Randall & George,
You both made the same suggestion. trash the old lights and get some good
H4's. Good suggestion. Great, actually.
But.... I so enter concours shows periodically. I am proud of the fact that
I have to ORIGINAL Lucas headlights. Probably I would get no deduction for
H4 replacements. Also, I think that the driving lights look good.
Fortunately, the brackets I will make are not going to be irreversible....
-Tony
-----Original Message----- Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:27:01 -0700
From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A Driving Lights
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> My suggestion to your dilemma is to buy a set of Hella H4 Halogen
> conversion headlights and forget the accessory driving
> lights.
FWIW, I wasn't all that pleased with the Hellas I bought many years ago.
They looked good at first, but the reflectors dimmed with time and the lens
eventually fell off of one of them (while changing the bulb). Plus I found
this really good deal on some Bosch units:
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=0301600118
Haven't tried them yet, but they look good so far. Even have a DOT stamp on
them, which the Hellas didn't.
Relays or not, be sure you get as much voltage as possible to the
headlights. Even 0.1 volt can make a visible difference in light output. I
found that I am losing voltage in both the original bulb connector, and the
original ground connection, as well as through the wiring and switches. As
a result, at the moment, the side with relays is actually dimmer than the
side without!
-- Randall
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