Date:         Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:32:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlights
Comments: To: "Chris S." <szpejankowski@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <900005F2-37A6-432B-B269-00F6581584A3@gmail.com>
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I have Cibiés as fog lamps and Hellas as headlights (and a high-powered
backup light). Hellas are very good, but Cibié lights are works of art.
Very precisely and expensively made. That's the housings. As for the lamps
themselves, whatever Daniel Stern sells is what I buy. You sure can buy
some poor ones at the FLAPS.

Jim


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> I used both Hella H4 and Cibie lights. Hellas are good, but Cibies have
> better, wider light distribution. I have ordered from Daniel in the past,
> so I can vouch for him.
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia Sep 4, 2014 o godz. 23:41 Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
> napisał(a):
>
> > I have no experience with Cibie, have always installed Hella in
> > everything since they are the traditional German OEM manufacturer. I
> > also run 130/90w bulbs in the outer lenses, 100w in the driving lights,
> > very nice illumination at night. Separate 70A relays (yeah, overkill) on
> > hi, low, and driving beams. All grounds are direct-connected at the
> > headlight buckets.
> > Karl
> >
> >
> >> On 9/4/2014 11:04 PM, James wrote:
> >> Thanks for this, Karl.  The PO of our van replaced the original
> >> rectangular headlights with buckets (from a Jeep, I think) and H6054
> >> halogen sealed beams, so now I know that going 'the rest of the way' to
> >> e-code is easy.  (Had e-code Hellas on a Rabbit, and on my parents
> >> Austin, Datsun and Dodge in the early '80s and loved them.)
> >>
> >> On cruising round the web, I note that Daniel Stern lighting has Cibie
> >> 200mm lights, more cheaply than Susquehanna Motorsport has the Hellas!
> >> There are some that claim that the Cibies are better than the Hellas...
>