That is known as "flash" mode. Problem with long term use of flash mode is that the bulb and/or housing can overheat and cause problems, since you have both low and high beam filaments on at the same time.

What I do similar to that is set my fog lights up to stay on with the high (or low) beams. With the fogs filling in area just in front and to the sides of the vehicle and the highs down the road, it works fine. Only do so out in the back country, though.

grab some cheap clear replacements from ebay.

and do some HID retrofit!??!

i have about 4 sets of bmw projectors i'd like to do a set of h6054 . but i have to find a truck that uses them

anyone in the dfw texas area?!

(not hid kits!)

I've been running the Cibies in my '86 for a few years now and they are one of my favorite simple upgrades.

With stock wattage bulbs the visibility is still far better than both my '97 4runner and T100 that have newer/fancier style lights that I used to think were great compared to the '86's stock lights. I would definitely buy them again. I've also never had a problem w/ LEO's, even when pulled over for other stuff (like broken tail lights :p ).

Also, for some reason, the way I wired the new harness I made makes both the hi and lo beams come on when in "hi" mode, and it hasn't seemed to shorten bulb life... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hmm. I've run Cibies in my old 86 truck. As well as Phillips, Sylvania, GE, etc. The Phillips were the best, by quite a bit. They just wouldn't last.