DON'T BUY THESE THINGS!

[monkeyracing]

Since I had a few extra bucks in my pocket, and some time to surf eBay, I thought I'd take a chance on something. I bought these 7" round projector conversion headlamps. Shipping was fast, but the product is pure crap!!!

The H4 bulbs supplies (or any H4 for that matter) don't actually fit without hitting the projector lens. The beam pattern from them was about as focused as Brittney Spears, and the city lights won't even fit into a standard headlight bucket.

To top it off, one of the lenses cracked while being installed. No pressure on it...it just cracked. Maybe it was protesting being installed in a Festiva.

Anyway, they look kinda cool, but never, ever, ever buy these things!!! (and, they're not DOT approved)

[Festiva GTX]

I am curious what kind H4 watt you got which was crap? 90W/120W ?

[monkeyracing]

They were your basic, cheap ass, Chinese mass-produced-in-a-sweatshop-piece-of-crap 55/60w H4 bulbs, that someone dipped in blue paint for that "HID look." I don't imagine these particular bulbs would have lasted any more than a few weeks before cooking themselves to death. The heat they put out was quite insane, and the light they put out was negligible compared to anything I've ever seen.

Jim

[25Horseplay]

Re: DON'T BUY THESE THINGS!

The beam pattern from them was about as focused as Brittney Spears,

:sign5: OMG I almost fell out of my chair reading that! :lol: Otherwise I ike the look the lights have.

[Festiva_tunner]

I bought those cheepys once and it actually pressureized the bulbs due to the shear heat

[monkeyracing]

Yup, cheap bulbs suck. Pretty much anything that's not Sylvania/Osram or PIAA sucks really. They just plain make the best bulbs.

Now, if someone could find a way to do an LED headlamp bulb that actually cast light over a distance, and was affordable...I'd be on that like Oprah on a baked ham.

Jim

[festivaWES]

i have a set of 7" eurolite foglamps i never got around to installing in my front bumper of my hyundai but they aren't H4's. But i bet they are just a bright.

[monkeyracing]

I think I'll order the Hella H4 conversions through work. I can get a discount on them, and they kick ass. Plus, it'll just come off my paycheque, so I never have to deal with the pain of letting go of actual money.

Jim

[FB71]

hey Monk, what was you username over on FordSix? Sorry to hijack the thread, but I just remembered to ask...

[monkeyracing]

It was monkeyracing over there as well. I REALLY wanted to do the 200 six in my fox LTD, but couldn't get my local pals to support me on it. Their support is kind of vital, seeing as it's not my garage. Bastards!

[FB71]

dude, if you were closer, we'd be puttin that 200 in there right now!! I'm looking an A4LD conversion and turbo set-up for my 69 Falcon. I already picked up a few Aussie body parts for it...

[monkeyracing]

The really sad thing is that my friend finally got tired of having my 200 hanging around in his garage, so I had to get rid of it. While tearing it down for scrap, I discovered that the bearings were all absolutely perfect, the cylinders still had crosshatching and no ridge, and the timing set was brand freakin' new.

Oh well, I'm sure it's on it's way to Korea by now to be made into a Hyundai.

Jim

[FB71]

dude, that sucks!!! and Hyundai only wishes it could get metal that good... huh, maybe they do, they just mix it with twice the amount of garbage!!