Hi,

I have purchased a set of bosch E-code H4 7" headlights for my 83 300D. I got the ones with the city lights.

I have heard that a bit of trimming of the headlight surround in behind needs to be done. This is fine, not really a problem, Id just like to know if anyone can suggest from experience the best way to do this.

Thanks,

JMH

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

I've heard using a lathe would give the best results. I've got the seven inchers, but not with the city lights. Who makes them with the citys? Mine are Bosch. GREAT UPGRADE! Probably the best thing you can do.

I got bosch 7" with city lights. Got them from Daniel Stern lighting. he has been extremely helpful, and definitely is super-knowledgable.
He really doesnt light the hella lights, says that the beam pattern is poor. He is generally a big fan of cibies but they have been really slow in shipping the 7" lights to the US, and so he sent bosch lights, which he likes and says are the same quality in terms of optics and beam properties (the two things that matter) as the Cibie lights.

Mine have a t4w city light in them, which requires slight trim of the ehadlight bucket and a bit of wiring into the parking light circuit.

JMH

__________________
Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

I cut them out with a wal-mart metal hacksaw. It was a HORRIBLE design in a saw, with the blade supported in the handle then halfway up the blade. If you use the front edge of the saw, it bends (and eventually broke off). SO the cuts are not as smooth as they should be, but it worked well. City lights are just small T4w bulbs that I spliced into the parking light wires by some crimp connections.

Lights work great, but I have to align them correctly still so I get 100% best lighting.

Here's a pic of the modification to the headlight buckets so the city lights fit in correctly.

JMH

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__________________
Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

You can always take a Dremel and smooth things out. I would love to see your lights, if I'm ever back at school (UD) I'll be sure to look you up! I have the Bosch H4s. I'll say this, they rival a BMWs lights as being some of the best! And I'm running standard bulbs!