Hey so a couple of years back I read this thread and picked up a set of these $25 Autopal h4 7" round conversion headlamps. Easy to install. I am not sure about the "flat" look compared to the domed look, but oh well.

Now a couple of years into them and they've got a good bit of rust in the bottom half of the reflectors. Anyone having a similar experience? I hate to go back to sealed beams and am thinking about the Hella or Cibie E-code products.

-Chuck

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1999 E300D, black, 160k miles, Greasecar
2010 Honda Insight Hybrid
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No probs with mine on 2 different vehicles, but then again, I don't live in Mass.

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I have no such issues with my Hella's, you have a boot on the back, right?

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Good question about the rubber boot... will verify that! But yes in New England, I spend probably half of my "car maintenance" time just beating back the road salt cancer.

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1982 300D, anthracite grey, 260k miles, Greasecar
1999 E300D, black, 160k miles, Greasecar
2010 Honda Insight Hybrid
http://www.chuckwyatt.com
http://www.wordimpressive.com

Well... If it makes you feel any better I have a Bosch Ecode on my BMW R90 that is only a few years old and it is needing to be replaced because it has a hole rusted through the bottom of the reflector. But, then again we live near the ocean...

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1985 300D (SOLD)