Re: rear defogger and headlamps

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> >If yours got aero-style headlamp (which you only need to replace the 
> >bulb), then there are those illegal-for-stree-use powerful-than-average 
> >replacement bulbs available. Let's face it, some of those aero lamps on 
> >today's cars (various manufacturers on various models) have terrible 
> >desgins that really couldn't cut the bread.
> >
> >I found J. C. Whitney has the lowest price on those bulbs (almost all of 
> >those kinds came from Korea).
> 
> Yeah.... but you better run them off relays and not the stock wiring
> harness.

Heed his advice: I burned out both headlight sockets and a portion of the
wiring harness in less than 6 mos. using a pair of these bulbs.  They ARE
an improvement over the stock bulbs but the lenses still suck ... you get
more light but it's poorly aimed.  If euro-lights were cheaper, I'd get a
set in a minute (am I the only one who remembers when $80 would buy you a
complete set of Hella, Marchal or Cibie headlights?) but they're not so I
have to make do with the NA-spec POS...

BTW, with a bit of work, those teeny-weeny little driving lights found on
late-model GM cars CAN be made to fit in turn-signal cut-outs in the 5000
bumper cover ... they aren't cheap (I paid a $125/pair for mine) but they
look like they were installed there by the factory.  The turn-signals now
reside in the parking lights (where they can be seen from the side of the
car as well as the front, unlike the OEM arrangement), thanks to a bit of
rewiring and a second set of sockets/bulbs I installed there.  

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