brianwhittemore@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Since my son was driving my truck at the time I solved this problem by making
> him buy new headlight assemblies. Before that I had replaced the stock fog
> lights with some 55 watt $30 driving lights for supplemental illumination.
> What about the old days when a sealed beam lamp was made of glass and was good until
> it burned out? The price we pay for style.
Then again, sealed beam headlights cost more than the capsule bulbs. On
average, about 3-4 bucks more per headlight. The plastic lenses are
more resistant to rocks and chipping. One rock kicked up into your old
sealed beam and poofta - need a new unit even though the bulb was good.
On the flip side of that however... if you needed to replace the whole
plastic assembly now, its far more than the cost of a sealed beam - so
its probably a washout as to which is better.
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