Great info here! Thanks, guys! I've been considering the Hella's but this threat reminded me of the Cibie's. I may give them a try...

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I've been running Hella or Cibie H-4s for years on every vehicle I could. There's a huge difference - particularly since my night vision isn't what it used to be. Are they legal?.... no, probably not, but imo we have some really dumb DOT guidelines. I've always made sure mine are aimed properly..... and I've never had a LEO stop me for lights - even 20+ years ago before xenon/HID headlights were around. I'm only using 55/60W bukbs on the present Cibies, but will probably change to 80/90W when I run out of projects and install another relay and light harness. With properly aimed 80W low beams, there's really not much need to ever use the high beams... but when you do, they really light up the road.

Either Cibie or Hella are good - I have Cibies with the city light wired to come on with the parking lamps so I have daytime running lamps when I want them. The Cibie cornering/driving lamps are wired to work only with the high beams and the Hella fog lamps are wired to only work with the low beams.

Frank

Thank you!

I put in Hella H4s as well. Mine are E-codes, which means they have an intense beam (even low) but a very sharp cutoff, and a blip towards the upper right for illuminating signs. Absolute night and day (pun intended) compared to the sealed beam. An added bonus with the ones I got is they have an integrated low wattage city light, which is wired to my ACC circuit, as my DRL. They were pricey: I got em locally for 69.95 each, plus the bulbs ($5 ea). But well worth it, IMHO.

Phil

Yeah, the Hella's are $70 at my local Off Road shop as well. I thought they were a little pricey, but if the quality is there...

I'll figure it out eventually.