standard classic headlights brighter bulbs required

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14 March 2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkeydile

I changed the standard lights on my classic to some Phillips H4 100w bulbs. They should produce a whiter and brighter light but seem to be the same as before. TBH I'm thinking the classic will always suffer with lights due to poor design...

Maybe not. Philips bulbs are usually very good, but higher WATTAGE bulbs, (as against X% uprated bulbs), can suffer from poor optical performance, so that the extra light isn't focused very well.
A bit like aftermarket HID kits

Auto Express consistently found this with higher wattage bulbs.

And then there's the problems of the OE Scoob wiring: it's not very good, being on the thin side, so the bulbs suffer volts drop across the filaments. The answer is to put relays into the wiring and feed direct from the battery via thicker wires

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14 March 2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BOB'5

Surprise

Of course.

Under the same Road Traffic Act, aftermarket exhausts are illegal to use etc.

Police are clamping down on these and its been well publicised on local and national media.

Even Prodrive exhausts fell foul of the legislation (I think Prodrive have sorted this issue on newer models).

Cheers,

Bob

Well if the police are clamping down on such things its perhaps not a good idea for me to fit them.

I can see this appearing soon:- GB Anyone? For the hire of a solicitor for a 'class action' regarding a recent HID GB