Re: H-4 high beams vs Driving Lights (or:4000q upgrade options)

[adamnelson@juno.com]

While I have'nt used the specific H-4 used in the 4000, I have driven
with H-4's before and the low beam performance is dramatically better. I
find myself using low beams 95% percent of the time anyway, so this would
be the area I'd be looking to improve. Adding both fogs and driving
lights is difficult on a 4000 because there is barely room for one set of
auxilliary lights. Adding Hella fogs would give better performance by
themselves, but the effect of the bad lowbeams negates the effect. The
stock lights on the 4000 spray a lot of light up and to the sides on
lowbeam. This light is reflected back to you in fog, rain, or snow. The
H-4's do a lot less of this, so by themselves they improve foul weather
performance. If you find a good price, let me know, I'm stumbling in the
dark myself right now.



Adam Nelson '85 4000S, Blaupunkt cassette, Starbucks go cup, '69 Beetle,
1 piece
windows, hand held fan, '91 Vanagon, KYB Gas a Just, bug screens.
Columbus, Ohio
adamnelson@juno.com

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