5kcstq eurolight first impressions

[Lawrence C Leung]

Good to know that the properly designed aeros outperform the flat lens
replacement units. Can't imagine things getting much better than the H4
55-60W, H1 100W set-ups I've had in my GTi and 4KQ. Something to "look"
forwards to. 

LL - NY

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:02:42 -0800 (PST) Todd Phenneger
<tquattroguy at yahoo.com> writes:
>I have two observations to this thread.  Well, Three, the first
>is obvious though.
>1)  Euro's Rule.  They are unmatched by all factory lights
>except the new HID's on Low beam only.  (And of course, relays
>are very necessary)
>2)  The Hella 4x6 H4's and H1's  (the quad setup drop in
>replacements people are speaking of in this thread) have a much
>better beam pattern than the JC Whitney units.  However, for $20
>each with bulbs, if you have standard DOT units then the JC
>Whitney units are a BIG improvement.  Maybe %80 of they way to
>where the Hellas are.  (Thats a seat of the pants observation.)
>
>3)  THe euro's in the newer 4kq and 5ktq cars are VERY superior
>to the Drop in Replacements.  This is comparing Hella to Hella. 
>On High beam its not as noticable but on low beam my friends
>Newer 4kq (with Aeros) has more light with 55w lows than mine
>with 100w lows.  Wiring is the same (I wired both cars), but his
>are slightly better.  I attribute this to the larger reflector
>area on the newer 4kq and 5ktq cars.  ANd a better beam pattern.
> With 100w H4 lows, the 5ktq and 4kq aero's are way better. :-)
>
>Light up the NIght guys
>   TOdd
>
>
>--- Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
>> Get a proper set (Hella, Cibie, Marchal, Bosch) and the Euro
>> replacement
>> lamps are legitimate. In fact, they were normal Euro lights
>> before aero
>> lights became popular. The lights in my GTi (7" round H4/5.75"
>> round H1,
>> standard Euro GTi grille) are essentially these types of
>> units, with a
>> different mechanical mounting. And the lights in my ex '84 4KQ
>> (quad
>> rectangular) and my ex '75 Saab 99 (quad round) were exactly
>> the type of
>> lights you speak of. Performance was the same in all cases
>> (though I
>> thought (think?) the Hellas slightly outperform the Boschs
>> I've had). 
>> 
>> LL - NY
>> 
>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 10:08:21 -0700 "Ken Keith"
>> <auditude at neta.com>
>> writes:
>> >On my previous vehicle, I was thinking that headlights that
>> are 
>> >made take H4's would have the correct reflector and lens
>> design, 
>> >for the filament orientation and such.  
>
>> >headlights.  Are these known to be wanna-be's?  I've seen
>> them 
>> >advertised in JCW forever, long before all the HID/Xenon hype
>> of 
>> >late.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Ken
>
>
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