Mark,
How do they compare to xenon bulbs? I switched from halogen to xenon
and they are certainly brighter. Also the same power.
- owain
On 4/15/08, Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd) <mark.rense@ge.com> wrote:
> Just want to remind the group about the GE Nighthawk high-output Sealed
> Beam Headlamps I had a hand in bringing to the market place a few years
> ago. They are a drop-in replacement, 30% brighter than a standard
> Halogen (about 200% brighter than those old Lucas incandescents), yet
> the low beam is only 35 watts. I run my headlights 100% in both my
> Tigers as DRLs and no issues with either car's generator keeping up.
>
> The correct lamp for our Tigers (and Alpines too) is the H6024NH GE
> NIGHTHAWK(tm) H6024NH PAR56 (7") PC: 28153
>
> They are sold on Amazon, by Wal-Mart and any auto parts store that
> handles GE Lamps.
>
> What's the down side? The lamp life has been diminished by 10% or so. A
> fair price to pay for seeing better in the dark!
>
> Bugz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces+mark.rense=ge.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces+mark.rense=ge.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Stu Brennan
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:27 AM
> To: 'Robert J. Wanty'; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Headlights
>
> When I got my Tiger, when it was 10 years old, it still had a Lucas
> sealed beam headlight in it. Just like the cruddy sealed beams that
> were the only thing legal back in the day. Someone, the dealer or the
> first owner, may have tossed the Carellos on yours, but I doubt they
> were "stock", unless your car was first delivered in Europe.
>
> Back in the day, I put similar H4 headlights in everything I drove.
> Great! Now that US legal light are better, I use those on the Tiger.
> They don't rust out, like the H4 ones eventually do (in the salt belt,
> anyway).
>
> Stu
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