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RE: TR headlights

To: gbuck@pinnaclegrp.com
Subject: RE: TR headlights
From: "Wages, Jeffrey" <bzw8@cdc.gov>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:15:39 -0400
Cc: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Are these those lights that are sooo irritating to oncoming traffic.  Maybe
they are not but I know there are some new kind of lights out there that
make you feel like your looking at welding arc.  I hope these are not the
ones.

Jeff
'71 TR6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gbuck@pinnaclegrp.com [SMTP:gbuck@pinnaclegrp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 1:01 PM
> To:   'Linda Long (IM)'
> Cc:   'triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Subject:      RE: TR headlights
> 
> 
> Tom,
> I believe the lights you are referring to are called Hight Intensity
> Discharge (HID) lights or something to that effect.  Car and Driver did a
> comparison test on lighting systems a few months back and included a BMW
> with that option.  Rated very high.  I did happen to see such an
> after-market system offered through J.C. Whitney (of all places).  Not
> cheap.  They wanted $1,200 for it.  Maybe in time cost will come down.  At
> that price it's a little steep for me.  Don't know of any other places
> that sell them, but I'm sure there must be some.  Best of luck.
> 
> Gordon Buck
> Sultan, Washington
> 71 TR6  CC62806
> 67 MGB GT
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Long (IM) [SMTP:LLong@Kollmorgen.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 4:20 PM
> To:   'triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Subject:      TR headlights
> 
> 
> Listers,
> The time has come to replace the headlights on my TR4 (The thought going
> through the eight-point buck's mind as I bear down on him at 65mph is
> probably...."yeah right").  I recall a thread a few months ago about a
> new type of headlight unit out that creates a more piercing "white or
> blue/white" light...rather than the typical dim "yellowish" light.  I
> think I have seen these lights on newer Mercedes.  Does anyone have
> experience with these lights, what are they called and where are they
> available.  I think the tread said they were available mail-order from
> an outfit in Baltimore.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Tom Long
>     "It's better to burn out than to rust"
>                                  Neil Young
> 
> 64TR4
> 68TR250
> 76TR6

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