Date:         Sat, 14 May 2005 21:35:27 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: ecode h4 headlights
In-Reply-To:  <6da579340505120934e196be4@mail.gmail.com>
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>  > My husband would like to put the SA grill in our 87 Syncro.  Do all the
>>  H4 type lights come with city lights, or do we need to look for a
>>  certain brand?  It appears from a quick glance at Volkscafe's site that
>>  the grill comes with lights, but my memory could be faulty.
>>
>I'm not sure what the correct usage of "city lights" is, actually. The
>SA grill comes with the two smaller inner H1 lights, which I've heard
>variously called "driving lights", "city lights", and "running
>lights". The outer 7" round lights (and their required mounting
>buckets) usually have to be procured separately when you get the SA
>grill (busdepot SA grill comes with two outer lights, but not their
>buckets).

Mine came with the inner (H1 high-beam; these are NOT driving lights)
light, but I bought them straight from RSA.

>Now, the thing I'M looking for is outer-type 7" lights that have a
>small bulb inset in the top part of the reflector, separate from the
>hi-lo bulb; they appear to be common in some european countries. This
>small bulb comes on with the parking lights and shines almost straight
>down and basically just makes the headlights light up about as bright
>as the parking lights.

These ARE parking lights, so for the US market just blank them over
with heatproof rubber bungs. Your indicators already double as
parking lights, I believe.

--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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