Headlight brilliance

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <35A137CD.4833@erols.com> Mark Byrum writes:

> I am unsure why so much bandwidth is devoted to euro-lights v. usa
> lights v. H1's v. H4's, etc.

Have you ever driven behind Euro lights?

> Until then, I will let my screwdriver make the necessary change
> rather than my check-book for euro-lights.

If you'd been around a little longer, or if you'd read the archives,
you'd know that the list has discussed this almost interminably and
has come to a pretty thorough consensus.  Driving lights are not cheap,
present probably the best solution if properly done, but are not as
'stealthy' as many of us like.

Euro lights - more specifically Euro lenses, which direct the beams
away from oncoming traffic and reduce scatter into the driver's line
of sight, are the ultimate solution if stealth is to be preserved.

I run 2 x 100/170w in H4 mains, and 2 x 100w in H1 auxiliaries.  200w
on dipped, 540w on main beam.  Because of the sharp Euro cutoff, I get
zero complaints from oncoming drivers.  All of this is behind the
standard lenses that Audi put on the car - no external sign that
anything has been changed.  Stealth.

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