Best recommendation for headlights
10-27-2011, 08:31 PM
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Yes you are right I should have added the 7" H4's are pretty good and a lot cheaper.
Roger
Yes you are right I should have added the 7" H4's are pretty good and a lot cheaper.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
10-27-2011, 08:40 PM
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) no matter how I aimed them. They (HID's) are not well suited to H5's IMHO.You're right. That's a good example of and what I meant by lenses and beam control. Euro lenses are what make the H-4's great - they throw a beam with _very_ controlled light dispersion.
7" Euro Hellas running H-4's, available at your Flaps, are better than 8" H-5's. (Note that referring to headlights by the type of bulb they use is technically incorrect, even though it works for our purposes)
10-27-2011, 09:09 PM
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10-28-2011, 07:01 PM
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10-28-2011, 08:21 PM
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10-28-2011, 09:01 PM
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I have the 7" H4s in mine '85 (Made by Bosch, Canadian Tire used to sell them) and they are fantastic. Drove one with H5 and they are terrible. Considering that a complete 7" kit will be around $100, and it gives 90% of the 8"H4s performance, it will be hard to pass by. They are dead simple to replace to, same procedure as replacing the exisitning sealed beams, a direct drop in, no cutting/splicing of any kind.
10-28-2011, 11:38 PM
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10-28-2011, 11:47 PM
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Maybe it's just me, but I really can't stand those chrome rings and the recessed headlight look of the early US cars. One of the first things I did to my former '86 was to get 8" H4's, it made the car look 100 times better.
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10-29-2011, 12:00 AM
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