Alan's 2001  

Auxiliary Driving Lights

Notice: I was advised by Lewis Preston of Electrical Connections on June 24, 2002 that they have made numerous improvements to there product since this installation.

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The 80mm lights fit the factory cutouts perfectly giving a "factory appearance" with more light and less money than OEM.  55 watts per halogen white light, the kit includes mounts, wiring harness, relay and illuminated switch which utilizes factory mounting location.  Everything you need for installation is in the box.  The beam emitted is a deep, flat beam with excellent side illumination.

Driving Light Armor

After hearing about several Electrical Enterprise lights cracking and statements by Lewis (the owner) on the forum about damage from debris not being covered under warranty, I decided that I should order the driving light armor. I received it and guess what? It is a 3M Product in a Tulsa Enterprises package. I had an online engraving business and my vendors lost a lot of business by sending me product in their suppliers box. Electrical Connection is not marking up the product, but it is the same as Part # D25325 offered by Tulsa Enterprises. If Tulsa has features and engineering that it's competitors want to use, it might have been best to have purchased the lights from Tulsa Enterprises as well.

Tulsa says: This new technology is the best protection for those expensive lenses. Headlight armor is invisible - does not alter appearance, optically clear - treated not to yellow, cleans like glass plus provides the ultimate protection from road debris. Its high tech 3M backing actually adheres it directly to the light lenses.

$8.95

Comments and Reported Problems

1. The first time this job took about 5 hours. I was proceeding very cautiously and taking pictures for this website. If I had to do it again I would guess it would take a couple of hours and had I done it a few times probably and hour or so. The biggest pain was running the harness and interpreting the instructions.
        
2. Aiming the headlights is difficult. The fog beam is difficult to see when the headlight is on. You need to have the cowl off to adjust the aim. However, when you change the aim it is very easy to change the alignment with the opening in the cowl, which needs to be checked with the cowl on.
      
3. There have been reports of early burnouts on the bulbs. The manufacturer is replacing the bulbs under warranty; but this still means removing the front cowl in order to replace the bulb. Plus you will have to go through the alignment procedure again. The manufacturer said that this was only on early units and that he has changes suppliers. Seems Tulsa has had similar problems.
      
4. There have been reports of cracked glass. The manufacturer states the this is not due to heat or water hitting the lights as the lights are designed for those conditions. He believes that it is a result of poor packaging, which causes an initial crack and then propagates due to heat and vibration. Again, the manufacturer is replacing the the lights under warranty; but this still means removing the front cowl in order to replace the bulb. Plus you will have to go through the alignment procedure again.
     
5. General comment about warranty. You have to appreciate a manufacturer that does not hassle you about warranty. Some manufacturers just won't admit that their product has problems. However, a $3.00 bulb change is still going to cost you a lot of time to change out. If the glass cracks on your light, you must take out the old light and send it in for replacement. This means that you have to remove the cowling twice. That's a lot of work even though the replacement part is covered by warranty. Plus you have to drive around with one light.