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To: "ppeters914@comcast.net" <ppeters914@comcast.net> FILETIME=[5D4DD500:01CDF5B5]
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] headlights
From: Dan Kroninger <d_kroninger@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:52:34 -0600
Cc: Datsun Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
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References: <SNT002-W793C0B356CD01482011751B2120@phx.gbl> <CAAC0-o5R1MxZ=5f5Z0F7-kZCrpSgf=swpnAemBcbw20Xfb4-0w@mail.gmail.com> <CAC08eSMqs8_kiZYFgCkjxHKs8HX01F6QquMfFAEpv4cvrOOBrQ@mail.gmail.com> <1997607D-B574-482A-B074-E1255F0F018A@netscape.net> <457667404-1358529713-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-644228421-@b13.c20.bise6.blackberry> <8D0F5C1D-F10D-4341-BC5C-A50E67CDA91D@netscape.net> <43353189-1358538256-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1099460841-@b13.c20.bise6.blackberry>
They are available in 7 inch rounds.  They are really expensive though.  I saw
pictures of a Z with them.  I think I have seen them on eBay before.  They
were in the neighborhood of $250 each.

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On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:48 PM, ppeters914@comcast.net wrote:

> My poorly worded point was that I've never heard of LED headlights.
>
> Anyone else heard of 'em?
>
> Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda J <ljordan704@netscape.net>
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:16:18
> To: ppeters914@comcast.net<ppeters914@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] headlights
>
> Don't know much about LEDs except people like them
>
> Linda
>
> Sent from my iPod
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> On Jan 18, 2013, at 9:21 AM, ppeters914@comcast.net wrote:
>
>> LED dash lights, tail lights, & turn signals, but headlights?
>>
>> Pete
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linda J <ljordan704@netscape.net>
>> Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.netDate: Fri, 18 Jan 2013
08:21:31
>> To: Roadster List<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] headlights
>>
>> Isn't the new thing LED lights?
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 5:51 AM, David Patten <futofab@gsinet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> **Gordon
>>> I agree with Paul on the quality of Cibie replacements. I've used them
and
>>> wow!. Hella is also another brand with excellent quality. I am not
familiar
>>> with the brand you are looking at,but I would caution on using off
brands.
>>> You will be impressed with any halogen replacement, but a good quality
lens
>>> will be even more impressive.
>>>
>>> Cibie can be bought thru Daniel Sterns Lighting, not cheap, but the end
>>> quality is one of the best. There is also a huge volume of lighting tech
>>> there too.
>>> http://www.danielsternlighting.com/
>>>
>>> Also regarding use of relays, pull your power supply off the alternator
or
>>> the battery connection at the starter with an independant fuse on that
>>> line. I'm a 510 guy at heart and that is what I did when rewiring my
>>> headlights. Those cars use a switched ground, which makes you think a bit
>>> when wiring the relays.
>>> --
>>> Dave Patten, Owner
>>>
>>> FutoFab, LLC
>>> 199 Stark Hwy So
>>> Dunbarton, NH 03046
>>>
>>> Website - www.FutoFab.com <http://www.futofab.com/>
>>> e-mail - dave@futofab.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Paul Courson <cour.jpeg@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes! Years ago went to Cibie Z-beam and never looked back.
>>>>
>>>> The original Toshiba sealed beam units are very long-lived, at the
>> tradeoff
>>>> of brightness.
>>>>
>>>> The Cibie halogen replacements are substantially brighter and have a
much
>>>> better light pattern.
>>>>
>>>> Worth doing.
>>>> On Jan 17, 2013 11:31 PM, "Gordon Maness" <gordon.e.maness@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone replaced their headlamps with quartz haloagon?I am
>>>> contemplating
>>>>> doing so using http://www.racinglab.com/sealed-beam-h6024-ns2210.html.
I
>>>>> will
>>>>> add a relay to carry the additional current.
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