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 GTMac
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| posted on July 18th, 2007 at 10:15 PM |
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H4 Headlights
Who does complete Hella H4 units to slap straight into my 71 Fasty. My reflectorsm are rooted so just want a nice clean unit so I can throw in the new
HID globes and hopefully see the corner coming before Im on it!
Thanks, Andrew
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| posted on July 19th, 2007 at 10:41 AM |
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Hi
Most of the replacement reflectors are crap and only take the old style bulb. Try you local parts guy for 7 inch Hella H4 semi sealed beams. These are
easy to adapt to you mudguard using a 7 inch sealed beam base from a Mini etc.
Steve
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| posted on July 19th, 2007 at 02:40 PM |
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I always use Hella H4 semi sealed beams and use a headlamp bucket from an early ford...
and with a bit of fiddling they can be used...
then use Hella/Narva Plus 50 bulbs
these give out 50% More light on Low beam and 30% more light on High beam,
but only use the same current as the standard bulbs
60/55w..
I've also used Hella H4 sealed beams in VWs...
but if You blow a bulb You can't replace it...
All VWs in North America had sealed beams as standard...
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| posted on July 19th, 2007 at 06:17 PM |
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Hi Lee
The sealed beams in US cars were very low spec, about as low spec as local stock VW headlights. Most VW mudguards come with the 3 little brackets in
the headlight bucket to fix the sealed beam to.
Steve
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| posted on July 20th, 2007 at 12:37 PM |
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Any reason why I cant use Bay Kombi H4 lights? Roy from Buststop has Hella H4 for $99 each. If I get these am I still having to modify with brackets
etc, I thought they would sit in where the old are taken out?
1971 Type 3 Fasty - EJ20T
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 11:50 PM |
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Hi
You can use the bay window ones, just make sure that they are good quality, but they use the old style bulb, you can only get quartz halogen in them
bulb type I'm pretty sure.
Steve
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 10:36 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1303Steve
Hi
You can use the bay window ones, just make sure that they are good quality, but they use the old style bulb, you can only get quartz halogen in them
bulb type I'm pretty sure.
Steve
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Steve, from my understanding the good Hella ones take the 3 prong style bulb which means they can take the new style white light globes (HID).
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 03:20 PM |
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Hi
Its all good then if that's the case. I bought a set new reflectors once, the headights were good on low beam, on high beam the beam spread
everywhere and produced less light than the low beam.
Steve
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