H4/LED Headlamps What's New/Good These Days?

[SolarPoweredPickles]

Hey all,
I was doing a search for threads on H4 conversions. I did one on my previous but but that was over 10 years ago. And I only found 1 thread here from 2006. Maybe using different search words there are more, nonetheless.

I see a few kits from the usual top vendors we love, and various brands on Amazon and Ebay. I have the full headlight bucket assemblies already, minus a few clips, so for the H4 conversion Id need the new glass housing and the bulbs. Fairly straight forward but lots of options it seems.

Q1: I am curious over the last few years what you all have installed, what shocked you and was a good price, off brands, random brands, name brands, looking at all the options before pulling the plug, a good deal is always nice, but if reliability is at hand, thumbs down.

Q2: Back when I did my 65' bus in 2013 (drive in peace of a new owner somewhere), I remember some talk on a thread about wiring something in-line from the main headlamp harness, it was a fuse, or little capacitor? I can't recall, ting any bells?

Top Choice:

I did some deals and swaps with Ronnie at BusDepot years ago, his set sounds nice, and, well some people have paid more for a pair of socks, AKA: Awesome price point on this set.

https://www.busdepot.com/nl910ch4

Thanks all, happy cruising.

[70bus]

Bug and ghia people seem to talk about them more, and here's a relevant thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=794958

updated earlier today:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=783088

I had Bus Depot H4s in the bay and in the 65 but threw one out because it fogged so bad (you can clean them, but I am trying other options). 10 years old, tho. Put some LEDs from
https://www.vintagetraderaz.com/
in the 65 he loaned me, but haven't driven in dark enough to give a report! And i bought a set of those Toyota LEDS later in first thread to try in the bay.
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65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raoul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

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[BarryL]

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[hopkin]

If you order the Hella Euro versions, they have a small second bulb, (for Euro City lights), they can be wired as daytime running lights. I have them in my '96 Mexican Beetle.

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (past)
2015 Golf GTI (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

[KTPhil]

[hopkin]

[PeteSC]

I went with these for my 6v car. They're expensive, but worth it in my opinion. They're very bright, and only take 3.5v to work, which means at idle there's none of that annoying flickering/dimming and no need to wire in any additional load resistors inline.

https://vintagecarleds.com/shop/bulbs-only/vcm3-bulbs-only/

[KTPhil]

[BarryL]