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Date:         Sun, 3 Nov 1996 02:25:13 -0500 (EST)
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From:         ERIC ZENO <emz@viper.nauticom.net>
Subject:      Re: ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat?? ..

On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Joel Walker wrote:

> well, step right up, friends and neighbors! hurry, hurry, hurry! :) > one thin dime, one tenth of a dollah! she walks, she talks, she crawls > on her belly like a reptile! ... > > woops! wrong speech. :) anyway, i replaced my old headlights tonight with > some Hella Vision Plus halogen lights. BIG improvement. H4 halogen bulb > (you can replace the bulb without having to replace the glass lense). > $37.50 each from Imparts in St. Louis. > > low beam is better, more light farther out, and to the sides. there is a > definite "cut-off" of light above the level of the headlights themselves, > that is, above four feet off the ground, there is noticeably less light. > so as to NOT blind the on-coming traffic. > > on high beam, however, it's a different story. :) i almost (almost, i said!) > don't need to turn on my space-shuttle landing lights. :) high beams are > a BIG improvement over my old lights. > > i'll let you know how i feel about them in a few more weeks, but my initial > impression is that they ARE worth the money. by the by, they are only for > the 7" round headlights of the 1968-1985 buses (don't know if they'll fit > the 1952-1967 buses, but i know they won't fit the 86-91 vanagons' square > lights). > > one slight possible drawback: the front of the glass is FLAT. and this > kinda makes the bus look cross-eyed, when viewed from the front. go figure. > so now it's Gus-Gus the Cross-Town Cross-Eyed Bus. :) > > joel > Check the laws in your state! H4 bulbs where to bright in most state to be legal, until the mid 1980's!

Eric


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