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Old 03-17-2018, 07:44 PM
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Can you put. LCD Head lights in a C3?
Old 03-17-2018, 07:58 PM
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What are LCD headlights?
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Originally Posted by jhopper408
Can you put. LCD Head lights in a C3?

If you mean LED, there are a couple of recent threads discussing that very subject. They are also discussing halogen headlights.
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Liquid Crystal Display. Or in laymans terms: Television screen.

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I guess that I mean like the lights on my new truck. Aren't they called LCD? There real bright. Like the new flash lights. LoL.
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I guess Hid lights?
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There are the HID lights which require a separte ballast, LED which are self contained but get very hot and if not matched to a good glass headlamp they light up the universe, you"ll know who did this as sson as they come at you. And the sealed beam halogens.

Dont forget you'll need a new 100 amp alternator


for example
http://www.myhellalights.com/index.p...sion-headlamp/

i bought one like this
https://www.ecklerscorvette.com/head...alo-lamps.html
expensive but everything is there
https://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corv...1968-1982.html


You'll want to upgrade your harness for the increased power and heat that all of these produce. You can just buy the the plug and play pig tails that add ceraminc plugs to the end of your system but dont upgrade the rest of the system or you can build or buy a harness that plugs into your harness and uses your existing system to activate relays that are connected to your battery for more power and brighter lights

I bought a harness from ecklers I believe insstead of building it.

heres some stories to help. The super chevy glosses over some ways to do it
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...e-on-81-a.html

http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/pro...rading-lights/

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Thanks for all the information.
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Originally Posted by jhopper408
I'm not really up on this stuff. I'm trapped in the 70s.
The 70's were great, life was so simple......
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