I know our stock headlights suck and there's only a few after markets out there, but on low beam if I pull my dimmer switch part way all the lights,including the driving, are on and nice and bright.
OK so my brother has a 02 chev 2500 duramax and a buddy wired {jumped} between high and low beams so they are all on when the switch is on high, but only the low beams and driving lights are on when on low beam.He's had this for a few years now with no overheating or burnt out switches or bulbs. Has anyone of you electrical techies { not me} tried to do this for our trucks? If so would like a run down on how to do it.
Thanks

 

Hey Bill, why not get your self a set of Xeon or HID bulbs??
They work alot better then the stock bulbs.

 

I've got the silverstars in mine. nice and bright. and with my fog lights behind the grill i got plenty of light. But, I do agree, there is more light by doing what bill52 says. we need something like this:

http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.aspx?partfamilyid=132

but I have not been able to find one for our trucks.....

 

I have the 2008 Dak and I can't say I have a problem with my headlights. I should be noted that HID lights in halogen housings are illegal and do not actually provide more light. The foreground is illuminated more prominently in most cases which leads to a perception that you have better forward vision. However the over exposed area just in front of your vehicle actually has the negative effect of disrupting your night vision leading to a marked reduction in viewing distance. I had HID lights for a while in my vehicles and since going back to halogens I have actually noticed that I can see deer and other obstacles much further away than before. Not to mention I don't blind other drivers any more.

Speaking from experience and extensive research in my RX-8, Honda Accord, Ford Explorer and now my Dakota. Every vehicle has netted the same results.

 

chevy uses two actually diffrent bulbs one for high and another for low so its a really different system. they use 2 bulbs basically and most other cars use 1 hi and low beam. basically what im getting at is you can only really do both beams on cars with two seperate bulbs. if u tried it on our trucks you would definitely burn up something. but on your brothers truck all hes doing is running 2 seperate systems at the same time.

When it comes to HID headlights Q-tip is exactly right Hid's, while they can appear to be brighter and look really cool, actually do not work very well at all in out housing. the main reason is because Hid bulbs are shaped way different. and they are designed to work in a projector syle housing that uses a convex lense to focus the light into the right pattern.
when you use hids in the type of headlight that we have called a reflector the beam becomes scattered and tends to blind other drivers. this is the reason that hid retrofit bulbs are illegal in most states is because it blinds other drivers. even good brands like HIDextra.com says right on their sight that their kits are for off-road use only that that they are not dot aproved for road use.

to sum it all up. if you want more light output you may want to look at some silvania silver stars which (besides being what i use) are designed to work in our housings. their regular halogen type bulbs that burn much brighter.

 

I agree with everything u said. and i run around with my low beams and fog lights on at nite and im always flashed. i have reqular silverstars and they are bright and when roads are empty high beams plus 130watts KC beams of white light come out and.....the road looks like the sun has came out haha.

 

I have heard that if you plug HID bulbs in stock housings it could possibly melt the piece, is this true?

 

you cannot just plug in HID bulbs. you need to capacitors and the bulb run cooler than the halogen lights.

 

Bill, do you mean if its possible to wire up something to keep the fog lights on while your brights are on?

 

that is definitely possible.