Re: review: headlight upgrade, Hella H1 BiFocal & Cibie H1
Posted: Jul 19, 2016 9:14 PM
Hello all, from a new member with a headlights query.
First, I have to confess, I haven't got a BMW, but an Alfasud (or several). However the Sud does have a few things in common with a BMW - they're both Euro, both cool, and both have headlights that can use an upgrade. Our Sud low-beams in particular need upgrading - they're 5-1/4 inch round H1 low beams, semi-sealed Siem or Carello, Euro beam shape. I've read on this site and elsewhere that the Hella BiFocal is the best lamp available for this format (5-1/4" H1 low beam), and I'd love to try them but I don't know if they're made in RH Drive (i.e. LH Traffic, as in England, Australia, NZ, etc).
Hella NZ doesn't list the BiFocal low beam at all and I haven't found any RHD versions on any other Hella site either.
I wonder if any of you folks know whether the product exists anywhere please - perhaps some member from England or Oz might know? Or can anyone suggest another forum I could contact, one with lots of RHD BMW members perhaps?
Thanks all!
Best regards,
Graham H, NZ (lots of Alfas).
First, I have to confess, I haven't got a BMW, but an Alfasud (or several). However the Sud does have a few things in common with a BMW - they're both Euro, both cool, and both have headlights that can use an upgrade. Our Sud low-beams in particular need upgrading - they're 5-1/4 inch round H1 low beams, semi-sealed Siem or Carello, Euro beam shape. I've read on this site and elsewhere that the Hella BiFocal is the best lamp available for this format (5-1/4" H1 low beam), and I'd love to try them but I don't know if they're made in RH Drive (i.e. LH Traffic, as in England, Australia, NZ, etc).
Hella NZ doesn't list the BiFocal low beam at all and I haven't found any RHD versions on any other Hella site either.
I wonder if any of you folks know whether the product exists anywhere please - perhaps some member from England or Oz might know? Or can anyone suggest another forum I could contact, one with lots of RHD BMW members perhaps?
Thanks all!
Best regards,
Graham H, NZ (lots of Alfas).