At 7:53 PM -0500 12/20/05, Mark Hooper wrote:
>Hi John:
>
>Hmmm.... Does that mean that the rest of us living outside of
>Arizona should install flower-guards over our headlights?
>Daisy-dampers, Hyacinth-hinderers, Canna-cannots, rose-resistors.
>The possibilities positively sprout forth. :^)
Peace, Love, & Flower Power!!!
Let the sunshine, Let the sunshine in...
John
>From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net on behalf of Philip E. Barnes
>Sent: Tue 20/12/2005 1:06 PM
>To: John Wise
>Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: TR3A Headlights
>
>John Wise wrote:
>>The only downside, if you want an original look, is the "flat" face
>>of the H4s. It does not bother me, but living in Arizona where the
>>state flower is a rock, I installed rock guards over my headlights.
>>Since the rock guards are convex , it effectively hides the H4s
>>flatness.
>
>You can easily overcome that aesthetic short-coming by switching to
>Cibie lamps.
>
>>I use PIAA 60/55W ultra white lights, because as we (the drivers not
>>the car) get older our visual sensitivity in the yellow range drops
>>(cornea/lens get a little yellow) so it really does help older eyes
>>to see better at night. (end of vision lecture)
>
>I have also read that the dilation/contraction reflex of the eye is
>relatively uneffected by blue/bluer light. That's one reason the
>"blue" lights appear brighter; the pupil fails to contract. I know
>the PIAA lamps are not the trendy blue lights, which are simply
>tinted bulbs, or low voltage filaments being over-driven.
>
>I've been a big fan of Cibie lamps since I started rallying 25+ years
>ago. Most of the difference between good and bad lights is the lens.
>Poor beam control cannot be overcome with higher output bulbs. Cibie
>pioneered the quartz halogen lamp years ago and still make a quality
>product.
>--
>Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
>Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
>'71 TR6 CC61193L (28 year owner)
--
John A. Wise, Ph.D., CPE
Glendale, AZ
JohnWise@alumni.pitt.edu
http://home.earthlink.net/~johnwise/
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