and is 'Semi sealed alright or is it worth finding fully sealed ones?
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and is 'Semi sealed alright or is it worth finding fully sealed ones?
If you go a sealed beam it basically means that you buy it with the rating of output globe built in. You cant change the globes, they are a fixed unit. It means they dont leak but it also means if it blows you rip it out and replace the whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by gavinsell
If you want to go HID then a Sealed beam is no good to you. If you have driving lights and do a bit of town work the HID in your head lights can be a little hard on oncoming traffic. Think about doing the HID conversion to your spotties or driving lights and upgrade your headlights to sealed beam 80/110s or something a little bigger than standard 55/65.
Note also that changing the lighting loom to your headlights with something bigger will give you a heap of output increase too. 12v systems suffer from Voltage drop and the Headlight loom on a GQ is crap to say the least.
As stated by Big Fletch, a HID Kit is a plug and play system mate and is as easy as pie to fit. but you do need a non sealed beam.
What MudRunnerTD said. Rewiring with 12-14 guage wire and 4 relays will help a lot. I tend to get a lot of rock damage going through at least a set of headlights every year or less. It is the nature of winter driving here. The Safari has wipers, so headlight protectors do not work. I am using the cheapest of the lot of semi-sealed headlights - Hellas. I get them for about $85 a set at trade prices. For the bush lights I have CIBIEs that are covered when on the highway. Also, I use cheap foggies (about $25 a pair) that are uncovered and aimed to help out with the Hella's pathetic low beam spread. Go through one or two sets of them a year now.
Big fan of HID lights but please make sure they are adjusted correctly. I hate it when I get blinded by them when they are only on low beam. I myself am upgrading my standard lights by upgrading the loom and running higher wattage bulbs. HID's will go in the driving lights.
HID's should be for driving lights/spotties only. I get more than a little annoyed when blinded by someone that fits HID's to vehicles that weren't designed for them. I went from sealed beam to halogen's. 55/100 & they are more than efficient. Also upgrade the wiring loom & add relays. I made my own was easy as.
Hey, I was wondering about a good HID spottie brand or light conversion kit but is cheap, is that possible?
Would converting my halogen spotties to HID be cheaper but just as good as buying a HID spottie set?
Hey ET, are those sealed beams on the Green Truck?
Have to agree a bit. When driving at night it would have to be a little unnerving knowing that the car speeding towards you is blinded by your lights. But great for out bush.Quote:
Originally Posted by TuffTD42
X2 mate - not ideal and in my limited understanding illegal in most of not all states ...Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
I had dramas with my standard lights a few months ago. The light switch on the dash wasn't handling the current and was creating a bad connection. I fixed it by installing relays..... What ever system you decide on i'd concider relays