Date:         Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:46:10 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
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On 11/5/07, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> We ordered one of these on special last month and
> Sunday was the day to install it.  We're leaving for a
> week in the Smokies soon and with the recent time
> change better lighting in the mountains will be most
> welcome. You can see captioned pix of the job at:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/HeadlightUpgrade
>
>
> It took about 90 minutes from start to finish.  The
> biggest change seems to be in the low beam.  When the
> lights are on you can actually see the light cast on
> the pavement in front of you.  It's not real cheap but
> improved night vision will be well worth it, and the
> circuitry upgrade to relays will help ease my mind
> about melting the light switch.
>
> Stephen



Upgrading headlights with relays make them brighter but the beam pattern is
still inferior to the H4 e-code light patterns.


BenT