02-01-2024, 10:07 AM
We have the projector dipping LED headlights which work far better than any lights I've had in any of my 7 Austin Sevens since the 60's
There were two problems fitting them to the R47 on the fabric saloon:
Firstly they need 2 contact bulb holders in place of the singles.
Secondly they produce no heat. This means that in falling snow the lights can get completely obscured by falling snow. We haven't yet driven in falling snow with the new projector bulbs which may well be better. With the previous single pole LEDs no light at all escaped from the lamp. The bezel round the glass casuses snow to be retained so we could neither see nor be seen.
There were two problems fitting them to the R47 on the fabric saloon:
Firstly they need 2 contact bulb holders in place of the singles.
Secondly they produce no heat. This means that in falling snow the lights can get completely obscured by falling snow. We haven't yet driven in falling snow with the new projector bulbs which may well be better. With the previous single pole LEDs no light at all escaped from the lamp. The bezel round the glass casuses snow to be retained so we could neither see nor be seen.
Jim