Date:         Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:05:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Lights, Camera (almost time for Action)
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So, I just finished a road test with my Eurospec (rectangular)
headlights, and relay install. I also spent the time to wash out the
insides of my high beam reflectors (which had looked foggy). I think a
previous owner ran behind a sand truck for a long time as the glass on
the high beams is incredible pitted and nicked. Hmmm,. there is also a
fair amount of touch up on the front end metal too...

Anyway, I'm reasonably pleased with the performance of these...only
reasonably pleased because I figure I will still have to do some
tweaking down the road of properly protecting the crimped sections of
wires and H4 connectors from the elements.

Of course besides being night hear on the East Coast, it is also rainy.
Yet I was able to see the road clearly. Yea!

I have done a seat of the pants alignment of the headlights (trying to
err on the side of too far down rather than up...The road test looks
like they are pretty well placed.

Unfortunately at some point in my Westy's previious life, some of the
adjusters had been damaged. All but one are still servicable. Whoever
broke them attempted an ingenious repair on the one (left low beam's
horizontal adjustment). They used a rubber grommet and one of those
expandable plastic sleeves you stick in drywall to screw things into.

I see another busdepot order coming up....