>The pattern is bad.  Adding more lumens/candelas to the bad pattern doesn't
>help.

Agreed. I put 6V QH bulbs into my 57 Panel's stock headlight buckets
(ribbed glass). Nice and bright. No pattern at all, and couldn't see
where I was going! I 12-volted it & fitted proper H4 units. Wunderbar!

>My choice as a vanagon user rather than worshipper is 7" round sharp cutoff
>H4 headlights.  The cutoff when aimed properly doesn't jacklight the owls
>and offers a far superior beam spread for normal driving.  The cutoff will
>illuminate the rear view mirror on a low car at less than 50 feet or so.

Not if correctly adjusted... the cutoff should produce a horizontal
edge to the beam, just below your average sedan's rear window bottom.

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Andrew Grebneff
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