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1. Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Mark Lennan <mlennan@crankyrobots.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:37:02 -0700; I would like to switch out my stock (79B) sealed beam high/lows with a set of higher output Halogens. Stock output is (I believe) 55w Low Beam / 60w High Beam. If I go with an 80w/100w system, will; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00092.html (7,624 bytes)
2. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Dave Wood" <dwood143@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:34:13 -0800; I put a set of Carello lens with halogen bulbs in my 72 B in 1972 or 73 and still have them. I did not put in a relay and it has been fine. I don't recall what the wattage is but is probably in the; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00093.html (8,447 bytes)
3. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:42:00 -0800; The light output difference between the regular bulbs and 100w ones is not a lot. The difference in expected life is. The higher output bulbs have a lower life expectancy. When I was running pro-ral; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00094.html (8,636 bytes)
4. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:42:44 -0800; I think a relay is generally recommended in this situation. Look at it this way -- the headlight circuit is unfused...; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00095.html (8,385 bytes)
5. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Chuck Renner" <crenner@dynalivery.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:19:59 -0600; Mark, why would be replacing the buckets? Unless by buckets, you're meaning the lamp housing/lens, minus the bulb....; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00096.html (7,937 bytes)
6. FW: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:39:27 -0800; Just read my post and thought I would clarify. Definitely take out the POS original sealed beam units. Replace them with regular H4 (i think they are 55/60 watt) HIGH QUALITY headlamp units. LOTS OF; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00097.html (8,640 bytes)
7. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:55:38 -0600; I put halogens in my '69. Just took out the old ones and inwith the new. No probs after 3 yrs. CR; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00098.html (8,705 bytes)
8. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Henry D. Reynolds" <hdr@halsoft.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:16:24 -0600; I have had two sets of the headlamp plus H4 lens headlights. unfortunatly I have only one of each now :-( do yourself a favor and get protect your investment with some stone guards. my question is ho; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00100.html (9,158 bytes)
9. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Scott & Lynn Hower" <howersl@att.net>; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:08:17 -0500; set 60w High Beam. kits are $40+, little hesitant to urging me to Mark I upgraded my MGB lights to Cibie' "E-code" 80/100w H4s recently. These are significantly brighter that sealed beam halogens. T; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00101.html (9,923 bytes)
10. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:53:48 -0000; A relay is advisable, but you will need one for each beam. Fusing is also advisable, again one for each filament, plus a higher rated fuse feeding the two relays. Even though the wiring can handle th; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00107.html (9,576 bytes)
11. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:40:27 -0800 (PST); Henry D. Reynolds SEZ - I thought sealed-beam halogens died a well-deserved death around 1980 or so. The only advantage they have is they're brighter, which means inflicting oncoming drivers with mor; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00121.html (9,018 bytes)
12. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:53:09 -0600; David, I think you may be a touch confused. Sealed-beam simply means that the bulb and lens/reflector are replaced as a single unit. The halogen version has a halogen bulb inside. These are still re; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00125.html (9,673 bytes)
13. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:01:25 -0800 (PST); Chuck Renner SEZ - I remember that when European companies started exporting H4 lights to the US, sometime in the very late 70s, one of the major lighiting companies (GE? Sylvania?) had just built a; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00130.html (10,689 bytes)
14. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:17:49 -0700; Can some one spell Cibie phonetically for me? And.... I had a set of Cibie Z beam lights in a BMW (can we say that word on this list?) I owned. Those lights are fantastic. Much brighter, a definite c; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00134.html (9,242 bytes)
15. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:22:07 -0600; It's my opinion that careful aiming produces superior results with Halogens. I would not use anything less bright. -Rock -- JJ Cale Live CD and Video: http://www.rocky-frisco.com/calelive.htm Watch P; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00135.html (9,408 bytes)
16. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Aaron Whiteman <aaronw@wsu.edu>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:24:45 -0800; Just a quick note from personal experience. When my old non-halogen sealed beams burned out, I replaced them with the bog-standard GE halogen equivalent units. I didn't notice much difference in brig; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00136.html (10,057 bytes)
17. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:57:35 -0600; H4 is the bulb. E-code is the European certification for the lens pattern. In the US, DOT specifies certain parameters of the beam pattern, which we all know and love *cough*. A lamp that is E-code; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00139.html (8,935 bytes)
18. RE: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:12:34 -0800; There is an accent on the "ie"; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00143.html (8,920 bytes)
19. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:44:11 -0800 (PST); Larry list account SEZ - SEE-bee-ay And come to think of it, it was Z Beams that I had on my MGB, not Hellas. (I had a Hella foglight.) Very good headlights. -- David Breneman Distributed Systems Sof; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00144.html (8,773 bytes)
20. Re: Headlight Question (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:48:44 -0800 (PST); Rocky Frisco SEZ - Aiming of course is critical with projector headlights, but for sealed beam units, whether halogen or tungsten, there's just no way to avoid glare. My complaint isn't with quality; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00145.html (9,336 bytes)

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