- 1. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:10:34 -0600
- Not to prolong this thread needlessly but... This will of interest to those who have H4 lights on their cars (I have Hellas on my TR6). I found real Xenon H4 bulbs at Wal-Mart last night. These are n
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- 2. TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:19:49 -0400
- The time has come to replace the headlights on my TR4 (The thought going through the eight-point buck's mind as I bear down on him at 65mph is probably...."yeah right"). I recall a thread a few mont
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- 3. re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 98 8:17:58 -0600
- Those headlights are optional on many newer European cars. They are Xenon gas discharge lights. I haven't heard of any units that might fit our TR's. If you find some please let me know. Shawn -- Ori
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- 4. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:59:25 -0600
- Tom, As stated by others, the lights you refer to are Xenon gas discharge. They are available in North America on high end models from MB, BMW and Porsche. Probably made by Hella. A single replaceme
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- 5. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:58:22 -0600 (MDT)
- The lights mentioned in the other posts do exsist. Try I got quotes for both TR 4 & 6 reasonable prices - about $70 including the bulb. Not at that point in the rebuild yet and short of cash based on
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- 6. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:01:13 -0700
- I believe the lights you are referring to are called Hight Intensity Discharge (HID) lights or something to that effect. Car and Driver did a comparison test on lighting systems a few months back an
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- 7. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:15:39 -0400
- Are these those lights that are sooo irritating to oncoming traffic. Maybe they are not but I know there are some new kind of lights out there that make you feel like your looking at welding arc. I h
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- 8. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:35:54 -0400
- Yeah, and I'll bet you use a radar detector too!!! Michael Ferguson
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- 9. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:42:53 -0400
- Radar detector? Moi? Yeah, and I'll bet you use a radar detector too!!! Michael Ferguson including the on the other states. It is in thought going 65mph is about a "white or light. I have they from
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- 10. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:02:39 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- It depends on the bulb you use. The dichroic bulbs are the ones that are irritating and I'm going to get them to fight back. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. Oops, sorry, too man
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- 11. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:07:17 -0500
- These are not the type of lights fitted to new Lincolns, Benzes and Lexuses (Lexi?). The real lights use an electrical arc through a gas chamber to create light. These are simply halogen bulbs with
- /html/triumphs/1998-09/msg01644.html (8,651 bytes)
- 12. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:11:50 -0400
- You are correct; DAGNABIT!!!! Andy D. These are not the type of lights fitted to new Lincolns, Benzes and Lexuses (Lexi?). The real lights use an electrical arc through a gas chamber to create light
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- 13. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:42:31 -0700
- ** I believe they are, and I myself find them terribly annoying on the few vehicles I have seen them on. I certainly hope this is NOT the trend Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net 72 V6
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- 14. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:23:46 -0500
- Does anyone else remember saying the same thing about those new fangled halogen lights? Maybe I'm just showing my age. Tom Gentry Life is too short to drive boring cars!
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- 15. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:56:03 -0600
- I found a couple of sites which give some interesting information on the subject of automobile lighting: <http://lighting.mbz.org/faq/> <http://www.misty.com/people/don/dschlamp.html> The article I c
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- 16. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:48:35 -0700
- These bulbs are an abomination. Blinding to oncoming drivers and practically useless to the driver behind the wheel of the car so equipped. Has to do with the scatter rate of blue light I think. They
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- 17. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:02:02 -0700
- Drifting farther off topic... I saw an article a few weeks back in one of the local papers, which said that GM will provide an (optional ?) night vision system in the 2000 model cadilacs. The technol
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- 18. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 98 15:11:26 -0600
- Are you referring to the Dichroic halogens or the Xenon gas discharge. The Xenon lights are extremely effective. When you see a car with these approaching, they definitely stand out. Not because of t
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- 19. Re: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:02:34 -0700
- Several people have cited my article; I thank them for the plug. There's a lot of info there, and you should go read it, but the most important thing I'd like folks to carry away from it is AIM YOUR
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- 20. RE: TR headlights (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:22:17 -0400
- Another example of how beliefs are relative....I remember traveling the Soviet Union in 1980 and the locals drove around Moscow and other large cities with their headlights off. When I asked about th
- /html/triumphs/1998-09/msg01669.html (8,254 bytes)
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