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Re: replace headilights

To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: replace headilights
From: Paul Root <ptroot@iaces.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:22:28 -0600
About a month ago, there was a link to a wiring company that
had a kit for upgrading headlights. Seems $50 got you wiring
that included relays and connections.   Seems like a good deal.

Paul Hunt wrote:
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> It is doubtful whether 30 year old wiring, switches and connectors are up to
> the job of the factory lighting!  *Any* upgrade really should be accompanied
> by relays and ideally separate fusing for each filament.  The only exception
> to this is if the new units take less current than the original.  Factory
> HIDs certainly take less than factory halogen in equivalent modern cars, but
> modern halogens probably take more than original MGB units.  The headlamp
> trim ring certainly doesn't twist to come off, the bottom has to be pulled
> or levered forwards.  It is retained by a spring-clip which rusts and
> becomes very reluctant to slide off, it can take some force, at which point
> a puller is better than levering against the paintwork.
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> PaulH.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> there was a discussion about which headlights to use to get better
> lighing,
>> while stayihng in the general handling range of the current electircal
>> systmem.    i'd like to go down that road, but have look at the headlight
>> chrome covers, and am baffled as to how to remove them.




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