- Joined
- Sep 21, 2007
- Messages
- 1,413
- Reaction score
- 649
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Wa, Bremerton 98310
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 87Ranger Endrigo 2.9l, 87BII Endrigo 4.0l
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- Ranger 5" (2" suspension), BII 4" suspension
- Total Drop
- Ranger 5sp, BII A4LD
- Tire Size
- Ranger 33"/4:10LS, BII 29"/3:73LS
- My credo
- Deengineer until it is how Blue Oval should have sold it!!
Hello,
I decided to attemp to make my 87 Ranger safer by adding new H4 headlight housings, auxillary driving lights, fog lights and replacing all my marker lamps with LED counterparts.
The driving and fog lights were easy I had some lying around from my worldly travels that simply needed a vehicle and the correct halogen bulbs.
I went through Summit Racing for the halogen bulbs; they had great prices on Hella H4, H3 long life and yellow for the aux and fog. My new headlamp conversions include H4 bulbs but I grabbed as set of Hella long life bulbs also from The Summit.
For the markers, I went through Amazon, purchasing 2 different brands. I chose a 4 for $10 LED bulb for the front marker/turn signal and tail light/brake/turn signal from a company called Everbrite; four 1157 bulbs for $10. They are about as Brite as the stock incondesent bulbs but...hopefully, will last the claimed 30k hours.
I choose a different company and lumen level for the reverse bulbs. For reverse I choose Antline Extremely Bright white...WoW, money well spent.
They cost a little more but are claimed to be approximately 650 lumen vs 400 lumen claim on the Everbrites. Fortunately, the first time I needed to use reverse, it was pitch black and a tight situation. The second I hit reverse the world behind my truck was DAYLIGHT!!!
I will be putting the headlight conversions on their own relays, utilizing the switch wiring to initialize them.
Washington is often wet, so I am not a white light endorser, the yellower color works bettering wet so all but the back ups are as close to the 2.9k spectrum as is legal.
Once it's all up I will get some pics, hopefully of before and after.
I decided to attemp to make my 87 Ranger safer by adding new H4 headlight housings, auxillary driving lights, fog lights and replacing all my marker lamps with LED counterparts.
The driving and fog lights were easy I had some lying around from my worldly travels that simply needed a vehicle and the correct halogen bulbs.
I went through Summit Racing for the halogen bulbs; they had great prices on Hella H4, H3 long life and yellow for the aux and fog. My new headlamp conversions include H4 bulbs but I grabbed as set of Hella long life bulbs also from The Summit.
For the markers, I went through Amazon, purchasing 2 different brands. I chose a 4 for $10 LED bulb for the front marker/turn signal and tail light/brake/turn signal from a company called Everbrite; four 1157 bulbs for $10. They are about as Brite as the stock incondesent bulbs but...hopefully, will last the claimed 30k hours.
I choose a different company and lumen level for the reverse bulbs. For reverse I choose Antline Extremely Bright white...WoW, money well spent.
They cost a little more but are claimed to be approximately 650 lumen vs 400 lumen claim on the Everbrites. Fortunately, the first time I needed to use reverse, it was pitch black and a tight situation. The second I hit reverse the world behind my truck was DAYLIGHT!!!
I will be putting the headlight conversions on their own relays, utilizing the switch wiring to initialize them.
Washington is often wet, so I am not a white light endorser, the yellower color works bettering wet so all but the back ups are as close to the 2.9k spectrum as is legal.
Once it's all up I will get some pics, hopefully of before and after.
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