US-style Headlamp Replacement

[KevinC]

One of my low-beams is out and I thought I would poll the group about "upgrading" to Sylvania's 7" halogen headlamps. My car is original-looking but not concours. I looked though previous posts but could not really see a consensus.



Kevin Caputo
Boca Raton, FL
1967 230 SL Automatic
670 Light Ivory
113 Bronze/Brown MB Tex

[JimVillers]

There are many opinions on Headlamps.  I prefer the Hella "E" with a 55W/60W blubs.
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/7in.asp

Jim Villers
190SL, 230SL 5-Speed, 190E 2.3-16 Kompressor, MGB 5-Speed

[Naj ✝︎]

My choice would be the French made Cibie.

Can be with or without side light bulb.

naj

68 280SL

[Raymond]

I put Sylvania halogens in my '68 280SL and it was a noticable improvement at a cheap price.  The lamps are readily available at any store with an auto parts department.  However, My '89 BMW 325i has Hella lamps and the low beam light is much more effective.  It's a four lamp car, so it isn't fair to compare the projector Hi-beams.  Those are astonishing!  If I knew I could get that kind of light out of the 7" Hella lamps for the Pagoda, I'd do it in a heartbeat.  Might be worth the bit of extra money to try.

Let us know what you do.

Ray
'68 280SL 4-spd Coupe