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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