Katfish
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What's the doohickey connected to a cable by data tag?
1970 Baracuda Restomod Begins
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Juan Veldez
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Over the top nice, love it! The 2024 Barracuda just rolled out. Here's to clear sailing, enjoy the ride.
Your car looks really good, love the color. I'd like to get rid of the chrome trim around the windows on my challenger. What would I need to do to get the same look?
SFEbody
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I have the 8HP70 Auto 8 speed trans, that is the emergency release in case you loose power and have to tow it. Everything on the 8HP70 is electric so only wires no linkage to get it in neutral. That manually pulls the parking pin engagement,
I had them all powder
I had all the trim powder coated black satin
R4Sedan
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Finished product Looks Amazing! Enjoy it.
SFEbody
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Took her out for the shake down voyage today, We took the Barracuda to the Chrysler Fall Fling in Van Nuys CA. 120 mie round trip and only issue was headlights way to dim while driving in the dark. Going to look for some brighter bulbs. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Challenger RTA
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The look of it looks very clean and very nice. Perfect! Only change the driver. ME!
Challenger RTA
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As far as headlight look into a relay circuit if you don't have one. It can be done a few different ways.
Check the foot dimmer switch and plug and the grounds. Headlight SW?
Check the foot dimmer switch and plug and the grounds. Headlight SW?
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Katfish
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I second the relay for headlights, made a huge difference for me.
Easy to check, measure the voltage to the headlights, bet it's 11v or lower.
It will come up to 13V with the relays.
Easy to check, measure the voltage to the headlights, bet it's 11v or lower.
It will come up to 13V with the relays.
larry4406
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There is a guy on E-bodies.org that sells relay kits for headlights. crackedback I think is his stage name.
heminut
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I agree, put a headlight relay system in! You will get a full 12 volts to your headlights, and if you decide to upgrade to halogen the relay system will carry the extra load with no problem.
I put halogen headlight housings in and used LED bulbs in them. LOTS of light!
I put halogen headlight housings in and used LED bulbs in them. LOTS of light!
heminut
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I bought a pair of 7" halogen headlight bulb housings on Ebay, just looked for something that looked somewhat stock looking. The lenses are flat rather than curved but I was okay with that.
IPCW CWC-7006 7" Plain Round Conversion Headlight - 1 Piece 844176008411 | eBay
I also bought a pair of LED replacement bulbs for H4 halogen bulbs.
2PCS H4 9003 HB2 LED Headlight Bulbs Kit High Low Beam 6000K Super White Canbus | eBay
heminut
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Challenger RTA
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Heminut I do say that looks good. It doesn't take away from the original look. Thanks for sharing. saves others a lot of trial and error and cash.
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Challenger RTA
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Headlights and LED'S That is an other whole ball of wax. The led's heminut selected look as if they might have the correct configuration for the headlights. Without really getting into it. The position of the emitter or filament be it horizonal or vertical and the depth of the bulb filament makes all the difference. The housing and lens matters too. All coming down to the geometry of lighting.
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heminut
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You are correct. I bought some fairly inexpensive LED bulbs and the coverage is pretty much the same between low beam and high beam, high beam is just brighter. I intended to buy a couple of better LED bulbs to see if I get different results but since I rarely drive the car at night I haven't done it yet. From studying the bulbs I think the design of the bulb does make a difference.
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