[Shotimes] Cheap Driving Lights

[Josh Salaets]

Hey Everyone,

I found the PERFECT set of cheap driving lights for the Gen II SHO yesterday!
They are Optronics Pro Series QH-17CT, and cost me $29.99 at Baxter's
autoparts.  The lights actually fill the stock foglight holes slightly better
than our stock lights, and and they look completely stock.  Installation was a
snap, and the only other item I had to buy was a 5/16" fender washer to mount
the driving light using the large hole at the back of the foglight bracket.
The part that took the longest was soldering the new driving light wires into
the OEM foglight wiring connectors.  I'll try and get some pics and post them
for you all to see.

The lights can be seen here:

    http://optronicsinc.com/proseries.htm

Baxter's Autoparts is a NW Oregon/SW Oregon auto parts store, and their page
can be found here:

    http://www.baxterautoparts.com/

The lights still run a 55W bulb, so heat and wire melting issues won't be a
concern, yet they throw out an unbelievable amount of light.  They work better
than my highbeams by far, and are aimed low enough to not offend oncoming
traffic (I had them on all last night driving around Portland without getting
flashed by oncoming traffic).  I finally can see where I'm going on dark
roads, and now I'm really motivated to get new headlight housings and install
some Silver Star headlight bulbs.

I know they won't last forever and a set of Piaas would be better quality and
likely have even better light output, but I couldn't find any Piaas that
looked stock (high priority), and I certainly didn't want to spend $200+.
IMO, the Optronics look much better than the Blazers, and I think they are
slightly higher quality.  At $30 a set, I can go out and just buy a new when
the bulbs burn out or the lenses fog up! : )

Let me know if you guys want a set and can't locate any!

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
NWSHOC Member
Aloha (Portland), OR