If you live in a town or city, consider that over 90% of your night driving is going to be with the low beams. There just isn't much opportunity any more to run the high beams in an urban environment without blinding oncoming drivers.

The biggest problem with flush-mounts using DOT sealed beams is that they put a lot less light on the road than even the Fiero's wimpy OEM sealed beams, and the low beam pattern is poor. In contrast, the Hella 90mm halogen (H9) projector low beams put more than 2 1/2 times as much light on the road as the stock headlights, and the pattern of light is vastly superior.

If you are concerned about low cost and lighting performance rather than bling, the Hella H79567 is an exact (plug & play) replacement for the stock Fiero rectangular sealed beams. They will cost you about $85 a pair, including the H4 halogen high/low beam bulbs ... a very good value. They're what I have installed on my Formula right now. Here is a photo of this headlight's low beam pattern:



Note that these are ECE (European) spec headlights, which means that they are not DOT compliant. Hella does offer a similar model that is DOT compliant, but I don't think the lighting it provides is quite as good. The ECE version is legal in Canada, but not in the U.S.; however it is unlikely that anybody will ever notice the slight difference.

[This message has been edited by Marvin McInnis (edited 04-23-2007).]

These lights ROCK!!! The brightness and beam pattern is like night and day compared to the flushmount lights. The downside is that now I have to suffer with the pop-up headlight mechanisms. I think I'll manage.

Night Shot (1280x720 67KB)

BTW, I've found that the pop-up mechanisms work better (smoother motion and less squeaky) with the strategic placement of nylon washers.

[This message has been edited by Blacktree (edited 05-09-2007).]

I took a lot of pics of my install - plus added a few hints to make the installation easier.

Just look up the TAZMNDVL Build thread..... I think they are on page 6

I'm wondering how many people didn't get their head light brackets, I'm still waiting.

quote Originally posted by DrDave: I'm wondering how many people didn't get their head light brackets, I'm still waiting.

Just wait just a little more. I paid for mine in late June and just got them today. The postal service got screwed up with the one group.

Thanks, just got ripped off by another Member, and am a little sensitive.

I paid 5-18 and i still dont have mine

I like the mod guys. I always liked the late fourth-gen firebirds better than the earlier ones for this same reason, lower, wider is better. So is brighter!

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quote Originally posted by DrDave: I'm wondering how many people didn't get their head light brackets, I'm still waiting.

I also never have recieved my rectangulars. Then I was suppose get rounds to make up for it , not recieved those either. Now I am still waiting for him to PayPal my money back. Its to sad because I really wanted them. This has been going on before June also.