Date:         Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:52:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: 7" hella replacement lights for SA Grill with An Aftermarket
              HID              6000K kit, Will this work?
Comments: To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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The picture near the bottom on the web site yoy refer to says it all:
http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaUSA/WebSite/Channels/Drivers/Tested_and_Approved.jsp

I was also looking at HID kit ads some months ago (XMAS present for the bus...) However, David Marshall pointed out the same issue as the Hella web site: Improper HID kits will blind oncoming traffic. In a regular H4 bulb, the light is generated by a small, precisely placed filament. This gives a clean cutoff. In HID retrofits the light producing area is much larger, and will not match the optical design of the H4 light.

In the end I just got Hella's 7" regular H4 kit from Susqehanna motorsports. (Thanks to a link from unca Joel)

Martin

--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> wrote:
> conversion kits available for $200.
>
> Now I am wondering what your thoughts are on installing one
> of these
> kits into the Van with Hella 7" round light replacements
> lights that
> Van-Cafe sells. Will the pattern look ok?
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_825_141/7_inch_round_h4_european_headlamp.html
>
> Anyone every try this?
>
> I just came across an article by Hella which states that
> these kits
> are illegal to use in the USA plus it show an example of
> what a kit
> light looks like in comparisson to a normal HID factory
> light.
> http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaUSA/WebSite/Channels/Drivers/Tested_and_Approved.jsp
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> NY
>


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