> What is up with that? What function is it supposed to serve? Some people > don't know when to stop accessorizing.... These eyebrows (more like eyelids on this van) are a stupid idea but very trendy in Europe (which includes Britain)... they cut off part of the headlight beam! No function at all, unless it's to cause an accident. A bit like those masks you often see on meathead US pickups. > The lights, on the other hand, appear to be of the European spec. The > ones that actually illuminate more than ten feet. European lights are actually not terribly good, and Aussie journalists often bemoan this because kangaroos are a real menace on the roads at night. However they are far better than the candles offered in USA. What you call "European" lights actually are world-market. The US gets US-only lights. Canada gets halogen lights, even in American cars, and has done so since at least the mid80s, so T3 halogens should be available to US buyers from wreckers here. The best stock lights I have driven with were the H4s on a Japanese-market-only 1988 Nissan Skyline R31 diesel; length, spread, brightness, whiteness, no bright spots or holes. |
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