Hamilton Felix
Enlightened
A neighbor down the road, nice kid who works at Walmart, has a '93 Ranger. The 24 year old stock lights were crap and he's very low budget, so he ordered some cheap import shiny things he found on eBay. He now knows better, because those are Really Crap. I'm trying to help him. Original lights have already been tossed. I found a company online that specializes in genuine Ford factory parts. I looked up the headlights and found "no longer manufactured."
I had a set of cheap driving lights gathering dust, so I slapped them on while he was here and I was helping him install a horn. He said they are the only reason he made it home without hitting a big elk. (I hit a deer in August, with the high mileage Corolla on which I recently replaced headlights, and have just purchased ANOTHER $225 headlight from Toyota, plus a pre-painted fender.) I tried to impress upon this lad that good lights and the right lights are worthwhile, even taking time in the shop to light up the cheap LED "lightbar" flood he had with him, followed by a new Cibie 5-3/4" curved lens H1 high beam, so he could understand that beam patterns matter.
What do you think the best option is for this young man of very limited means?
I had a set of cheap driving lights gathering dust, so I slapped them on while he was here and I was helping him install a horn. He said they are the only reason he made it home without hitting a big elk. (I hit a deer in August, with the high mileage Corolla on which I recently replaced headlights, and have just purchased ANOTHER $225 headlight from Toyota, plus a pre-painted fender.) I tried to impress upon this lad that good lights and the right lights are worthwhile, even taking time in the shop to light up the cheap LED "lightbar" flood he had with him, followed by a new Cibie 5-3/4" curved lens H1 high beam, so he could understand that beam patterns matter.
What do you think the best option is for this young man of very limited means?