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Old Jul 8, 2018 | 08:40 PM
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i have the european headlight installed in
my car and i was wondering if i can replace the light biulb to a white/led to make it brighter ?

i have a spare quadlight set also, should i use that ome or the european headlight
 
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Old Jul 8, 2018 | 11:51 PM
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I gave LED's a go some time back and found they would not switch between high and low beam although they would flash to high beam with the stork manually. May have been bad units but may also be to do with the beam latching set up in the relay.
The light output looked to me like a backward step anyway so I never followed up on the reason for the malfunction.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 12:44 AM
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I'd stick to the standard H4 bulbs, I've not had trouble seeing things at night with them, assuming they are aimed correctly.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 02:23 AM
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And stick with the European single-piece lights. It was designed for them, after all.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 03:14 AM
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I used "slightly illegal" 55/90 W H4 bulbs. There was no harm to the wiring.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 02:44 PM
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will that work on European single piece light ? Where you buy it ?
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 03:44 PM
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I do have European lights. I don't remember where I bought them from. An internet search is in order.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 05:43 PM
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 06:15 PM
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I'm yet to see a low priced LED bulb with acceptable pattern. In addition the low beam stays always on, not desirable at high speed IMO.
 

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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 08:34 PM
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do you have the european headlight ? does the bulb comes out or the headlight is sealed ?
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 08:35 PM
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do you have the european headlight ? does the bulb comes out or the headlight is sealed ?....
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 08:43 PM
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Yes I do, bulb is replaceable, not sealed. There is a 100/55 W H4 in amazon.com, but it probably is for US headlight. Does not give you correct pattern in euro light.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 10:31 PM
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did you modify any wiring or you just plug it ?
 
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Old Jul 9, 2018 | 10:49 PM
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I thought the pattern was made by the reflector, and not by the bulb?

In any case: https://www.danielsternlighting.com
 
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Old Jul 10, 2018 | 07:37 AM
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Romel,
The quad headlight setup will give you more light than the single one will as it gives you the H4 and the H1 on main beam. Also more adjustable. The only difference in the headlights (both types), is the beam pattern. They come in lefthand dip for RHD or righthand dip for LHD cars. This simply means that when you go to low beam the light pattern dips or goes down to the pavement/sidewalk side of the car. This so that the light doesn't shine onto the oncoming cars. Saying that l believe some US spec lights unlike the ROW, simply dip straight down.
The light pattern is set by the front lens, it is either a LHD or RHD pattern. The problem with LED H4s is the way the LEDs light focuses inside the headlight casing compared to the incandescent bulbs. That's why it is important in the LHD world not to buy UK (RHD) headlights. :-)
 
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