(OPINION!) LED Replacement Headlamp Bulbs

GoPackGo wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:
I still remember changing my parents Volvo to Cibie Z-beams, back when they were illegal. Amazing headlights with a razor sharp cutoff. Oncoming it looked like the bottom half of the bulb was not lit, high beams, both halves.
Personally, I think they still blow others out of the water.

I did the exact same thing on two cars back in the 70's. Very sharp cutoff - low on the left side and angled up on the right side on low beam. On high beam I could see across two counties. If those Cibie Z-beams would fit my F350, I would add them in a heartbeat. Best EVER.

Installed the same version Hella H4's in my 1967 VW beetle, then later my 77 VW Transporter, also my 81 Jetta Diesel Coupe, later the 83 Audi 5000 turbodiesel. Great cutoff beam, then at a slight upwards angle, off to the right, to light up all the road signs, far, far away.

It's my belief, upon looking at the lens used in the Hella's, that they were of some sort of grade of crystal glass, in terms of noted clarity between the bulb and the glass, and were treated inside with some sort of anti reflection coating to transmit light through the glass, not back at the reflector mirror. These were headlights clearly suitable for driving at autobahn type speeds at night, as I've never seen anything else like them.