Our 85 300CD has Euro lights with some high output bulbs from Daniel [can't remember last name] Lighting. I thought they were great and was proud of them. But the long-time Benz gurus here in Seattle have declared them inappropriate for our area here because of the hills around here. The sharp upper cutoff in the pattern either leaves the driver blind when climbing hills or blinds the oncoming traffic when descending, or both. And that is exactly what happens. With low beams we get flashed by oncoming drivers going uphill, but the pattern is on spec and is scary enough on hills without lowering it further. The old DOT headlights don't have that problem. Bruce
Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I've been trying to hold back but, what is it about "improved" > lighting? I have absolutely no problem with the standard headlights in > my 240D and I pretty much can't imagine why I'd need more light. I > almost never use the highbeams now... If you never get to go where it's very dark, the differences in lighting are much less apparent. Most people live and drive where there is lots of traffic, or streetlights. And people's eye sensitivity does vary a lot, it seems to me. The benefit of the Hella E-codes in the SL was _not_ the 'improved' lighting pattern, though there is some difference there, but the fact that higher wattage bulbs can then be used. The true euro lights of the Frankenheap do have a nice low-beam pattern. An even wide spread with a sharp cutoff and a nice rise to the right. But, given that it uses R2 bulbs and the reflectors are aged they're none too bright. It's rarely dark enough to appreciate their lighting pattern. One of the R2's died and I flanged in an H4. It's notably brighter, but the pattern degraded a bit. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Bruce 82 300CD 334kmi 'His' 85 300CD 240kmi 'Hers' 75 240D 202kmi 'Donner' 77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 18 17:53:41 2006 Received: from [70.184.21.183] (helo=[192.168.1.100]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1EzHV3-0000Ut-Pu for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:53:40 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:53:39 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] glue oozing mirror X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:53:42 -0000 uses one are much much cheaper. Trampas wrote: > I have several doing the same thing, I assumed it was glue. I even had the > mirror on the 85 300SD break, well the plastic on the back of mirror broke > such that spring for the night/day mode came out. $70 and a call to Rusty > fixed it. > > Trampas > > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
