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LED 7" headlights by JW Speaker, Truck-lite or Vortex Vision.
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Well Matt,
Upon request, the first picture shows the (j.w.) Speaker 8700 EVO 2 lights from the side, they have the same fitment in the ring to hold them down as the common sealed beam lights, so of course no problem to fit them in the cowl, the EVO 2 has - according the manufacturer - a cleverer design on the back of the lap and more space to fold back cables in the cowl.
In general I would say the the clear dome shape of the Speaker lights is rather similar to the common sealed beam lamps in the US and even same dome as older Lucas H4 lamps I have in my 1989 Mini Thirty,
new Hella H4 have a rather flat shaped glass.
The second picture show side by side the B with Speaker lamps and a B with Hella H4 lamps, nothing wrong with the black car, just that the second ring is not right fitted in the picture.
The third picture shows a B still fitted with the US sealed beam lamps.
Upon request, the first picture shows the (j.w.) Speaker 8700 EVO 2 lights from the side, they have the same fitment in the ring to hold them down as the common sealed beam lights, so of course no problem to fit them in the cowl, the EVO 2 has - according the manufacturer - a cleverer design on the back of the lap and more space to fold back cables in the cowl.
In general I would say the the clear dome shape of the Speaker lights is rather similar to the common sealed beam lamps in the US and even same dome as older Lucas H4 lamps I have in my 1989 Mini Thirty,
new Hella H4 have a rather flat shaped glass.
The second picture show side by side the B with Speaker lamps and a B with Hella H4 lamps, nothing wrong with the black car, just that the second ring is not right fitted in the picture.
The third picture shows a B still fitted with the US sealed beam lamps.
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Rob,
Way to over-deliver! That middle pic says it all. I really appreciate you taking the time to post these and hope you are enjoying them. These have definitely been added to the wish list
Way to over-deliver! That middle pic says it all. I really appreciate you taking the time to post these and hope you are enjoying them. These have definitely been added to the wish list
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Proper HID projector headlights have been around for quite a while now ...I am surprised people here are asking about them ??....they will out-do your normal and LED projector lights by heaps ...I was considering getting a pair for the 4x4 ...the halo ring was the indicator and parking light.
At the time the 7" was not available and projector lights only for European cars ....now available in late model cars ..........there was a bloke here who would take your originals and convert them ...using the normal reflector or blacked out ....and they were costing a fortune because of no 7" available and I think he was the only bloke here doing it
There is now a lot of cheap aftermarket ones available now which probably could waste your money ...
I use driving / spot lights with the same concept ...but are LED...
At the time the 7" was not available and projector lights only for European cars ....now available in late model cars ..........there was a bloke here who would take your originals and convert them ...using the normal reflector or blacked out ....and they were costing a fortune because of no 7" available and I think he was the only bloke here doing it
There is now a lot of cheap aftermarket ones available now which probably could waste your money ...
I use driving / spot lights with the same concept ...but are LED...
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Vision X throw a beam nearly twice the distance of HID projectors and the LED's are rated 50000 hours.
Amazing 7 inch headlights
They should be at over 800bucks a pair
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Amazing 7 inch headlights
They should be at over 800bucks a pair
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Home of Project "INCARN8'
1957 Series 1 Land Rover electric VEHICLE CONVERSION
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Okay here's what I'm going to ask Santa for...
https://www.carid.com/1978-mg-mgb-headlights/grote-7-round-sealed-beam-led-headlights-88832578.html
https://www.carid.com/1978-mg-mgb-headlights/grote-7-round-sealed-beam-led-headlights-88832578.html
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I will be putting the Trucklites in my GT, I sell Trucklite, JW Speaker and Grote. Although I have never carried the Grote one. Trucklite looked after me on a set, so we will give them a try. I do have a set of the large squares (H6054) on a GM van, work good. I will have a Sebring LE50 front and a couple of other mods on the GT, so hopefully they won't look out of place.
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Funny to see my 5 y.o. topic popping up again.
So I looked on the JW Speaker website and found a nice newer product, probably only available in US spec. at the moment.
Hereby the weblink and even fitted in a CBB in one of the pictures, also the picture is uploaded herewith
https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/model-8700-evo2-classic-led-light/
I'm still enjoying the "clear" set - European spec - with DRL halo in my MGBGT-LE
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2020-10-14 05:27 AM by Rob-USLE.
So I looked on the JW Speaker website and found a nice newer product, probably only available in US spec. at the moment.
Hereby the weblink and even fitted in a CBB in one of the pictures, also the picture is uploaded herewith
https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/model-8700-evo2-classic-led-light/
I'm still enjoying the "clear" set - European spec - with DRL halo in my MGBGT-LE
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2020-10-14 05:27 AM by Rob-USLE.
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