Pilgrimage

I'm thinking about getting these as an upgrade/ replacement for my broken (stone crack) standard front light. Can anyone provide pics/ advice?

Also, are there any other alternatives?

Thanks.

Markus

there are not that many alternatives to the morettes, think there is something like UPAuto's lights, but not sure they are adjustable and as such might fail MOT.

As for pics of quaddies, have a peek here

jogyp

http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/v45/jogyp/new.jpg

Pilgrimage

Very nice guys, Thanks.
I wasn't aware that there was a gap between the headlights and the grill though.
My car is blue (as is the grill surround) and this may show clearly.
Jogyp - like the parking - block the road to take the shot!!

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hope this helps ->

cheeseboy

ceedee, have you got any pics of the pattern these headlights leave against a wall by any chance?? especially low beam. also, what are the glass dome parts like? What bulb do they take and are they suitable for xenon? Is there a regulator behind the lens so that the height can be automatically adjusted?

Sorry for the questions, just hard to find anyone with information....

Neal

Scooby96

CeeDee - where can I get a set of those headlights from? And how much are they - mega bucks?

Markus

The gap is only there on pre facelift (96 I think) cars. For a long time people said you could not put morettes on pre facelift cars, but I looked into it and found there is only this gap, which is not really noticable, and if you wanted you could get a grill made up to fix the problem.

cheeseboy

CEEDEE, we need your input mate!

Moski

the lights ceedee has are not really morrettes, but quad angel eyes.......they regularly appear on ebay for around £150 a pair

Mo

Pilgrimage

What's the difference between the two? The angel eyes have the ring type effect and the morettes don't right?
I wasn't going to do this mod, but as the price of replacing a single standard headlight is almost the same money i'm trying to convince myself to upgrade.

cheeseboy

thing is, I dont really care how pretty they look, I am after the functionallity of the things - hence my question to him (or the board) if they had a picture of the pattern these headlights leave against a wall ??

Ta,
Neal

cheeseboy

my last car had these:

- with xenon - and now she is gone and I drive a scoob with nothing more than candles for a light system (in comparison)....

Markus

I don't have a pattern against a wall, but I can say that from experience the light emmited from the quads is far better than the standard lights. The reflector design on pre and post facelift cars is really bad, thus leading to very poor light emission. Upgrading to something like Phillips vision plus bulbs helps a little, but quads would be the best. As for the angel eye thing, not sure how good that actually is, from what I recall on bimmers, it's only ever used for sidelights and not dipped full or full main beam.

alanbell

iTrader: (6)

CeeDee nice pod ???? Alan. >>> with same one in black ?

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2 cheese boy : No m8, i don't have wall light pattern...imho it's not that much better than standard light...My lights have projector type low beams...both low/high use H7 bulbs...there is a way of regulating lights but it's manual (same as on morettes) so i don't think u can use xenon/hid lights (unless you buy some with leveling motor on them)...

2 Scooby96 : on ebay...with p&p from USA 2 EU it's about 180$ for projector type...normal ones are around 50$ cheeper

2 allanbell : can u please post some pictures of pod i sold u...i would like to see it couse i think it's the nicest pod for pre97 preza i saw...

Scooby96

cheers CeeDee

cheeseboy

thanks mate for the reply.

-.... The search continues....

Pilgrimage

So conclusions?
Morette, Angel Eyes, or replace the standard lamp and save a little money?

jogyp

i actually took the morettes off i think they are worse than the original lights for showing the way in the dark

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Cheeseboy, angel eyes are not TÜV approved and are also not E spec so you will not get them approved either.

it is not a problem in the UK as they can fit any old crap to their cars.

CEL

iTrader: (1)

Did you have candles in them?

I personally think the morettes are 100% better than the original ones.

jogyp

no the morrettes were crap so i put the originals back on and got some plasma blue bulbs imported from canada 60% brighter alot better and not dear neither.