Modern Headlights
I was asking if you or anyone you knew still had any good ones, even expensive ones.
Oh! Sure, they're not NLA or anything, just costly. Still, it's false economy to buy the cheaper aftermarket ones, because they suck. They light up and everything, but they don't last; these are tricky bulbs to make well. The 3496 (dual filament) is
here and the 3497 (single filament) is
here.
But one of the reason's I have my '67 is the look.
True 'nuff. For me, I think what I'd do is keep hold of the "school bus yellow painted looking" 1034A or 1157A bulbs, each in its own plastic bag (the paint scratches off easily) and put them in for car shows...but run the good LEDs, when they eventually hit the market, for driving in traffic.
My personal opinion sides with the lighting engineers who never liked that "fried egg" look the amber bulbs caused in clear-lens lamps, whether the bulbs were painted or clear amber. On fancier cars they went to some pretty extreme lengths to try to hide the amber bulb when it was unlit and make the lamp look truly white when off. None of those techniques worked very well, but it was the best they could do.
(NOS painted-amber bulbs are
fairly well available on Fleabay, and I note some enterprising guy has
reproduced them
no idea what the quality or performance is like, but they're not too expensive.)
