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Mrbaboon1985
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What's anyone using to make there lights brighter. Now it's the time of the year for darkness I can't see a bloody thing. I think mine are the original sealed headlamps and I've replaced the bulbs but it's made only a small difference!
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Anyone?
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Mrbaboon1985 wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:57 pm What's anyone using to make there lights brighter.
Have a read of this thread concerning a four lamp conversion.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=51782&p=356016&hil ... ht#p356016

Another option is to buy Osram Nightbreaker bulbs. I've used them on a couple of cars, although not on the Capri, and they make a big difference to night vision. :goodluck:

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Ive put the BMW E30 headlights in
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Mrbaboon1985 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:43 pmAnyone?
Lots in fact and over many years too.

Did you not find anything to your liking when you used the search feature to discover various forum member's take on how to improve Capri lighting ? Yep, you arent the first Capri owner to ask that question by a long way :beer:
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Thanks..... Just got to try to source some smileys or angel lights... There aren't any 2nd hand ones on ebay just after market ones! !
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I can recommend Phillips racing vision, gives 150% extra light, I fitted the H4s to my Sierra XR4x4 2.9 and you can see the difference.
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