nah. having too much fun now. maybe at some point thoughDamn there goes my anonymity.
Welcome Michael. Looking for an X now?
nah. having too much fun now. maybe at some point thoughDamn there goes my anonymity.
Welcome Michael. Looking for an X now?
The Z Beams I had were one of my favorite lights ever. I moved them from car to car for years. Eventually ended up with a car with square headlights and nothing to put them on (during the Great Fiat Famine in my life in the late eighties).
Thanks for the link!
Had the Hellas in my Scirocco 2. They were great as well. Not quite the Z Beams but very good lights. Sadly went with the car.I have a few sets of H4 and H1 Cibies from my 400i and assorted Alfas laying around too.
I'm a big fan of proper, European spec headlights and bulbs. Not a fan of throwing HID or LED bulbs in random housings or god forbid those stupid angel eye LED projector monstrosities that people throw into their Jeeps or Alfa Spiders. Ugh.
Just because lighting technology is "vintage" doesn't mean it's bad. You just need to choose the right product. As you stated with the Cibie Z and me with my Hellas.
This are not the ones that I posted the link to.I wonder if these replicas are any good?
7 in Cibie Z Beam Replica 1970's Headlamp Conversion H4 - Sports & Classics
7 inch Cibie Z Beam Replica 1970’s Headlamp Conversion kit. Price listed is for one pair (2 lights with H4 bulbs) Parts are brand new never installed. Cibie Replica Headlamp conversion kit one pair. Fits most 7 inch headlamp vehicles from the 1950’s thru the 1980’s. Brand new replicas of the...www.sportsandclassics.com
why not get a set and report back?And these all work with “insertable headlight harnesses”? Lol.
1. On my carCool - where are those relays located, and did you do any wire substitutions for larger gauge?
They are on his 850 Sport Coupe, a very different environment.Cool - where are those relays located, and did you do any wire substitutions for larger gauge?
Yes, you have an 850.1. On my car
2. No
I released the wires from the headlight connector to fit them thru the existing holes.Returning to this thread since I cannot see how the install of one of these Amazon specials will go. I can do the power from the battery with a longer wire that can go into this little hole (where that black wire is from the POs alarm install) and put the relays and sockets in the passenger pod, but with these setups you need to run a set of wires from the passenger pod to the drivers pod. There is already an access hole on the passenger side, but the socket and wires need to exit the passenger side pod. I actually have a rust hole near the front there I can probably open up and use, but wondering what others have done.
I had a different kit, but I'm sure it's the same layout. I fed it into the hole by the driver headlight and then across the panel behind the radiator. There is a hole underneath into the passenger side headlight. I have the relays in the trunk and connect over to the battery. I think I added about a foot of wire to get there.Returning to this thread since I cannot see how the install of one of these Amazon specials will go. I can do the power from the battery with a longer wire that can go into this little hole (where that black wire is from the POs alarm install) and put the relays and sockets in the passenger pod, but with these setups you need to run a set of wires from the passenger pod to the drivers pod. There is already an access hole on the passenger side, but the socket and wires need to exit the passenger side pod. I actually have a rust hole near the front there I can probably open up and use, but wondering what others have done.