Originally Posted By: Roadrunner777
I do a lot of early morning (like 4AM driving) on winding roads in deer country. I obsessed about headlights for quite a while, and finally concluded the following:
1. You have to have headlight lenses in good clear condition. Nothing you can put inside will work on a frosted lens. There are OEM replacement housings out there, and I opted for new housings because the polishing routine is a lot of work, and at least around here, you have to repolish every 3 months or so.
2. Per the above, headlight harness. Try your regular bulbs, you may be surprised.
3. Still want more? Go to an off-road rated higher wattage bulb, 80/100W. Get the plain white ones, do a good job of aiming, and nobody will know except you. I got bulbs from Hella via amazon and they were terrible, burned out after a day or less. Go with someone else, anyone. Pity, Hella is a good company but these lamps are made in India and something was not right with them. FYI, you MIST do the harness before the higher wattage bulbs, or else you will burn out your headlight switch, and probably melt the connectors.
Depends on the car, many have a relay system and the switch only suppplies control voltage. I would agree, though, that a lot of sockets are very cheap. Ceramic ones are available.