Date:         Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:37:22 -0700
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Hella Yellow Star H4 light bulb report - ecode
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For those who missed the original Cibie install:
http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/lights/

I ordered some Hella Yellow Star H4 light bulbs for my Cibie
ecode lights in the 80/70W flavor.  My opinion:  DON'T WASTE
YOUR MONEY.

The Yellow Star is supposed to be the "all weather" bulb with a
yellow light output.  Its magic bulb coating turns your
headlights pee-yellow.  While that works fine in inclement
weather on low beams, it does reduce the light output to below
that of a standard 60/55W halogen light bulb.  The high beams
are simply horrible.  I'm sure the Yellow Stars would do fine in
the winter when the lower refractivity of the yellow light would
benefit you during snow storms, but I can't recommend them for
2-headlight systems because of the very poor high-beam output.

I'm glad I got to keep the 100/55W white halogen light bulbs
which were shipped to me initially by a mistake.  I'll be
ordering some relays soon and will use these high wattage
standard bulbs instead.



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Chris S.'85 Westy Camel -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/camel/ '84 Westy Hershey -> http://www.knology.net/~vwghost/hershey/ '01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg