I really want to upgrade the headlights on my townace but it has a different lens then the US model. Do you think its possible to just replace the bulb in the original lens? I've seen plenty of LED bulb kits on amazon, (the little corncob LED array that is supposed to fit where the regular bulb went.
I hate having weak headlights, I want the crew of the ISS to see my driving on the 405 from space!
Unfortunately, no, unless you have a way to cut a hole in the glass, and then you'd have to epoxy the receptacle to the glass (a trick that's possible with some old motorcycle round headlights). The back of the sealed-beam unit only has the individual leads for the bulb terminals coming out (photo below)Originally Posted by TheCrippler
You might want to replace the old ones with the Sylvania units that are brighter tan the standard ones, The H4651 for the inner (high beam only) units and the H4656 for the outer (low.high) (https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-Silv...000C1A1V0?th=1) . I used some like these on my ’85 Toyoa pickup, and they were definitely an improvement over the old ones. As I said above, the reflectors in my old units aren’t reflecting very much (see second picture below), so even if you could get a new bulb in there it wouldn't be like new.
Looks like it could be modified carefully but I'd be a little worried about the pattern/focus.
Maybe worth a try?
I wouldn’t want to discourage anybody from a cool DIY project, but with the degradation of the reflective surface (and like you say, the pattern/focus being set up for a completely different bulb), I’d think the chances of success would be kind of low. With the cost of four standard sealed beam replacements that would at least have new reflectors being about $30 (and four upgraded sealed beams being about $90) maybe it’s not worth your time.
Unless it’s just fun, of course. Maybe try cutting out on an old sealed beam unit and then buy a cheap standard new sealed beam to make the finished product sine the reflective surface would be new?
So it looks like the townace has pretty different headlights. I still haven't pulled mine apart but I found some pictures of the same part. Looks like its just a bulb on the townace? Is the big rubber gasket where the hi and low go? 2 bulbs one lens? I've never taken anything like this apart so not very familiar. I'd be pretty happy if I could just plug a fat LED corncob in there though.
>So it looks like the townace has pretty different headlights.
Sorry, I wasn't smart enough to catch that we weren't talking about the same vans!
> Is the big rubber gasket where the hi and low go?
The rubber gasket in the photo pulls off the back to reveal the clip that holds the hi/lo bulb. You can certainly try replacing that bulb with an LED version, or with a brighter version of the halogen bulb like the Philips X-treme Vision.
There's only 1 bulb in there behind the rubber gasket, here's a close up of a spare that I have check it out-
1) remove rubber gasket
2) push down and slide metal paper clip looking holder
3) pull bulb out
good luck
JDM
Just ordered some LEDS. I'll post some pictures when i get them installed.
How do you remove the light from the townace? Is it the bolts on the inside then pull the assembly off the front?
You can replace the bulbs by going in from the inside by the passenger feet and right about the accelerator pedal, you don't need to take the whole assembly out to change the bulb.
Check it out-
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