the bolts coming out of the sides or it may interfere with adjustments later...I didn't do that )

So the headlight fits in the reflector housing and I've seen where some people just used glue to mount them. I wanted something a little more mechanical so I put a bolt on each side of the headlight and lined it up. I then pressed on the headlight and move it from left to right scoring the reflector marking holes to drill. This allowed me to use long bolts to mount the light to the reflector.

This method allowed me to get a pretty accurate mount and I used es3000 glue to fine tune it. What I also like about this way is if the glue fails, the headlight will remain in place and only drift a few degrees.

As for the wiring the light plugged right in no modifications unless you want your dalight running light. (Simple tap)

Here what the drls look like in the wild

 

Reserved for Output shots (what I'm sure most people want)

I need to adjust one headlight a little more and take new pictures on a more even surface.

 

Great idea and execution! Can't wait to see the output shots.

 

Awesome idea. Those 2nd gens housings are meant for round lights.. flows good.

 

@Redmann

 

@inesshell can you put your ARB intensity lights inside?

 

lol not sure if 9.5 will fit, that would get me a ticket fast

 

Nice install, just as I was going to start piecing out projector retro I see this

 

Subbed for output shots

 

@jeff b

 

Brilliant! Can't believe I've never seen this... Seems a lot easier and cheaper than a projector retro. I imagine this could be done with any 7" LED headlight and I know the truck light headlight has good output as I had one in my motorcycle and I've heard the JW speaker headlight is even better than that.
Looking forward to some output shots. Thanks for posting!

 

I was just thinking about this the other day. would love to see the output of those lights. I have the Trucklite ones on my fj40 and love the output.

 

sub'd, looks really good!

 

No problem brother!

 

Just use a cheapo Craigslist set like I did.

 

Great idea!

 

Any update on output pictures?

 

Cheap ebay LED’s huh? I highly doubt that there will be a cutoff. Just like the majority of Jeeps owner with LED PnP you will blind everyone. Looks cool though.