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Here is a semi-reliable comparison.

I just had my car rewired with a Painless Harness. Had relays put on the headlights. Running replacement GE sealed beams for now.

My friend and I bought the Hella 5.75" housings for my Roadrunner and his Charger. We put the housings on his Charger first. He had the ORIGINAL sealed beams on his car and candles would have been an improvement. We popped the Hellas on and gained a noticeable improvement. The car is now safe to drive at night.

But, the difference is in the relays. My Roadrunner with the GE (non-halogen) sealed beams is brighter even with the engine not running than his Charger with the Hellas. He not only has higher wattage bulbs and a better light pattern. The car isn't back from the wiring job yet, but when it does those Hellas are going in and I think it is going to be the end game.



Yo Alex....I did the same thing to my 70 Charger, Popped off the standard Halogens and put in the Glass lens Hella's. Be weary of the cheap hack jobs on Ebay with the plastic lenses, they fade after a few months from the intense heat inside the headlight. I ran H4 Xenon Bulbs and they worked great but was worried about burning up the wire so I too put in headlight relays from Painless, little expensive but now that I have one I know how to mock it up cheaper. It took the juice straight from the battery instead of through a 14ga wire. It still needed an upgrade. They were bright but I knew there was more. I installed a PowerMaster 140amp single wire and WOW!...difference is day and night.

I have the dual relays on my 69 now ( I lost my replacement H4 beams somewhere in the relocation of houses) but the charger has a GM 100amp and it is BRIGHT. I am prohibited from driving at night so putting on the Hella's is pointless right now but I have pretty good driving conditions at night with the Halogens

Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s