John Berryman wrote:
Go to http://www.importvision.com/. They're pretty reasonable
for 123s. I'm really surprised everyone doesn't already have a set.
My Euros for the 201 were $229+ shpg w/clear corner lights
included.
Bosch? Hella? Taiwan?
Looks like clear is $205 and slightly
Jim, the more I look at the heap, the more I am certain it is a true
european edition. That car has a bunch of not the same things that
Gump has, and I have found at PnP. The center console in the heap is
completely different from Gump with that radio up high and no breather
vents at the
in a way it is sort of really cool. If you continue to salvage the
skin from microwaves, you may be able to sell the car in arizona for
mucho dinero. Wonder what gauge that stuff is and would it work to
patch Gump?
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 05:54 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Jim, the
in a way it is sort of really cool. If you continue to salvage the
skin from microwaves, you may be able to sell the car in arizona for
mucho dinero. Wonder what gauge that stuff is and would it work to
patch Gump?
AZ rust-free car? Could just dip the entire car and electrolytically
remove
On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Bosch? Hella? Taiwan?
Looks like clear is $205 and slightly smoked is $229 now.
Taiwan, very good quality(for 201). All the vacuum stuff is in
there, factory type sealed access covers . I'm real happy with them,
they throw a nice pattern
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:47:28 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Both light output and lamp life equations have high powers of
voltage in them. Brightness may go up with V^2 (for example),
but life will go down with V^4 (also made-up). My leaky memory
says it was a power of 9 and 11,
Tim C wrote:
How likely is it to be harassed by the fuzz if you upgrade?
When I was a pizza drivin' kid, I blew a headlight in my 3 month
old car. Had a ticket within 24 hours of the failure. Put in Hella
E-codes with 55/100 Candlepower bulbs. Pulled over a cop by
blinking my high beams in his
There is little difference in halogen lamps of the same wattage. There
are some techniques that can modestly increase the light output at the
same wattage, but they will have a shorter life. Changing the light
output results in a rather modest improvement in visibility!! Improving
the light
on other cars, that I do alot.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:21:49 -0700
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Curt,
It's possible you do have
Okay, I've been trying to hold back but, what is it about improved
lighting? I have absolutely no problem with the standard headlights in
my 240D and I pretty much can't imagine why I'd need more light. I
almost never use the highbeams now...
If you never get to go where it's very dark, the
Jim Cathey wrote:
Okay, I've been trying to hold back but, what is it about improved
lighting? I have absolutely no problem with the standard headlights in
my 240D and I pretty much can't imagine why I'd need more light. I
almost never use the highbeams now...
If you never get to go where
On Jan 17, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Okay, I've been trying to hold back but, what is it about
improved lighting? I have absolutely no problem with the standard
headlights in my 240D and I pretty much can't imagine why I'd need
more light. I almost never use the highbeams
what do the Euro upgrade kits normally cost for 123's?
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There is little difference in halogen lamps of the same wattage. There
are some techniques that can modestly increase the light output at the
same wattage, but they will have a shorter life. Changing the light
output results
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There is little difference in halogen lamps of the same wattage. There
are some techniques that can modestly increase the light output at the
same
On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Luther Gulseth wrote:
what do the Euro upgrade kits normally cost for 123's?
Go to http://www.importvision.com/. They're pretty reasonable
for 123s. I'm really surprised everyone doesn't already have a set.
My Euros for the 201 were $229+ shpg w/clear
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There is little difference in halogen lamps of the same wattage. There
are some techniques that can modestly increase the light output
I dunno, I've tried just putting higher wattage bulbs in my Subaru's
headlights and the difference was really hard to tell if at all.
Without relays most wiring harnesses will not supply enough extra
current in order to supply much extra light. Whatever extra current
does flow goes into
Sorry, left that part out. Yes I do have upgraded wiring on there. I did
not want to try pulling 20 amps through the standard wiring harness... (:
Levi
On 1/18/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I dunno, I've tried just putting higher wattage bulbs in my Subaru's
headlights and the
or
www.danielsternlighting.com.
:-)
-Dave M.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:45:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Luther Gulseth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs
what do the Euro upgrade kits normally cost for 123's?
Our 85 300CD has Euro lights with some high output bulbs from Daniel [can't
remember last name] Lighting. I thought they were great and was proud of them.
But the long-time Benz gurus here in Seattle have declared them inappropriate
for our area here because of the hills around here. The
stern
B Dike wrote:
Our 85 300CD has Euro lights with some high output bulbs from Daniel [can't
remember last name] Lighting. I thought they were great and was proud of them.
But the long-time Benz gurus here in Seattle have declared them inappropriate
for our area here because of the
them. But the long-time Benz gurus here in Seattle have declared them
inappropriate for our area here because of the hills around here. The
sharp upper cutoff in the pattern either leaves the driver blind when
climbing hills or blinds the oncoming traffic when descending, or
both. And that
are in
the Euro EPC. Won't work with the 'round' headlights, of course.
:-)
-Dave M.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:16:55 -0800
From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs
them. But the long-time Benz gurus here in Seattle
: 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
Did anyone mention this place? Anygood?
http://www.rallylights.com/
THanks, Chris
Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sadly, PowerBulbs no longer carries
overwatt Rally bulbs, but Dan
Stern can get them.
I buy my overwattage Hx bulbs at NAPA. The key word is 'motorcycle'.
-- Jim
Chris,
I did. I've been buying from them for a long time. They had a =
change in management a couple of years ago and I've continued to =
see good service and an expanded product offering.
Ken, the original owner, was active in rallying and rally support. =
I don't know about the new
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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:57 AM
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BillR wrote:
Harry - I just had a bulb go out in my '81 SD and replaced it with the
Sylvania super bright white [19.98
BillR wrote:
If I have spent $40 for what could have been achieved with a good wash and
another $9 bulb I would be ticked. Old bulb was clean though, and I do not
know the wear characteristics on a halogen bulb [do they turn yellow and dim
with age?].
Yeah, they do. They don't darken inside
On Monday, Jan 16, 2006, at 20:53 US/Eastern, Christopher McCann wrote:
Nothing big, I was going to sucker up the money and try a set of
Sylvania
Silverstars,
I am running them in my 190D Euro and I have no complaints with the
light they shed. 60/55s its been only a week and a few days,
300SD 'EM' 270k
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BillR wrote:
If I have spent $40 for what could have been
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BillR wrote:
If I have spent $40 for what could have been achieved with a good wash
and another $9 bulb I would be ticked. Old bulb was clean though
David Brodbeck wrote:
It also wouldn't explain the improved
sharpness in the pattern, which could really only be coming from better
optics.
Or better alignment of the filament with the optics.
I believe this is why Osram and Hella bulbs worked better
in my 6x8 rectangular E-code lamps
On Tuesday, Jan 17, 2006, at 06:50 US/Eastern, Mitch Haley wrote:
I did once get
some bulbs from Whitney with the name Candlepower stamped
on the plain white box, those were good, I think they may
have been made in Germany.
The ones marked Candlepower are made by Sylvania, specifically by
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John Berryman wrote:
On Monday, Jan 16, 2006, at 20:53 US/Eastern, Christopher McCann wrote:
Nothing big, I was going to sucker up the money and try
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm running Silver Stars on several of my cars. Very minor improvement
in illumination (I ran each car with one new Silver Star and one NEW
conventional light to compare). The slightly whiter color
The 130/100 bulbs I had in my white car (with relays) lasted about 4-6
months, since I drive with low beams on all the time as DRL's. But WOW
did they ever light up the road... 460w total on high beam
We run 100/80's (common motorcycle bulb) in our for-sale 450 SL, and
the 400W of deer-finding
Christopher McCann wrote:
the sealed units lasted me 5 months/10,000 miles. They each died within 1 day
of the other.
That's VERY short life. All of my OE lamps have lasted in excess of
100kmi (some nearly double that) but I have NO idea how many hours of
lamp operation that amounts to. I
The life of the lamps WILL be inversely (but not linearly) proportional
to the output from the voltage regulator. All other things being equal,
if your voltage regulator limits the alternator output to 13.8 V or a
bit less (as the OE regulators in my cars did) the lamp life will be
almost double
Jim Cathey wrote:
The life of the lamps WILL be inversely (but not linearly) proportional
to the output from the voltage regulator. All other things being equal,
if your voltage regulator limits the alternator output to 13.8 V or a
bit less (as the OE regulators in my cars did) the lamp life
thought had inadequate lighting was a '79 Saab that I'm pretty sure had
electrics problems.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:21:36 -0700
From: Dave M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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So Curt, with all the jokes about 240Ds and getting bug splats on the rear
window...is it possible for you to outdrive your headlights?
Barry (ducking)
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, I've been trying to hold back but, what is it about improved
lighting? I have absolutely
: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Curt,
It's possible you do have better eyes than most people. My
night vision ain't all that great, and if it's raining at
night, that's even worse. I'll take all the light I can get
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:04 PM
To: Diesel List
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
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs
The December issue of Consumers Report tested five
Harry Watkins wrote:
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.
The Sylvania Silverstars are okay. On the other hand,
on the road when in a test vehicle, but seems much
better.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD EM 270k
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:04 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] CR report
Harry writes:
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.
Check out www.rallylights.com. I ordered a set of their
: Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs
Harry writes:
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
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CR report on headlight bulbs
Lee, what brand/model bulbs did you order? I'm curious to
hear what you get, and how they work. Another source is
www.powerbulbs.com and they do ship from across the pond.
:)
+dm
Sadly, PowerBulbs no longer carries overwatt Rally bulbs, but Dan
Stern can get them.
I buy my overwattage Hx bulbs at NAPA. The key word is 'motorcycle'.
-- Jim
on
fire.
Randy
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Sadly, PowerBulbs no longer carries overwatt Rally bulbs, but Dan
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