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I like the bulb type lights on my 4/4 but I would prefer to install sealed beams. Do I simply remove the chrome ring and the bulb light assembly and install a sealed beam light using the clips to hold the light to the rim? I'll keep the bulb type in case a future owner wants to go back to the original type.
Mark
1970 4/4 Morgan
Two '53 MG TD's
1949 MG TC
1988 Porsche Boxster
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I've done it the other way and that's all there is to it.
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Interesting conversion. Sealed beam units have all but died out over here.
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Studied understatement from Jays. Why would you want to degrade the performance of your headlights?
Tim H.
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Tim,
Are you saying that the bulb type lights are better than sealed beam? I thought that the sealed beam units are better. I will be doing driving at night and want the best light I can find along with ease of replacement. Can't get those bulbs easily unless I carry a spare at all times.
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Tim,
Are you saying that the bulb type lights are better than sealed beam? I thought that the sealed beam units are better. I will be doing driving at night and want the best light I can find along with ease of replacement. Can't get those bulbs easily unless I carry a spare at all times. Yes Marcus, that's exactly what I'm saying. Modern H4 bulbs and associated lenses are loads better than sealed beam units. I don't know what the situation is like in the US, but in the UK you can get H$ bulbs in more or less any service station. Sealed beam units, on the other hand, are like rocking-horse poo.
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+1 bulbs are what you need
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Well, maybe I'll just keep the units that I have and carry a spare bulb. That answers that! Here in the US I think that sealed beams are the only light allowed but no one is ever going to check them on this car especially since there is no annual inspection required for a car that is registered as an antique.
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Go for Cibie H180 headlamp units together with Night Breaker H4 bulbs - best light distribution going without modifying to run HIDs...
I still have sealed beams on my land Rover, only because of the possibility of water ingress to a headlamp when off-roading (and I haven't done any of that for years).
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Marcus, I suspect this pdf will provide the answer: H4 bulbs in USA Probably worth talking to them (Candlepower) as it seems there is no problem getting a compliant bulb, just that you need to know what you want.
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