Hella XL beam pattern

[BenVincent]

I had a set on my 1989 Jeep Cherokee. I should have removed them and kept them for my 2001 Cherokee that was on order when I sold my 89.

In Texas there are many rural farm to market roads that run along property lines. Meaning they wind this way and that but also have straight stretches as well. I could use my high beams to see the next turn coming up and use the XL's for lighting up the edges of the road where wildlife and livestock love to jump out at you.

The XL's had a wider beam pattern than regular low beams which really made them beneficial.

I had them mounted on the bumper which put them about 6 to 8 inches lower than the head lights. That helped make them better in the fog than the regular low beams too.

My Cherokee was at factory ride height so I don't know how the XL's would work mounted lower on a regular passenger car. I aimed them according to the instructions and never had anyone complain about them the few times I forgot and used them in town along with the regular low beams.

 

[PhillyRube]

I had several sets of Hella H-4 replacement headlights, which had the sharp left side cutoff. Always loved them, plus the lens was real glass. Harley used to market a E-code headlight assembly for the Road Glide, which as the fixed fairings. Most other Harleys use the 7" standard sealed beam bulb. By the time I upgraded to the Road Glide, those Ecodes are no wheres to be found. You can get the English conversion set, which has the right side cutoff, but those don't work too well here.

Know well the problem of new cars. I'm drooling thinking about Super Oscars and Marchal 700s.......WOW!! I'm trying to figure out a way to mount some rectangular Hella 500s on a Ford Edge, and the only way I can figure to get the lights down low is to drill holes inside the grill at the bottom, where there is a steel reinforcing rib, and then use some flat stock to make a bracket that sticks out. Need something potent since the plastic headlight assemblies are fogged over (there was a good thread on this in the forum).