<div dir="auto">US no longer mandates. I used to joke that the law would change when Sylvania and Gze ran out of sealed beam inventory. I have original 1970s Cibe H4 lights in boxes in my garage. You could by them after market back in the day. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 9:48 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>So ... all the talk of just plugging in an H4 bulb in an existing
reflector won't work for us/US? No intentional snark--for once--I
really don't know the rules for headlamps. Everything I've
got--going back to 1946, I think--is sealed beam. Not something
I've paid much attention to (until now).<br>
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<p> No comparison between HID and LED; my old Mustang had HID, which
I thought were good, but the new one has LED. When I turned the
HIDs on, there was a momentary burst of very bright light, then
they 'settled down.' I presumed that was because the xenon had to
get an amplified charge to illuminate (like florescents). The LEDs
illuminate everything in about a 120deg spread, below about 10
feet on low beams (do the new LED kits have this feature?). This
is old news, I'm sure, for anybody who's bought a new car with
LEDs in the last few years, but it's a revelation for me. <br>
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<p>Bob</p>
<p>ps. Anybody know the story why the US mandates sealed beams? <br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 9:28 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>
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<p>Wow ... that is a lot better price than Moss'. <br>
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<p>The headlamps on my BJ8 and, I think, my BN2 are sealed
beam. Anyone know if sealed beam was standard, or have
they been upgraded?</p>
<p>Bob<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As
mentioned previously, I purchased the special offer
Jeff had for the sealed headlamp conversion kit @
76.63 for the pair. Will install them next week and
let you know how the work in the garage. Do not
know when I will be driving the car as it is still
on jackstands.</span></p>
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