New LED headlights for MC7

[Dlsnow]

The headlights are getting replaced.  Does anyone know a good direct fit for the MC7?

[TomC]

$$$$$

[Zephod]

My experience with anything led has been poor. From expensive led household bulbs that last maybe 3 months if they even worked in the first place to expensive led flashlights that die after the second battery change.

I have led lanterns as my lighting in my motorhome but that's more because I can toss them out easily when they stop working.


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[Darkspeed]

If your bus uses the standard 7" round headlight:

Cheap option > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017B8NHEE/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IZJCW867E2IVO

Expensive option > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0137B5HEC/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2JEDWIPTDAMV1

I am looking at these for my 4106

Makes a huge difference but the beam is more shaped where the old headlights are diffused.

Cheaper ones are 12-30v

[Branderson]

Do they make better lights that fit the MC-8?

Mine are horrible

[Lin]

Some people have switched to the Euro type headlight and like them.  There are different price points on those with Hella marketing some less expensive ones.  I think that people are generally happy with them, but it should be noted that they are probably not DOT approved

[uncle ned]

In the process of replacing the head lights in my 1994 ranger truck toad.

Am using headlights with a led projector and a led high low beam.

tired of being blinded by the new cars so I can now fight back as I slow down and turn right because i can not see.

will let every one know how they work.

The 7 in round light on the new harleys are awesome.

uncle ned

[opus]

Were still a little ways away from be the LED headlight technology.

Spend sometime here reading: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?87-Automotive

[Iceni John]

Some people have switched to the Euro type headlight and like them.  There are different price points on those with Hella marketing some less expensive ones.  I think that people are generally happy with them, but it should be noted that they are probably not DOT approved

I replaced my bloody useless DOT sealed-beam headlights with Hella E-Code lights  -  wow, what a difference!   They have a very sharp low-beam vertical cutoff to absolutely eliminate any glare to oncoming drivers (assuming they're correctly aimed in the first place), and a slight uptick on the right that throws more light onto street signs and the curb.   For the high beams I use Neolites, made in India as a reasonably good copy of the Hellas (does that make them I-Code?), and with 100W Osram lamps in them they throw a lot of light a very long way down the road.   Obviously I only use them when there's no oncoming traffic at all.   One thing that does make a lot of difference  -  use relays so the lights get full voltage, otherwise there's enough voltage drop through the headlight switch and dimmer switch to make them noticeably less bright.

I'm used to having excellent lights in my car, so I'm no longer going to accept crappy second-rate lights in my bus!   Hellas are not expensive and they work very well, and if aimed correctly are all the light any bus will ever need.   LED headlights are still at the toy stage now  -  maybe in a few years they'll be serious contenders, but for now they're just silly overpriced novelties, and they have essentially no beam control so oncoming drivers are dazzled by them.

John  

[opus]

I have the Euro lights on my bus, I like them very much. I also have KC Highlighters that reach out far.

[eagle19952]

Have fun...  

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/nhtsa/NHTSA.html

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html

[GnarlyBus]

Here's what I did about a month ago:

I installed 4 new headlights using these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M5AYBSJ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I ended up rewiring the entire system from switch to relays to bulbs. That was the best decision. Trying to figure out how it was wired with 12V and 24V and weird grounds wasn't getting me anywhere. Plus I wanted them all to be on when the low switch was on and all of them to be on high when the high switch was on.

My headlights were messed up before I replaced them. After re-doing them and thinking about it, I'm pretty sure the wiring was messed up, not the old halogens. But they're MUCH brighter and better now!

I did have to do some major snipping and riveting tot he cans that help adjust the headlights. These ones I got are too deep to just plug and play. The good news was that the headlights are more flood than spot so they don't need much adjustment at all.

[sledhead]

I installed a set of these in the featherlite . nice straight line on low easy to adjust

https://www.amazon.ca/SUNPIE-Jeep-Wrangler-LED-Headlights/dp/B00WM3WDXA/ref=sr_1_23?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1500932295&sr=1-23 

dave

[Utahclaimjumper]

  In Utah,,(and I'm sure other states as well), it's not legal to have "ALL THE LIGHTS ON "in the low beam position,,only the high beam side.. .>>>Dan

[Malamute]

We own a lot of older cars and trucks from the 60ties and 70ties. I have replaced all the headlights with Hella H4 kits
With Phillips Slyvania Hamstar European 100/80 H4 bulbs
and proprely adjusted are unbelievable. I always dim them early but on low beam I can see better than anything I have ever tried before I have never had someone flash there high beams at me when l am on low beam. They are hard to beat for the price. They are not DOT APPROVED