Schwartzworld
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Or more like the night blind RV. I have been spending a lot of time searching and reading about H7 bulbs. It all makes my head spin. Then I found this forum. I'm hoping to clear the dark nights with your help.
Here's the deal. I have a Coachmen RV that was built with knock off (Eagle Eyes) Audi A4 headlamp assemblies. I went through several bulbs trying to see where the heck we were going. They were no better than a flashlight. I even installed a relay to get more power to the bulb, didn't help. Worse yet, the high and low beam was one bulb and the high and low changed via a shutter. The passenger side shutter died and I only had one high beam. They had to go. Spent the winter looking for replacements and found these.
http://www.spyderautо.com/product.php?id=PRO-YD-AA405-DRL-BK&t=spyder
What I liked was the separate low and high beam. Finally got them installed. Auto headlamps installed in an RV is done terribly. They didn't even use the headlamp assemblies mounting points, just self tapping screws through an aluminium bracket and into the plastic mount. I took a gamble and took out the relay figuring the low beams had to be great now. Well, they are better but a nasty yellow and we still can't see that far. I can put the relay back in, not too hard to rewire, all the wiring is easy to get to. However, I have no idea what kind of bulb (other than an H7) is in there.
So, what do you recommend for a replacement H7 bulb? I have looked at HID and LED, I know those are not looked at favorably here but I had to explore the options. This vehicle is only used 6 to 7 months out of the year and only sees night driving once in a while. Even so, I still need to see where I'm going. I really wish the Osram Ralley H7 was still available. That would have solved all my problems.
Thanks for the help
Fred
Here's the deal. I have a Coachmen RV that was built with knock off (Eagle Eyes) Audi A4 headlamp assemblies. I went through several bulbs trying to see where the heck we were going. They were no better than a flashlight. I even installed a relay to get more power to the bulb, didn't help. Worse yet, the high and low beam was one bulb and the high and low changed via a shutter. The passenger side shutter died and I only had one high beam. They had to go. Spent the winter looking for replacements and found these.
http://www.spyderautо.com/product.php?id=PRO-YD-AA405-DRL-BK&t=spyder
What I liked was the separate low and high beam. Finally got them installed. Auto headlamps installed in an RV is done terribly. They didn't even use the headlamp assemblies mounting points, just self tapping screws through an aluminium bracket and into the plastic mount. I took a gamble and took out the relay figuring the low beams had to be great now. Well, they are better but a nasty yellow and we still can't see that far. I can put the relay back in, not too hard to rewire, all the wiring is easy to get to. However, I have no idea what kind of bulb (other than an H7) is in there.
So, what do you recommend for a replacement H7 bulb? I have looked at HID and LED, I know those are not looked at favorably here but I had to explore the options. This vehicle is only used 6 to 7 months out of the year and only sees night driving once in a while. Even so, I still need to see where I'm going. I really wish the Osram Ralley H7 was still available. That would have solved all my problems.
Thanks for the help
Fred
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