LAC! hella's eurobeam? eurotrash?

[Kent McLean]

c dyer wrote:
> I noticed on Hella's website that a few of their aux
> lights have a "Eurobeam" option. It's not fog, it's
> not driving/pencil, it's Euro. However I could find no
> explanation of said Eurobeam. What does it Euro-do?

I think their "Eurobeam" is an e-code headlight. That is,
a headlight designed for the European market rather than
the DOT (US) version.  The main difference is the light
pattern.  The e-code light has a sharp cut-off, and angles
up to the right.  The DOT is a broader, less defined (more
diffused) light pattern.

Here is a bad ASCII art of the e-code pattern: ___/

The light is intense on the road, cut off low so as not
to blind oncoming traffic, but angles up to the right
(right-hand drive) to light up signs.

A Google search on "e-code headlights" should give you more.

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Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke