Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:01:14 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: 7" hella replacement lights for SA Grill with An Aftermarket
HID 6000K kit, Will this work?
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I read a post from someone on the samba who took a projector light
that I assume had HID in it from a Lexus. It was installed on his Jeep
and he got the proper cut of and it looks amazing. Now I am thinking
of looking at some junk yards for some 7" round projector lights that
had HID in them, then try and retrofit it into the SA Grill.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3849528#3849528
I agree that it might not be a good idea to try and place an HID bulb
in a halogen system.
Thanks for links. I bought that 7" Hella Light from Van Cafe a while
ago.
The only reason why I am looking to improve the lighting to the best
it can be as I am just tired of straining to see and I know from
driving modern cars that the new lighting systems really do make an
enormous difference when driving in the darkness on a small local road
in the middle of the night.
Now I am also looking for a light mounting rail for my Hella FF1000
Pencil Driving Lights that I bought from rallylights.com about 2 years
ago. I have them mounted to the fibgerlgass bumper but it's not a
great location as someone backed into the van and knocked one right
off the mount as it to low. So now I want a light bar to raise the
lights up a couple of inches.
Any ideas from anyone?
Robert
NY
On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Poppie Jagersand wrote:
>
> 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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