High Beam to low conversion

[yomanwill]

I keep seeing mentions and references to it, but can't seem to find it.

Something about the silverstar 9005, and cutting tabs?


1995 Ford Contour Gl
2.0L

[BrApple]

get the lights and try plugging them into the low beam harness you will see what is being talked about .... iirc the 9006 lights have one alignment tab for the bulb and the 9005 have two, just remove on the light of the connector to make it plug in ....

[yomanwill]

ahhh, i see it...that looks like a real pain

hmm, well I have 3 Bulbs sitting in front of me

all Sylvania's

siverstar 9006 ST
(stock replacements) 9006 hb4
(stock replacements) 9005 hb3

the 9005 and the 9006 look similar, but the 9005 seems to have a smaller rubber seal, is that going to be a problem?

[Buddy Palumbo]

It's not really a pain at all - it's just taking an x-acto knife & shaving off a tab inside the socket of the lightbulb . Just do it ... takes a couple minutes .

[Ex-Mean'Tour]

Yep. really easy.

[KerryKool]

Yep, real easy. Had mine on for quite awhile now. Heres a pic on my Cardomain page.

[SVTJON87]

i had some 80Watt 9006 bulb on there and well i they still sucked. i put crappy 9005s in and holly crap! i got good lights now. i did have to re-aim my leadlamps.

[morbid]

I used a dremel with a flat ended carbide bit. About 5-10 seconds of shavings per bulb.

[ohsigmachi]

I just re-wired mine with 9005 heavy duty sockets since I'd heard of sockets/harnesses melting.

[CSVT1214]

Ok, so I've said it before on the old forums and I confirmed it again last night. There is NO need at all to cut the tabs on the bulbs to get a 9005 into a 9006 socket. Wiggle it around, drop a couple tabs in first, rotate, then the other will slip in. I don't know why everyone is cutting.