Re: alternative H4 bulbs

["Rob Winchell" <rbw@avs.com>]

I have the Wagner Brite Lite "Xenon" bulbs in my 200. If you look at the
lamp, it definitely looks like a whiter light. Is it brighter/better? I
think a little bit, but you sure aren't going to mistake them for HID lamps.

Rob Winchell

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt <wheelman@shore.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 12:49 AM
Subject: alternative H4 bulbs


>Someone on the Land Rover list found this web page. It's pretty devoid of
>any real content, but I thought it's interesting...
>
> http://www.ultranet.com/~bevanrl/saab/headlamps.html
>
>It seems to me that xenon H4s are being bandied about as alternatives to
>the *really* expensive xenon setups. Since absolutely nothing has appeared
>in any of the automotive magazines about these bulbs, I infer that this
>stuff is indeed snake oil.
>
>On the Audi, I still run stock lights :( and on my other car, I run 90/130
>H4s in 7" Hellas. Ah, to see at night!
>
>Lee
>Lee Levitt
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