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    Do Cibie Oscar and Cibie Oscar SC use the same housing?

    For anybody else finding this in the future, I have found some evidence that the answer is yes. I'm going to try it out.
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    Do Cibie Oscar and Cibie Oscar SC use the same housing?

    Do regular 7" Cibie Oscar and Cibie Oscar SC use the same housing? Or is the Oscar SC housing different? Does anybody know? Thanks, the internet contains so little Oscar SC information.
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    Current best 6" x 8" sealed beam replacements

    There is somebody locally selling a set of used H6054 Carello H4 housings. I was unaware that Carello made them in this size, does anybody know if they're any good? I can find almost no mention of them online. I currently use Bosch units which I prefer over the Hellas. Tried AutoPal once, which...
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    A new Autoexpress headlight bulb test H4

    Their comparison of two bulbs doesn't make for much of a sample size. Surely a half dozen bulbs or more would have given a much better indicator of the consistency.
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Put the other Bosch housing back in and re-aimed my headlamps on Saturday. Definitely a slight improvement in the highbeam performance. Still going to purchase some Cibie's as soon as I can though.
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    LED headlight/fog-light accents on a 2004 Ford F-150

    In addition to the usual discussion of the illegality of modifying your lighting, it should be pointed out that the LED DRLs on all the new Audi's turn off when you use the turn signal. If say you're turning left, the left LED DRL turns off for the duration of time that your blinker is in use...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Okay, that makes sense. I neglected to take into account that the beam on an ellipsoidal theatre fixture is adjustable from hard to soft. We optimize at the sharpest setting but usually don't use them that way.
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Would you care to elaborate? When equipping an ellipsoidal theatre fixture with a new lamp we optimize the beam by tweaking the position of the lamp within the reflector until it is sharp all the way around the beam. Now in this case the goal is a circular beam, but if the positioning of the...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    That recommendation seems to be universal. :) No but it does mean that the lamp is optimally positioned within the reflector, which is half the battle.
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Crap, double post.
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    You really are quite thorough aren't you. :) Unfortunately the Brazilian market Voyage headlights require a different grille that is no longer available. A good friend of mine has a set of those on his wagon, but I have just realized that I have never been in it at night so I don't know what...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    They're H6054 200mm conversion housings on a Volkswagen Fox. Currently the one on the drivers side is a Hella E-code and the passenger side one is a Bosch E-code that also has DOT certification. Normally I run the Bosch ones but I have this single Hella I borrowed in as a test. The Hella is a...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Thanks for the link. Unfortunately all those lights have to do to make him happy is be better than his OEM headlights. Not hard to do with a Chrysler minivan. I'm trying to add a partial lowbeam type effect into my highbeams, which is an unusual thing to be doing I think. The highbeams...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Hmm... That's disappointing. Any chance they've got decent width? I'm running E-code conversion housings in place of sealed beam headlight,s and while I absolutely love the low beam pattern, the highbeam pattern lacks width closer to the car. I'm hoping to find something to use as a wider fill...
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    Hella XL beam pattern

    Hi, there is a guy selling a NOS set of Hella XL lamps locally. I have been searching the web in general and this site in particular for information on them, but have been unable to find much. Does anybody know if the beam pattern US DOT style lowbeam or ECE style with the cutoff? Thanks in...
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