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From: ari@Ahwahnee.stanford.edu (Ari Ollikainen)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Car headlights
Summary: CIBIE BOBI legal
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Date: 16 Dec 89 20:24:51 GMT
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In article <25070@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>There's a company (Cibie, I think) which makes a bulb holder for small
>halogen bulbs.  The bulb holder is the same size and shape as a normal
>headlight.  When installed in your car, they look just like normal
>headlights.  On low beam, they are about as powerful as ordinary headlights,
>but on high beam they put out a lot more light.
>
>BTW, they are illegal for on-road OR OFF-ROAD use in CA.  But you can
>buy them at local auto accessories shops.  (You gotta install them yourself.)

CIBIE also makes the BOBI "sealed" halogen lamps with removable/replaceable
bulbs which ARE DOT legal in all the states including California. These have
a modified Euro pattern.