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More info on which bulb of the many the car has you are wanting to swap would be nice.

It's easy to assume that he wants brighter headlights. It's the most common complaint with these cars.

I would go over a few steps before upgrading bulbs.

First, how clear are your headlights? I know most of these cars, the headlights are yellow, the reflectors are worn, and because of this, no headlight bulbs will leave you satisfied. If they're yellowed or hazy, read up on this link:

http://www.coolcats.net/tech/troubleshooting/headlamp.html

The next thing is, the headlight wiring. Before considering a higher powered bulb, you will want to upgrade your wiring. These cars send all of the headlight power through a switch, including the fog lights on a TC. The problem with this is the high amount of resistance in the switch. This creates a voltage drop, causing the lights to be more dim. The next issue is the wiring in itself. The wiring is something along the lines of 18g wiring. It's shamefully thin, which is also a reason for voltage drop. In many cases, long term use of your headlights and fog lights can, and will overheat the switch and/or wiring, causing your lights to do some goofy things. There is a solution to this, while it sounds more complex than it is, its not very difficult, and it works tremendously well. This is a link to the process:

http://www.turbotbird.com/techinfo/installing_headlight_relays.htm

I did something similar on my old Turbo Coupe. Instead of just wiring in relays, I built an entire new headlight harness, and used the factory wiring to trigger the relays. The lights got significantly brighter to where I didn't need higher output bulbs.

I will say, I would never recommend any higher output bulbs on the factory wiring. Where are you in Pennsylvania? If it comes down to it, and you're close enough, you could come down, and I could help you wire in the relays. It was well worth the effort and time.

Feel free to post up any other questions.

if your car isnt leaking anywhere use the synthetic. i never had any problems/leaks/whatever using it in my mustang with the 2.3l motor, i never used an additive in it.
with the rotella you probly wouldnt need to use an additive, my choice for diesel oil was the stuff my buddy used to get me from CAT(the brand was CAT). the gearheads there had no issues using it in their own rides. we beat the hell out of an old integra for about two years(about 60k city driving) using it and never had any shavings in the filter or screen.
if you want to pay more for the same thing go ahead and use the mobil one or red line stuff, ive had no problems using the cheapo supertech stuff.
to me oil is like gas, some brands cost more and work alittle better than others but when it comes down to it they are all basically the same stuff and do the same thing.
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