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Retro fit self-leveling headlights? 850 1997

posted by  KlausC on  Fri Apr 29 04:19 CST 2005
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You have two options. Go to Europe and buy the headlamp assemblies, with all of the wiring and switches needed to make the conversion to indash adjustable headlights - I estimate about $1200, or buy some new rear self-leveling shocks - about $400.
Adding brighter bulbs to US DOT spec lights does nothing for visibility down the road. The beam pattern is all wrong, the light being diffused without giving you much more down the road lighting.
As far as I know, there are no car manufactures in the USA that have automatic beam levelers. US restrictions don't allow it.

Klaus
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98 V70Rawd(108Kmi), 95 854T(88K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)






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