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If you want to see at night, taller lights have a better beam pattern. It's physics and optics. The best headlamps for those buckets IMO is the Cibie/Valeo 7" round units. Reasonably priced and pretty widely available. They were mislabeled as "fog lamps" the last time I bought a set on Amazon. I can look for the part number if you want.
You can get a "motorcycle" fixture/bucket for 5-3/4" round lamps. Those are generally used as a set of 4. There isn't one that delivers a complete high beam, although some use H4 bulbs and the outer is a combination low beam/partial high beam. You might be able to find some for the smaller rectangular lamps as well. In the small rectangular, the H4666 sealed beams will deliver both high and low beam that (barely) meets USDOT safety specifications. That's what came in my S10 pickup. I replaced those with Cibie/Valeo Euro units that were NOS and no longer made and cost over $300 for the pair. And those don't give adequate high beam performance, so I ended up getting a pair of motorcycle mounts and putting those on my bumper with highbeam only H1 lamps.
Avoid anything with LEDs if you plan to drive at night. None of those are safe or adequate as headlights. From my own observations, you're more likely to blind yourself and wreck your own ride with them than cause other drivers to actually have an accident. You will mostly just annoy the hell out of other drivers. You're the one in danger with those.
You can get a "motorcycle" fixture/bucket for 5-3/4" round lamps. Those are generally used as a set of 4. There isn't one that delivers a complete high beam, although some use H4 bulbs and the outer is a combination low beam/partial high beam. You might be able to find some for the smaller rectangular lamps as well. In the small rectangular, the H4666 sealed beams will deliver both high and low beam that (barely) meets USDOT safety specifications. That's what came in my S10 pickup. I replaced those with Cibie/Valeo Euro units that were NOS and no longer made and cost over $300 for the pair. And those don't give adequate high beam performance, so I ended up getting a pair of motorcycle mounts and putting those on my bumper with highbeam only H1 lamps.
Avoid anything with LEDs if you plan to drive at night. None of those are safe or adequate as headlights. From my own observations, you're more likely to blind yourself and wreck your own ride with them than cause other drivers to actually have an accident. You will mostly just annoy the hell out of other drivers. You're the one in danger with those.
