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headlamp options

Post by bobafettv » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:02 am

Hi has anybody upgraded their headlamp bulbs if so what's the verdict on the best legal lamps cheers

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Re: headlamp options

Post by cpt black » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:23 am

100w bulbs but you will need to get ceramic bulb connectors as the old
Probe ones burn out ;)

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Re: headlamp options

Post by Kit » Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:35 pm

In the States & one guy I know over here have gone down the LED route.
Bright but no beam pattern

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Re: headlamp options

Post by simps » Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:55 pm

I have LEDs in my TR7, but unless you pay decent money for then, they are crap, I think I paid £160 for a pair of H4s

also if the car is post 1986 they are, strictly speaking illegal

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Re: headlamp options

Post by Sunfly » Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:50 am

simps wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:55 pm
I have LEDs in my TR7, but unless you pay decent money for then, they are crap, I think I paid £160 for a pair of H4s

also if the car is post 1986 they are, strictly speaking illegal
LED headlights dazzle me and give me a headache but when you are behind the wheel they don’t seem that good and what a cold uncomfortable light. Should be banned or de intensified in my opinion.

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Re: headlamp options

Post by simps » Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:08 pm

That's cheap LEDs for you!

but I do get your point

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Re: headlamp options

Post by mmm24v » Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:23 pm

I used Philips Ultinon led bulbs in the past,seemed to work well

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Re: headlamp options

Post by EmulateDJ » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:52 am

If you're after just bulbs I got these, relatively cheap and quite a nice colour compared to standard yellow-ish halogen

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Re: headlamp options

Post by EmulateDJ » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:53 am

EmulateDJ wrote:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:52 am
If you're after just bulbs I got these, relatively cheap and quite a nice colour compared to standard yellow-ish halogen
Don't forget to solder on 2 of these too as the old connectors are pretty naff :lol:

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Re: headlamp options

Post by cpt black » Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:08 pm

As said get ceramic holders ;)

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