Re: Just put Hella 500s on the Coupe...

["Adam P. Brodeur" <AdamB@net1plus.com>]

500's aren't all that big.  I have Hella 3000's on the front of my 84
4000sq.  Now those are LIGHTS.  I definitely get some looks from other
motorists.

Adam
84 4ksq

only5kgt@uswest.net wrote:

> Subject line about says it all. These are the *big* round
> driving lights, the ones that they suggest wiring to work
> only with the high beams (huh?) this didn't make sense till
> I saw the beam put out by these monsters with a 55w H3.
> These were dubbed the "MonstroBeacons" by my passengers.
> They pretty much can't be used on anything but an empty
> road. Which, serendipitously, I found, the day after putting
> them on the car. There was a concert at Arcosanti in
> northern AZ. This entails 3 miles each way of a fun dirt
> road leading away from I-17. Fun, fun, fun. I'll not forget
> the look on the parking lot guy's face as we soared up at
> about 65 mph (gotta love 60 series tires for this kind of
> work) with the front end lighting up the sky.
> Anyone else ever tried these? I mounted them on the front of
> the bumper (I admit, not the best of protection, but I
> didn't want to drill into the cover) by removing the
> reflectors beside the turnsignals. I then mounted
> home-fabbed L-brackets to the bumper mount Torx bolts. Looks
> wildly rallyish, exactly to my taste for this car. I should
> have a page together soon with pics...
>
> Am wondering what the max wattage for these Hellas is. Just
> curious (grin)... I only used them once with other traffic
> in sight, that SUV cleared the left lane damn quickly for a
> change. (flame that last line if you must)
>
> Regards,
> Rob