[DeTomaso] LED headlights revisited

Mon May 1 16:28:25 EDT 2023

Kurt, the Holley options are very highly regarded but these also work well:

H4-

IPCW CWC-7006 7" Plain Round... 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OMEPEU?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

AUXITO H4 9003 

HB2 LED Headlight...

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TQLK6SH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

> On May 1, 2023, at 14:57, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    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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>   1. 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
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   Kurt, the Holley options are very highly regarded but these also work
   well:

   H4-
   IPCW CWC-7006 7" Plain Round...
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OMEPEU?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
   AUXITO H4 9003
   HB2 LED Headlight...
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TQLK6SH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

     On May 1, 2023, at 14:57, Ken Green via DeTomaso
     <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     Would these work:
     [1]https://www.amazon.com/Morimoto-Headlight-Motorcycles-Motorhomes-L
   F8
     02/dp/B09CLV1HW9/ref=asc_df_B09CLV1HW9/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hv
   ad
     id=532606083338&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17372185325313369268&hvpone=&h
   vp
     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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   References
     1.
   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-1432
   037602203&psc=1
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