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Originally Posted by Jesse16
If your headlights have the good lenses vs. what we call the H5, then the light pattern should be OK at least. Your photo looks like what gets called the Euro with H4 bulb type. I don't know what a 9004 headlight means. You have to spend big $$ to get a modern car headlight output.
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Jesse -- '87 and later US carreras came with h5 light assemblies which look like the euro h4 assemblies but whose lenses lack the sharp upper cut-off that defines h4 headlights (and modern HID/LED headlight systems). I upgraded my '86 carrera's sealed beam headlights to an h4 setup (running higher wattage halogen bulbs too) and continue to be impressed with the light output of my properly aimed h4 setup. Relatively straightforward for the OP to convert to an h4 system -- swap out the assemblies, splice in h4 bulb sockets and add headlight relays (if not already in place) to handle the wattage and avoid burning out the turn signal/high beam switch.