My last ex-wife said that my motto should be "More Is Better." In the case of automotive lighting, I agree 100%. Although Charlotte sees her way after dark with Hella E-spec headlamps equipped with 80W/100W Halogen H4 bulbs, I had a pair of trusty Hella 500 lamps mounted up front as well: one wide-angle fog, and one focused pencil beam driving light, operated sequentially using the OEM fog/spot switch. But the Hella 500s were not doing the trick, so I decided to treat myself to the newer and more advanced Hella 700FF lamps ("FF" for Free Form beam pattern).

These are BIG driving lamps: each is 0.25" larger in diameter than the headlights themselves! Although they use the same 55W Halogen H3 bulb as the 500s, they are BRIGHT — as in, light-up-Fenway Park-for-a-night-game bright. They fill in the area just beyond the reach of headlight low beams, and supplement the high beams for night-time fast driving when there is no street lighting.

One modification was necessary: I had to fabricate a pair of L-shaped brackets to mount the lights with enough clearance from grille to back of lamp housing. The advantage of the brackets is that they allow adjustment through three planes.