You will still need the adapter I was telling you about in order to plug directly into the H4 bulb. It has a different blade design. It's no big deal... but just so you know.
-Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Larry Velez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: H4 lights I spoke to Mark@Adirondack and he cleared everything up. I was trying to use a "regular" bulb in the H4 and it obviously didn't fit. I knew I needed H4 bulbs but I thought the regular one would fit for now just not light things up correctly. So I ordered the other H4 and two 55/100 bulbs. I figure since I drive around in the city so much I don't need the 80/100s and everyone says that the 55/100s are very good when relayed. Ordered a new grill as well. So I will a nice bright new lighting system soon. thanx all, Larry 91 GTI 16V At 10:13 AM 5/10/2001 -0400, Chuck Simpson wrote: >I'm a little confused on your situation. >I think that in order to use the H4 headlight *and* H4 bulb, you will >have to buy an adapter (9003 or 9004 i think) from the local autoparts >store and replace your standard bulb adapter. I don't think you >can use a USDOT bulb in your H4 headlight... it just doesn't >fit. The H4 bulb will plug right into the new adapter you bought >from the autoparts store. They don't usually sell *H4* adapters, since >they don't really sell them around here, as far as I know. I could >be wrong on that assumption. > >If you want to dramatically improve your lighting, then listen to >what John Cadwell had to say about relays. I couldn't agree more >with him! > >I bought two new H4 headlights, 80w/100w H4 bulbs, 55w/60w bulbs, two >bosch relays, and a spool of 10awg wire. Wired everything up, and >I was in complete awe when I saw how much better my headlights were! >When one of my 80/100 bulbs blew, I replaced it with a 55/60w bulb. >To tell you the truth, with those two bulbs side by side, I could >*barely* tell a difference between the light output. Since then, my >other 80/100w bulb blew, and I'm running two 55/60w's... and the >road in front of me is almost like complete daylight. :) >I wouldn't bother buying a brighter bulb, just because of the fact >that the difference is almost negligible. Besides, the 80/100 bulbs >didn't last but maybe a month. I was sort of pissed about that. > >Anyways... check out: http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays/ >There is a good write up on why you should use relays, and a nice >diagram on how to wire everything up. > >Now, all I have to do is figure out how to improve my foglights. > >-Chuck Simpson >'92 GTI 16V (http://www.a2ipb.com/~csimpson/GTI) _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
