Replace 97 sealed beam with clear halogen
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Replace 97 sealed beam with clear halogen
I have a 97 road king, I would like to replace the sealed beam headlight with one of the clear halogen lights.
Any problems? heat? size?
Thanks in advance for your viewing. Any particular year I would want? I'm thinking this is a stock headlight
Any problems? heat? size?
Thanks in advance for your viewing. Any particular year I would want? I'm thinking this is a stock headlight
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I replaced the sealed beam on my 07 ultra with a dual beam halogen headlight.
I dont know what you have so I don't know what will fit. I do know that you need more than just the light. You'll also need a new light bucket and the wiring harness. HD sells an upgrade kit with all you'll need. I got lucky and found a used kit on ebay for a very reasonable price.
I dont know what you have so I don't know what will fit. I do know that you need more than just the light. You'll also need a new light bucket and the wiring harness. HD sells an upgrade kit with all you'll need. I got lucky and found a used kit on ebay for a very reasonable price.
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Why don't you take a look in there and see. I think you're going to find you can indeed replace the bulb.
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Yes, you are right, it is a halogen bulb. Then it is the lense that I am wanting to replace. I want to go with the clear lense.
From what I can gather the change to the clear lense happened in 2005. I'm not sure if my 97 halogen bulb will fit in the 2005 clear lense, I may have to replace the entire headlight assembly.
ieatchickens says plug and play, so I'm cool, thanks for the info guys, I will let you know how it works out
From what I can gather the change to the clear lense happened in 2005. I'm not sure if my 97 halogen bulb will fit in the 2005 clear lense, I may have to replace the entire headlight assembly.
ieatchickens says plug and play, so I'm cool, thanks for the info guys, I will let you know how it works out
Last edited by mark681137; Jul 13, 2016 at 10:35 AM.
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Also replaced the passing lamps but don't have that part number.
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Thanks man, not even sure I'll do this yet, but just found a new unit on eBay in the UK, 35 quid - snapped it up! :-D
I have the main bucket as that gets retained on the trucklite, but the retaining ring I'll need to get i think - doesn't look pricey though.
Only thing I am not sure about is replacing the plug that connects to the passing lamps, pretty sure the previous owner cut these off....
I have the main bucket as that gets retained on the trucklite, but the retaining ring I'll need to get i think - doesn't look pricey though.
Only thing I am not sure about is replacing the plug that connects to the passing lamps, pretty sure the previous owner cut these off....
Last edited by roundy; Jul 13, 2016 at 12:13 PM.
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