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Old 09-15-2003, 07:28 PM
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Hella, what beam ?

Been following the Hella 500 thread... I'm interested in what beam everyone likes ? Fog or Driving....

I'm mainly wanting Aux lights for country roads at night (like to see deer on the side of the road @ high speeds).... But, while browsing a site, I kind like the Hella Rallye 4000 "Cornering Beam." It looks like you get the distance of the driving/pencil with the width of the fogs.

http://www.4x4connection.com/tech/hellatech5.htm

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If those pictures are a good representation of the light pattern I like the cornering beam as well.
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Re: Hella, what beam ?

Originally posted by JGage
Been following the Hella 500 thread... I'm interested in what beam everyone likes ? Fog or Driving....

I'm mainly wanting Aux lights for country roads at night (like to see deer on the side of the road @ high speeds).... But, while browsing a site, I kind like the Hella Rallye 4000 "Cornering Beam." It looks like you get the distance of the driving/pencil with the width of the fogs.

http://www.4x4connection.com/tech/hellatech5.htm
Get a set of both! The Hella 500 fog and driving. On Ebay you can get both for around $110, which is about what most places sell one set for. The mounting kits is where they stick you though, like $33/pair for mounting brackets on roof racks and such. Good luck!



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A driving beam won't give you much added visibility on the side of the road, but a fog beam won't give you much usable visibility at high speeds.

Like you, I spend a lot of time on dark back country roads where deer are an issue. I went with the Hella 4000s in the Euro beam and I'm very happy with them. I think they are the best of both worlds - they do give some added visibility along the side of the road (especially if you aim them slightly wider of center), and they shoot forever down the road. IMO, the Euro beam is the best all purpose beam.
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