Date:         Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:13:20 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: E-code lights/SA grille
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Explicitly legal in Washington and Massachusetts It's more than the wattage
- the glass is a better lens....


>From: BenTbtstr8@aol.com
>
>In a message dated 8/27/00 9:44:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>mark_hb@hotmail.com writes:
>
><< They'll be comparable, if they're E-code: since E-code throws some light
>to
>  the right to help you read road signs - I don't think the square vs road
>  will make much difference in lighting the road - we're not making a movie
>  for one, and for another, the cut off is on the top and bottom for the
>low
>  beam - since our eyes are side to side and not one on top of the other,
>and
>  were scanning the road side to side and not the skyline for UFOs, it
>  shouldn't be a problem.
>   >>
>
>OK, so what planet are you from that your eyes don't scan forward as well?
>Round (I know you didn't mean to say "road") lights have a slight edge on
>distance vs. square lights. Put a visor on the top inch and bottom of your
>round lights and you've got yourself a square light. Aside from the
>different
>light pattern, I believe people resort to using European specification
>headlights because of the wider choice of bulb wattage. All illegal in the
>US
>by the by.
>
>BenT
>E-people prefer rounds. H4 euro lights now in my:
>79 MB 280TE (square)
>72 911T
>83 BMW 323i
>83 BMW 323i
>former 79 928

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