Here's a review of the Hella Cibie replacement.

Take SL320's advice and power them from a remote relay.


https://www.amazon.com/Cibie-082440-82440-Light-Unit/product-reviews/B008DQV88Q


"Real eCode light!

Way better than Hella H4 eCode. I swapped just one headlight for comparison, and put the same 60/55w bulb back in. Side-by-side with Cibie on left an Hella on right. The Cibie was brighter, with wider pattern, and sharper cut-off. Google search for "Cibie Hella Daniel Stern" to find spectrometer graphs for real quantitative analysis.

Hella has more stray light above the cut-off which results in glare to oncoming traffic. With perfectly aimed lights, I still occasionally got flashed by cars coming towards me. With the Cibie, I was able to upgrade to 100/80w bulbs with no one ever flashing me! I would guesstimate there's twice as much light on the road now and much less going into other drivers eyes compared to before.

UPDATE: forgot to mention that the high-beam performance is also better with the Cibie light compared to Hella. When both aimed for optimum low-beam performance, the high-beams on the Hellas went into the trees! Not very useful unless you're a squirrel! The Cibie high-beam was tight and focused and stayed on the road 1km away!"

The above quote is from the review, not me.

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