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Old 02-10-2012, 07:55 PM
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If they're round and you swap out the entire reflector assembly to replace a burned out bulb, you have sealed beams.

This car is equipped with sealed beams:
http://www.oocities.org/sveinn.geo/gallery/w123_300D_Turbo.jpg

This car is equipped with European-style headlights, where you only replace the inner bulb:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2980395721_5a1938fb98.jpg

Sealed beams were required in the US until some time in the mid-80s; I forget what the cutover year was.
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