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    Holley RetroBright headlamps? Good, bad or ugly?

    Bangin' headlights is similar to Dapper Lighting. They use off-the-shelf generic LED projector tech and find ways to adapt them to sealed beam form factors (be it 7", 5x7, etc.). They are not lighting experts and don't do any engineering work at all, they only get credit for subcontracting a...
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    Holley RetroBright headlamps? Good, bad or ugly?

    I saw a couple of comments complaining about early failures too, on Amazon reviews I think. In that sense I doubt Philips would be any worse than, say, the Chinese RetroBrights or the JW Speakers. The main thing there is to ensure there's a good return policy/warranty. This is a problem with...
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    Holley RetroBright headlamps? Good, bad or ugly?

    Sadly not much. When it comes to function over form, Philips came out with their "Integral beam" 7" and according to Daniel Stern those are the best round headlights right now. Second place is still the JW Speakers 8700 Classics. In some photos they look acceptably vintage, but I'm sure they are...
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    Very specific headlight request

    The Koitos are actually pretty good at avoiding this. I don't know how they manage it but they retain an almost identical low beam pattern when switching to the high beam filament. No wonder why Daniel Stern considers them the best 7" reflector. The Hellas have a great low beam OR a great high...
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    Very specific headlight request

    Yeah, I saw the thread and the discussion around the Holley Retrobrights. Honestly, they are not that bad and are a big upgrade from actual sealed beams or crappy H4 reflectors, old cars with highly resistive wiring, bad alternators and voltage regulators and misaligned, rusty adjusters. Having...
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    Very specific headlight request

    Hi folks, Having all my other cars retrofitted or OEM-equipped with great HID and LED projectors (EvoX-R 2.0, Morimoto Mini D2S and OEM BMW Adaptive LED), I'm left wanting better light output for my Japanese "classic" car. Right now it has 7" Koito H4 sealed beam replacements which are widely...
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    New Truck-Lite LED headlamps

    Just saw this by chance. Forget about sealed beam sizes, you will have better luck using the standard 90mm headlights. There are several options when it comes to mounting brackets for them. JW Speaker has pedestals for their Model 93s and I'm sure you can get the Hella 90mm or the Morimoto...
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    OSRAM Street Legal LED Headlight Bulbs.

    Since I just went through a similar thing: You can safely install the Osram Nightbreakers. Both the US and European legislation aim to minimize glare and maximize visibility so technicalities aside, you won't have issues, especially if your car is listed as tested. Here is the big caveat which...
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    OSRAM Street Legal LED Headlight Bulbs.

    I see a few familiar ones there. I've been through some of those. I don't claim to be an expert myself, but that's indeed the other extreme. I like debating with experts, though, because sometimes the "real world" aspect is missing from their perspective. I have a 50 year old car that was...
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    OSRAM Street Legal LED Headlight Bulbs.

    It sounds like you haven't tried a lot of those eBay/Amazon bulbs then. There is a clear advantage. I wouldn't say revolutionary, but there are certain areas where a properly engineered, brand-name LED bulb will excel: - Power drop - Fan noise - Flicker - Ability to reuse factory dust covers -...
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    Glass versus plastic headlight lenses

    The BMW E36 also had plastic lenses in the US and glass for EU. I definitely consider glass better, but there comes a point where glass is unsalvageable, especially if you do a lot of highway driving and the pitting damages it significantly. There's simply no amount of polishing that can...
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    OSRAM Street Legal LED Headlight Bulbs.

    I didn't bother reading absolutely all replies, but I just installed a set of the newer version (black bulbs) of the street legal Osram Nightbreaker LED in my Pathfinder r50 (H4 reflector housings), so I can tell you how things went: My Pathfinder has very crappy reflectors. With incandescent...
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    Still dropping voltage after installing relay kit

    I haven't seen anything thicker than 16AWG made specifically for H4 bulbs. Your best bet is getting an off-road relay kit for LED bars and auxiliary lights and adapting it to work with H4. I've seen up to 12AWG. Here is one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GIVWPXY/?tag=cpf0b6-20 You could get 2...
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    Still dropping voltage after installing relay kit

    Nobody makes them. If you're patient you can build your own relay kit with different gauges for different things. 3 sleeved 10AWG wires are probably too stiff and cumbersome to route through most factory places, so that's a factor too. I think 14AWG is more than sufficient. There are calculators...
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    Holley RetroBright headlamps? Good, bad or ugly?

    The Retrobrights were announced around Q4 2021. It may not be too long before they come up with version 2. Unless almost none were sold and they cancel the whole thing or just keep making the same one forever. I had them in my cart in TRS' website and saw them going out of stock often, so that'd...
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