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Re: [Tigers] Headlights-Non tiger

To: "CoolVT@aol.com" <CoolVT@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Headlights-Non tiger
From: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:15:21 -0500
Never seen 7" non sealed beam lights made from plastic.  All the ones I buy
are glass still.

The reflector is equally as important if not more too....

On Feb 6, 2012, at 11:47 AM, CoolVT@aol.com wrote:

> I like the idea of Tigers having sealed beams. My experience with
> non-sealed beams is that the power of the bulb doesn't matter as much as the
optic
> design of the plastic lens...and I think they are all  plastic  now.  The
> large Fords ..ie...LTD's, Mercury Marquis etc.  were  horrible. I had
occasion
> to ride with cops in LTD's and they had their high  beams on in the city as
> much as possible. Later I owned a Merc. Marquis  and it was the same
> thing...... horrible.  I had the lights  re-aimed to factory specs and still
> horrible. I tried 100W high beams and no  improvement. At the same time my
Volvo
> 240 had the best factory lights  (55W) that I have ever seen. Maybe it has
> something to do with the 240 and  it's lens being almost flat in front of
the
> bulb.  It must be one major  task for the factory to get light to focus
> with the swooping shape of today's  headlights.
> Mark L
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