Vaguely. He's going a different route dealing with the reflectors and the bulbs.
The LMC and EuroLamp setups really don't do much other than allow you to run a more modern style bulb and possibly one with more wattage than the factory style sealed beams.
Exactly. This is what the beam pattern looks like for E-code headlights:
Notice the complete cut-off of the beam? That is what I am looking for. The notches also aim light to the right side of the road to illuminate signs and lane markers without blinding oncoming traffic. It's a brilliant design and I am very used to it. I've been using E-code headlamps since about 1985! So, this allows me to run pretty much whatever watt bulbs I want (I have some 100w/130w H4's) on low beam, see the road as if I were using high beams, but because the light cuts off below the eye level of other drivers I am not blinding anyone. This is exactly why HID headlamps are legal - they cut off the light at that sharp angle and (usually) do not blind other drivers.
The LMC headlights are not E-Code, they are just light normal lights but the housings look pretty. Plus they do not use H4 or H7 bulbs, so I can't put anything wildly powerful in there. I also strongly suspect they are plastic housings, and those melt with high wattage bulbs. I've had that happen before. Hella makes some nice E-Code headlamps and they are all glass which handles high heat with ease.
This is a comparison of E-code lights versus regular lights:
With the regular lights it's just a blob that goes out. At some point you have to aim to HIGHEST point of the regular headlamps down so they don't blind people. Due to the design, that means you get a big blob about 25' to 50' in front of you, and nothing nearer or further.
It's tricky to explain without drawing something, but look at the E-code lights. They are dimmer at the bottom (nearest your car) and brightest right before the cut-off (furthest away). That gives the effect of a consistent beam from near to far, as nearer needs less light and further away needs more light. This is all done without blinding folks. Looking at the regular lights, there is a round blob that is the same intensity. If you aim it down to avoid blinding people, then you get the same intensity in that blob, but covering a near-to-far area of ground. In addition, due to the reflector in your headlight, the bottom half of the reflector is responsible for the light which goes the
furthest away, while the top half of the reflector is responsible for the light which stays the
nearest to the vehicle. As a result, to avoid blinding people, you have to aim your light down ... which means the low beam ends closer (top of reflector) while the high beam has to come down even further.
Basically, US spec headlamps are a crappy design which are better at allowing other drivers to see YOU than for you to see anything on the road which is not lit up (like holes, people, animals, signs, parked cars, etc.)
The E-Code lamps allow you to have a nice, even beam that is consistently bright from the front of your car all the way out to several hundred feet away.
