[tech Report] 5.75 round headlights.. an option tootherthanHella solution

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

DUDE, you really need to start using a freakin spell checker!  :)
You're making us Canadians look bad...  (well you're French-Canadian, so
I guess you could always use that as an excuse...)   <grin>

Mark - on my high horse
80 S
81 S  ABA/JH/4K

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org [mailto:scirocco-l-
> bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of ATS - Patrick Bureau
> Sent: October 2, 2003 10:53 PM
> To: Dan Smith; _Scirocco Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [tech Report] 5.75 round headlights.. an option to
> otherthanHella solution
> 
> update on the lights, I like the pattern very much and the
construction of
> these are really holding up to hours of driving (been driing durina
day
> time
> on purpose to test them) agains the 100w rallye lights...
> 
> BTW on a side note larry, Perter-scircco.. hes got a few sets of round
> Hella
> for MKI's for sale (60$ shipping included) with bulbs and rubber
boots..
> now
> I know I just bough (a cheap solution) but man ... Hella's for 60$..
> hummmm
> 
> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
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> 
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Smith
> =>Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:16 PM
> =>To: ATS - Patrick Bureau; _Scirocco Mailing List
> =>Subject: Re: [tech Report] 5.75 round headlights.. an option to
other
> =>thanHella solution
> =>
> =>
> =>Awesome! You are the man Patrick! So, these lights (option 2) are
> =>only $10 for the lense and casing? Not too shabby! And the bulbs
> =>you use, what do they run and are they an ebay item or something
> =>you have to order from some site? Do you need a 90amp alt to run
> =>them? Seems like if you were driving with your highbeams on and
> =>the radio going and stuff like heater/wipers, etc, that'd put a
> =>whole lot of strain on the system. Got a website for Autopal?
> =>I'll be interested to see if there's any melting/warping issues
> =>later on. At that price, do they sell lights to replace stock mk2
> =>lights as well?
> =>
> =>Dan
> =>
> =>ATS - Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> =>
> =>
> =>Let me advise that during my tests I only use 2 types of bulbs.
> =>The low/high
> =>beam Bulbs is a Sylvania UK Rallye 100/130w high-power clear bulbs
that
> =>produces alot of heat and light and the high beam is a H3
> =>Sylvania UK Rally
> =>130w bulb. Why use these instead of traditional, simple those are
> =>the one I
> =>used in my square Euro lights without a single issue before
converting
> to
> =>quad-rounds.
> =>
> =>
> =>My second attempt is with AUTOPAL (
> =>) lenses, 10$/ea all
> =>glass lens, and all steel back plating, (much like Hellas perhaps a
> little
> =>thinner metal - please note this is a finger feel I did not put a
> =>micrometer
> =>to it), right away when you handle the lens assembly you know these
> lenses
> =>is not DOT approved (no indication it is DOT approved).
> =>
> =>First impression (only had these lights in for a few days now) is
the
> =>pattern of light, is much better than the crystal lights by far
> =>(better line
> =>cut on the upper part of light dispersal, keeping the light on the
road
> =>where you want it, and not all over the place. I will update this in
> about
> =>1-2 weeks time to see if there are issues with these lenses.
> =>
> =>I hope this was informative to anyone who care to read it all the
> =>way down.
> =>
> =>
> =>
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