[DeTomaso] LED headlights revisited

Mon May 1 14:57:37 EDT 2023

 Would these work:
https://www.amazon.com/Morimoto-Headlight-Motorcycles-Motorhomes-LF802/dp/B09CLV1HW9/ref=asc_df_B09CLV1HW9/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532606083338&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17372185325313369268&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031050&hvtargid=pla-1432037602203&psc=1

    On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 11:21:25 AM PDT, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  

   Hey MIke
  Interesting, I have the Vader 4x6 headlight with Hella Glass Housing on
  my Car. Have been looking for LEDs for a while, The LED bulbs I tried
  didn't fit the Hella Housing. So instead of trying to make New Tech fit
  the Old Tech, I bought a Pair of 4x6 LED Seal Beam lights from Auxbeam.
  Should get them tomorrow. They don't look Original, and that's OK, as I
  not so much in to Original with 4x6 Headlights.
  Curt

  On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 10:59:34 AM PDT, MIKE DREW via DeTomaso
  <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
  Guys,
  Here is a copy and paste from a guy I donat know, driving a vintage
  Alfa. FWIWa|.
  aaa-
  Last year, driving the ALFA home from the fabulous Snowball after party
  was made even more stressful than the usual nervousness of trying to
  not get crushed on I-80 by an SUV ... because my headlights were
  unacceptably feeble.
  The car already had relays in the headlight circuit. But the plexiglass
  covers made me worry that my typical approach to this problem - Cibie
  E-Codes with high output bulbs - would run into heat dissipation
  problems. I looked at various LED H4 bulbs and didn't like any of them
  - not the least because they pretty much all depend on a small fan to
  cool the driver, and we're back to heat dissipation problems.
  At some point last year, Holley/Morimoto released their "looks like a
  sealed beam but is actually a modern LED assembly" RetroBright
  headlight. Available in 7" and 5-3/4" and 4x6". Available in cool white
  and period-correct warm white and yellow(!). No fan, just a big
  heatsink off the back.
  They are not cheap, but neither are E-codes.
  They fit easily into the (fairly shallow) headlight buckets.
  The look like sealed beams.
  They are a wonderful improvement - during last night's drive down 80
  from the fabulous Snowball after party, I didn't once feel that I was
  outdriving my headlights.
  (I've also replaced pretty much all of the glimmering incandescent
  running lights with colored LEDs in an attempt to be seen at night.
  superbrightleds.com has a really wide variety of styles and bases now.)
  aaa
  YMMV,
  Mike
  Sent from my iPad
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   Would these work:
   [1]https://www.amazon.com/Morimoto-Headlight-Motorcycles-Motorhomes-LF8
   02/dp/B09CLV1HW9/ref=asc_df_B09CLV1HW9/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvad
   id=532606083338&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17372185325313369268&hvpone=&hvp
   two=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031050&hvtargid=pla-1
   432037602203&psc=1

   On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 11:21:25 AM PDT, Curt Hall
   <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
     Hey MIke
     Interesting, I have the Vader 4x6 headlight with Hella Glass Housing
   on
     my Car. Have been looking for LEDs for a while, The LED bulbs I tried
     didn't fit the Hella Housing. So instead of trying to make New Tech
   fit
     the Old Tech, I bought a Pair of 4x6 LED Seal Beam lights from
   Auxbeam.
     Should get them tomorrow. They don't look Original, and that's OK, as
   I
     not so much in to Original with 4x6 Headlights.
     Curt
     On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 10:59:34 AM PDT, MIKE DREW via DeTomaso
     <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Guys,
     Here is a copy and paste from a guy I donat know, driving a vintage
     Alfa. FWIWa|.
     aaa-
     Last year, driving the ALFA home from the fabulous Snowball after
   party
     was made even more stressful than the usual nervousness of trying to
     not get crushed on I-80 by an SUV ... because my headlights were
     unacceptably feeble.
     The car already had relays in the headlight circuit. But the
   plexiglass
     covers made me worry that my typical approach to this problem - Cibie
     E-Codes with high output bulbs - would run into heat dissipation
     problems. I looked at various LED H4 bulbs and didn't like any of
   them
     - not the least because they pretty much all depend on a small fan to
     cool the driver, and we're back to heat dissipation problems.
     At some point last year, Holley/Morimoto released their "looks like a
     sealed beam but is actually a modern LED assembly" RetroBright
     headlight. Available in 7" and 5-3/4" and 4x6". Available in cool
   white
     and period-correct warm white and yellow(!). No fan, just a big
     heatsink off the back.
     They are not cheap, but neither are E-codes.
     They fit easily into the (fairly shallow) headlight buckets.
     The look like sealed beams.
     They are a wonderful improvement - during last night's drive down 80
     from the fabulous Snowball after party, I didn't once feel that I was
     outdriving my headlights.
     (I've also replaced pretty much all of the glimmering incandescent
     running lights with colored LEDs in an attempt to be seen at night.
     superbrightleds.com has a really wide variety of styles and bases
   now.)
     aaa
     YMMV,
     Mike
     Sent from my iPad
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