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My biggest complaint about my '01 Impala was the headlights. Not enough light from factory. I ran across and article how to bump up the lumens and now I'll share it with you.
Heres the link : http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm
So basically you remove the dipped bulbs ( 9006 @ 51W) and replace them with modified 9005 ( @ 65W.) It took me about 1/5 hr with a dremel to modify my 1st 9005 bulb and about 15 mins to mod the 2nd. I picked a bulb with a 4000K color , cause I'm not a big fan of those blue lights. The bulb itself has a slight blue color , but the light produced is a nice pure white. You can pick what color you want. 3000K = yellow 4000K = white 4500 = blue .....etc.
The article says it bumps up the lumens from 1000 to 1700 (which is 70% more light ! ) but I have yet to have ANYONE flash me their brights!
This was an extremely EASY mod. Just a dremel tool is all you need.
Heres the link : http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm
So basically you remove the dipped bulbs ( 9006 @ 51W) and replace them with modified 9005 ( @ 65W.) It took me about 1/5 hr with a dremel to modify my 1st 9005 bulb and about 15 mins to mod the 2nd. I picked a bulb with a 4000K color , cause I'm not a big fan of those blue lights. The bulb itself has a slight blue color , but the light produced is a nice pure white. You can pick what color you want. 3000K = yellow 4000K = white 4500 = blue .....etc.
The article says it bumps up the lumens from 1000 to 1700 (which is 70% more light ! ) but I have yet to have ANYONE flash me their brights!
This was an extremely EASY mod. Just a dremel tool is all you need.