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alfabob
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good afternoon all

Now that young Rich Legg is making good progress with my beauty its time to start planning the rebuild to going on the road :P The orginal headlamps where basically well past the sell by date along with the bucket. I have been looking on the parts sites, you can by sealed beam ones,pre-focus , 2 pin bucket in other words a lot of choice.

any advice, please!
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Wipac Quadoptic Halogen headlights and plastic bowls. All the main suppliers should be OK, just compare prices. You will also need three pin connectors if they are not already fitted.
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Absolutely - upgrade to halogen units - you will be amazed at the difference.
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i have got wipacks there great with zeon bulbs .
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" zeon bulbs " - are they made from unobtainium ? :-?
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there a halogen bulb with a blue bit in the end
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many thank all!
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a question i forgot, will the dynamo be able to keep up with halogen lamps?
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I'd fit an alternator. :wink:

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The dynamo is quite capable of keeping up with the slight increase in power consumption of Halogen bulbs although the occasional top up with a battery charger during the winter months if all your journeys are with the lights on is recommended.
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There is NO increase in power consumption - if upgrading from sealed beams to halogens. If from old 'bulb' headlights to halogens - then yes - there is a ~ 1 amp increase per headlight - which the dynamo will easily handle.
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