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Subject:Bad Headlights
Date:Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:36:55 -0600

Hi Derek,
        Thanks for the information on the low voltage at the headlights.  I
have been running 100 watt H3 for about a year now.  It has passed state
safety inspections with no problem.  I also removed most of the shield
inside the low beam headlights.  The bulb is almost completely covered by a
metel shield.  I removed the sides of the shield and left the small ring
infront of the bulb.  I was afraid that by removing it, that I might blind
oncomming drivers.  I have seen a marked inprovement in the light to the
sides and some inprovement in distance.  I have been thinking about removing
the rest of the shield.  There is a black painted shield on the top of the
bulb, that should be sufficent to prevent blinding people.   
        Thanks again for the info.
Colin A Moran

K&M Ranch
'86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick"

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