

| Subject: | Re: E-code lights/SA grille |
| From: | Mark Dorm |
| Date: | Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:13:20 PDT |
Explicitly legal in Washington and Massachusetts It's more than the wattage - the glass is a better lens.... >From: BenTbtstr8@aol.com > >In a message dated 8/27/00 9:44:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >mark_hb@hotmail.com writes: > ><< They'll be comparable, if they're E-code: since E-code throws some light >to > the right to help you read road signs - I don't think the square vs road > will make much difference in lighting the road - we're not making a movie > for one, and for another, the cut off is on the top and bottom for the >low > beam - since our eyes are side to side and not one on top of the other, >and > were scanning the road side to side and not the skyline for UFOs, it > shouldn't be a problem. > >> > >OK, so what planet are you from that your eyes don't scan forward as well? >Round (I know you didn't mean to say "road") lights have a slight edge on >distance vs. square lights. Put a visor on the top inch and bottom of your >round lights and you've got yourself a square light. Aside from the >different >light pattern, I believe people resort to using European specification >headlights because of the wider choice of bulb wattage. All illegal in the >US >by the by. > >BenT >E-people prefer rounds. H4 euro lights now in my: >79 MB 280TE (square) >72 911T >83 BMW 323i >83 BMW 323i >former 79 928 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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