silver star sealed beam lights don't last very long. Chris (upgrading to hella, non sealed beams, Euro style)
Harry Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave asked: "What were your plans that are now kinked?" Nothing big, I was going to sucker up the money and try a set of Sylvania Silverstars, one of the tested sets. The other four were: APC Plasma Ultrs White; GE Nighthawk; Philips Crystal Vision and Wagner TruView. I am interested in your offer to post more information. I need to be schooled on identification, where to look for what so I can tell what I have. MY Wagon has the best lights and when I bought the 300D Euro, the PO gave me a box with two headlight and one tail light assembly, IIRC, they came off the car at conversion into the US. Harry Watkins Newton, MS 86 SDL Silver 85 300D Euro 86 SDL Gold 81 240D manual trans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave M." > Harry, > > What were your plans that are now kinked? For the record, any cars > with 9004 bulbs are screwed - there is nothing you can do to improve > those. For MB's with H3 or H4 bulbs (including most all Euro lights), > there are some premium bulbs that do put out more light at stock > wattage, but the tradeoff is higher cost (about $40/pair) and shorter > life (couple hundred hours). Anything with a blue tint is for > appearance, not performance, despite claims to the contrary. I can > post more info & links if anyone is interested. > > For the record, two of my 124's have Euro lights with relays and I use > high-wattage "Rally" bulbs in those. In my VW with Euro lights but no > relays, I use the premium "plus 50" stock wattage bulbs. My third 124 > has stock, crappy DOT lighting with 9004 bulbs... duct-taping a pair > of D-cell Mag Lites to the hood would be an improvement. > > :) > > -Dave M. > > From: "Harry Watkins" > > Subject: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs > > > > > > The December issue of Consumers Report tested five premium replacement bulbs on three different vehicles. > > > > Skipping to their "bottom line". "While they do yield whiter-looking light, premium aftermarket halogen don't offer a consistent performance advantage over original equipment bulbs and they can perform worse." > > > > In the text, they report finding only one set of bulbs, in one vehicle improved low beam sight distance. That was the GE Nighthawk in the Honda Ridgeline. > > > > They stated the bulb's costs from $26 to $40 a pair and stated that this was two to three times more than standard bulbs. > > > > Throws a kink in my plans. > > > > Harry Watkins > > Newton, MS > > _______________________________________> _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 211K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 17 01:54:10 2006 Received: from webmail.knology.net ([69.73.24.20] helo=webmail3.knology.net) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Eyg30-0003sv-Ev for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:54:10 +0000 Received: (qmail 16327 invoked by uid 400); 17 Jan 2006 01:54:06 -0000 Date: 17 Jan 2006 01:54:06 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Alan Duff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <> In-Reply-To: <> X-Mailer: Knology Webmail Dec 2003 Release X-IPAddress: 70.11.29.60 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] 84 300SD Starter Question X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:54:10 -0000 I don't think it is the jumper cables as they are heavy gauge and I've used them to jump a bunch of diesels without any problem. Thinking it must be a dead cell or some other problem in the battery on the car. Will bypass the cars battery and hook straight to my jump battery and give it a try. Results reported tomorrow. Alan Duff
