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    More Lighting Questions... 1977 M-B 450SL Taillamps

    So, despite what the Sylvania bulb guide wants one to believe, my 450SL uses a 6418 festoon bulb as the tail lamp, and I'm wondering if there is a better replacement out there, since I'm already replacing all of the signal/brake lamps with the Honda/Stanley parts. They don't have to be super...
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    146mm Headlamp Options

    I ordered a set of the Koitos from Dan Stern, for exactly that reason! I figure if both you and Dan say they're good, they have to be worth it. The Hellas weren't even an option, because I remembered reading, a long time ago, that they were inadequate at best, and I value safe, effective...
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    146mm Headlamp Options

    I'm back, with a newly-acquired R107 450SL, and I'm looking for solid options in the 146mm headlight range, that won't make the car look like some sort of weird space alien wannabe. It seems that Cibie and Bosch options are pretty much impossible to find these days, so here's where I'm reaching...
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    Driving Light Conundrum...

    Agreed. And that's the reason I ordered the bar. :) It depends purely on how much space I have to work with, when I do my mockups. If I can fit them, then I'm thinking 7" round Cibies with 5.75" round highs, because I have an extra pair of each lying around. If the 5.75" rounds fit, but the 7"...
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    Driving Light Conundrum...

    Naturally, I saw this about 20 minutes after I bought the Cibie 275 set... So, obviously I went ahead and bought the LED bar for the Buick, and I'm putting the Cibies on my eternally-in-progress Volvo 242 GT. Nifty vintage lights on the nifty vintage car, and modern lighting on the one I have...
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    Driving Light Conundrum...

    So, I'm trying to decide what I want to do for driving lights on my '94 Roadmaster wagon, and I've narrowed it down to Super Oscars, a set of NOS Cibie 95 driving lamps, a set of NOS Cibie 275 driving lamps and the Hella 4000 euro-beam. The good thing is, the Buick is a big car with a lot of...
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    Thoughts on retrofiting LED tail, marker, and brake lights

    Contrast between the running/brake lights is critical, IMO. Some cars with some housings do very well with some LEDs... For example, the 65 Olds 98 I had a few years ago, and my old Dodge Dynasty both did very, very well with the Philips LEDs that Dan Stern recommended, but the Volvo 940 wagon I...
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    94 Buick Roadmaster Lighting Upgrade Advice?

    You mean those lights from Jimmy's Headlight Emporium with the RGB halos, Grade F projectors and the super-thin, pre-distorted polycarbonate lenses designed by someone who was two sheets to the wind on a Friday afternoon aren't fit for road use? Color me surprised. /s I'm not surprised there...
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    94 Buick Roadmaster Lighting Upgrade Advice?

    So, I have a new (to me) 94 Roadmaster Estate and the lighting is...dismal, compared to my Volvo 242. Admittedly, it /is/ cheating to compare the Buick to the Volvo, because the Volvo has 7" Cibie E-codes with Philips XtremeVisions and a relay harness, but the point still stands... I have a new...
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    Use JW Speaker 8700 Evolution J2 as a sealed-beam replacement?

    It's really tempting to buy and experiment, since it's only ~60 more for a pair of the J2s than for a single Evo2...
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    Use JW Speaker 8700 Evolution J2 as a sealed-beam replacement?

    So, I'm seriously considering putting the 8700 Evo 2s in my Volvo 242, or, at least I was until I noticed that Amazon has a Prime-exclusive deal to get a pair of the 8700 Evo J2s for $399. At that cost, it seems almost worth adapting the wiring harness to drive the J2s rather than spending the...
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    GMT400 Headlight Upgrades? Options?

    So, I'm about to pick up a late GMT400 Silverado, because I found a deal I couldn't pass up on a '98 2500, and I'm wondering if there are any ways to make the lighting better than stock on it (Read: I want it to be roughly equivalent to and/or better than my Volvo 242 with a relay harness and...
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