[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 5, Issue 118

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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

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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>
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> 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