Re: [DML] Results of Sylvania Silver Star light replacement

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course sealed beams are "still legal" in Europe. They may have been
phased out of production, but drivers of older vehicles are not being
ticketed or arrested for using them. 

Properly adjusted halogen sealed beams throw just as much, and just as
dispersed, light as their replaceable bulb brethren. 

The changeover was prompted partly by style (you can't mold sealed
beams into fender-integral shapes) and partly by maintenance concerns
(replacing bulbs is faster). Basically engineers looked at rear
fixtures and decided to emulate them in the front.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Niemczewski" <dmctom@...> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately those two dots of light are normal for sealed beams
made for 
> US roads. If you want real lights invest in Hella units that accept H4 
> bulbs. You will have even light distribution from left to right.
They also 
> put a bit more light on the right as to light the right shoulder.
Sealed 
> beam dots are not legal in Europe and when I changed them to Hellas
I was 
> amazed at the difference they provide.
> I can get you a complete set of outboard and inboard lights if you're 
> interested. They use H4 and H1 bulbs and fit perfectly.
> 
> 
> Tom Niemczewski
> vin 6149 (in Poland!)
> Google earth: 52°25'17.30"N 21° 1'58.00"E
> dmctom@...
> www.deloreana.com
> 




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