Re: Euro lites

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On 13 Jan 1996, Joe Yakubik wrote:

> On the cheap and easy (?) theme, follow my logic here: The US and Euro
> reflectors are the same (maybe), it's the US lenses (and bulbs) that are crap.
> The Euro lenses come as separate units (Bosch, BTW)... Would it be possible to
> swap Euro lenses to a US unit and have sort of a US-plus unit?  Maybe find a few

Joe,

	When I was reading your post, this idea came to mind 
immeditaely.  The only problem with this, that I can think of is that the 
sockets that the lights fit in the reflectors are designed for the 900X 
series lights.  We would have to get high watt bulbs in the 900X cases, 
with the fore/aft filament.  I _think_ this is workable, since Scott said 
he had just that a couple weeks ago. (Scott?)

	The other difficulty would be in peeling the old lense off.  I've 
tried that, and the glue is VERY good.  There is also a tongue-in-groove 
joint between the lense and reflector.  I think that the glass will have 
to be broken to get it off cleanly without damaging the reflector.

	Thanks for  your insights so far.

Later,								
Graydon D. Stuckey								
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
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