Re: Improving lights

["Nate Stuart" <nathan.stuart@maine.edu>]

NAPA stocks them #4509 I believe $13 a piece, el cheapo.
This is my next upgrade for my 3per side viewing pleasure...imagine the cost
of six Hellas....no thanx not on a college budget.

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank de Kat <fdekat@sentex.net>
To: <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: Improving lights


> At 06:51 AM 11/08/99 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
> >In message <001c01bee380$08d5c920$1232ba8c@merkur> "Andrew M. Steere"
writes:
> >
> >> Personally, I find that a pair of Cibie Oscar+ pencil beams do a great
job
> >> of spotting moose from several thousand feet away...
> >
> >This is of course the ultimate approach.  I forgot to mention that one
> >of my design criteria was stealth - but it remains true that good
> >accessory lighting will beat any contrivance using the stock fittings.
>
> After looking at Huw's web I've been thinking about changing my very poor
> 4000 DOT lights our for 4 lamp rounds. Probabaly they will look goofy, but
> at least i'll be able to see.
> The best part though, is that you can get 100W 'Aircraft Landing Lights'
> sealed beams that will fit in the the 4 lamp high beam positions. They are
> very much a pencil beam (Flat lens), but not as clean a beam as a Hella
> 2000 pencil beam. Just enough spread for highway driving.
> The best part: It's really stealth. Unless someone looks closely at the
> bulb itself (And figures out what the flat lens means) there is no way of
> knowing that the bulbs are not proper.
>
> If you try to find the above bulbs, they are made by Wagner (And possibly
> others) as part no 4537 (I think).
> You can also use them as auxilary lights, if you find those black
> floodlight pods that are used on tractors, and as truck backup lights.
> Throw out the floodlight bulb, and put in the landing light. Not as cool
> looking as Hella's maybe, but quite a bit cheaper, and smaller too.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Frank de Kat
> fdekat@sentex.net
> Dundas, Ontario, Canada
>
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