L.e.d.s in my H4 headlight conversion

[Nepa2002]

okay so i redid all my lights today. Oxycleaned the lens and let dry for a few hours before putting them on.

I also updated the driving light in the H4 housing to L.e.d. and wow makes the car look sharp

[napa02]

It looks pretty, but how do they work!

[Nepa2002]

im confused my headlight bulb isnt turned on. its the little bulb thats in the housing that i turned led. its tied in with the parking lights

see the little bulb below where the headlight bulb goes??

[napa02]

No, evidently I am confused, I thought that was the main headlight bulb.

Looks nice...

[Nepa2002]

thanks

this is my headlights on

[jgerock]

The small lights inside the housing are commonly called "city lights". Kind of like a "daytime running light".

Here is a picture of a Marchal brand headlight on Larry Schwarz' 73tii. Notice the small secondary light.

[02Les]

The small lights inside the housing are commonly called "city lights". Kind of like a "daytime running light".

Actually, they are really parking lights. Most Euro Countries stipulated that if you left your car in the road overnight, you must have a front & back light on (ones nearest the centre of the road). Euro 02s were designed for this, by having the little bulb in the headlight and the extra wiring from the indicator switch (US cars, at least my '76s, do not have this feature).

If you leave the indicator to the left & switch off the ignition, front "parking" light & rear taillight will come on & vice versa if your indicate to the right.

Of course, if you were driving in a French City, you had to turn your yellow headlights off, and just run the "parking/city" lights. Typical of the French to be different!

[Meintii]

Here are mine!

They started out as blue but now they look more green... where can I get some LED ones?

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