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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:39 pm 
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i was looking at ebay and found some new headlights but they say they wont fit an ef fairmont but i was wondering wats diffrent from standard ef to a fairmont

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:51 pm 
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fairmont ones are different shape to the gli and futura ... they also have two highbeam globes instead of the one in the gli and futura's.

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:12 pm 
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Also I htink the bonnet of the Fairmont is a different shape so they dont fit in standard properly.

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fairmont ones are different shape to the gli and futura ... they also have two highbeam globes instead of the one in the gli and futura's.


Really? Its a pity they dont fit my Futura I think my baby would 2 high beams.
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:14 pm 
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thanks for ur help
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:25 am 
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the ef gli/futura/fairmont/nf fairlane and the el fairmont/nl fairlane have the same headlights they all have two bulbs for high beam

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:42 am 
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Yeah thats what I thought as well

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:14 am 
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Warlock wrote:
the ef gli/futura/fairmont/nf fairlane and the el fairmont/nl fairlane have the same headlights they all have two bulbs for high beam


not according to my ford factory wiring diagram, and when I upgraded my high beam globes I only had one in either side so where is the other one I have missed???

 

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EF GLi/Futura headlights are COMPLETELY different to all High Series Headlights.

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:44 am 
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EFFalcon wrote:
EF GLi/Futura headlights are COMPLETELY different to all High Series Headlights.


to quote one Eric Cartman "That's what I said!" :P

 

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the standard light's have high and low beam (H$ bulb) if you pull the black plastic thing off you will find 2 screws in there you will find the extra high beam (H1 bulb)

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:02 pm 
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Warlock wrote:
the standard light's have high and low beam (H$ bulb) if you pull the black plastic thing off you will find 2 screws in there you will find the extra high beam (H1 bulb)


yeah I agree with you on that bit but my the light circuit in the factory manual shows the fairmont lights have two dedicated high beam bulbs on each side - including the high/low combination.

 

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u sure the standard lights have the high/low beam as well as the high beam??

in EL (futura) there is one dedicated low beam light and one dedicated high beam light. the low beam light is not a high/low combo one. first time i bought some for my car i wasnt sure which ones they were so jsut asked for a bulb for my car and was given a H4, which is a high/low combo. as soon as took the old one out realised they were wrong as the low beam globe is a H1.

since then ive looked at globes in both autobarn supercrap and repco and after telling the salesman i needed a H1 and which car it was for each told me i was wrong. the repco guy even came out to the car and i took the globe out and showed him.

in an EL the low beams are h1, which is only a low beam globe, not a high low combo. i was under the impression low series EF were the same, and only high series had the H4 high/low combo

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:08 pm 
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i'll check afterwork, I'm confused now! :P

 

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I recently replaced the lights in my EL Futura, with Phillips 'BlueVision' bulbs (very good BTW).

H1 and H3

H1 = lows
H3 = highs

(both packs also came with a pair of W5W parker bulbs)

 

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data_mine, ive got the philips 'crystal vision' in my lows, and yes they are pretty good, but how are the highs?? ive found that my original (yellower) highs seem brighter than a mates EL with some sort of white high beam, which seems to really lack the intensity of mine... so didnt really wanna lash out another $100 for the highs if there not that good

 

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