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Date:         Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:13:00 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: new H4 type headlights
Comments: To: Gary McEachern <glmce@HOTMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <19991027023916.81392.qmail@hotmail.com>
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At 22:39 10/26/99 , Gary McEachern wrote:
>I just purchased a set of 7" H4 style headlights that have
>plastic(acrylic?)lenses. They look OK but I don't like the idea of plastic
>lenses. Does anyone have any experience with the plastic vs the glass
>lenses. How they light how they hold up etc. These lights are made in India
>by autolite under the name Autopal.


Ford started using them on pickups long ago.  Don't know if they still
do.  Much more shatter-resistant than glass, but get foggy over a long
period of time (saw some like that just the other day).


david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon.htm
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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