HID lights for GU patrol

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by grubkenbel

uummn just fitted one and didnt need to pull battery or washer bottle or air out of the way slides under and between easy as ;-)

Focus is only too high if you have put the 3 pin plug in to your main light wires the wrong way as you will be on high beam instead of low beam ( flick your high beam on and see if they are low beam and vice versa if they do that pull out 3 pin and turn it round

---

The beams are correct--high beam is too high, low beam about where high should be. BTW I don't think you can insert the 3 pin plug any way but correctly.

As prev posted - The plug will only go one way

As prev posted - If you do not adjust the alignment you WILL blind oncoming traffic as you are 'effectively' on hi beam

Unlike GQ's that control the light pattern by the lens GU's rely on the reflector to correctly focus the beam so even when you do adjust them it still gives oncoming traffic the irrits because the focal length of the HID bulb is different to the Incandescents so the reflector sprays the light no matter were you aim it.

"I have HIDS & no-one every flashes me tho"... is because oncoming drivers don't want their retinas melted.
We had 1 GU in our club with HID Main beams and he is always made the Leader at night not because his lights are better but because if he drives behind you for more than 5 minutes it is hard to resist the urge to smash his lights to smithereens at the next red traffic light. He has removed them due to popular demand.

Now that is all in the dry but when the road is wet all that light you so diligently directed down now gets reflected off the wet surface.

I LOVE HID driving lights, indeed I have 4 (two 35 watt spreads and two 50 watt spots) on my own vehicle.

I HATE after market HID in faceted reflector headlights with a passion. I run +70 Incandescents in my vehicle and they are more than adequate IMHO as they are correctly focussed and can be correctly aligned.

I do not care what anyone says to the contrary but you CANNOT correctly align HID's in GU factory reflectors. It is mechanically impossible and one of the most discourteous or indeed dangerous things you can do to other road users on wet bitumen at night.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by YNOT

I urge anyone who fits HID's to their headlights to be considerate of other road uses safety and adjust your headlights down. I do a lot of night driving and I'm tired of being blinded by inconsiderate people who have illegally fitted HID's to their headlights and not adjusted them down.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO FIT HID BULBS TO HEADLIGHTS THAT WERE NOT FACTORY FITTED WITH HID BULBS.

Tony

---

I'm with Tony on this.

I did fit HID's bulbs to my GU headlights but have removed them.

I found that no matter how low and to the left I adjusted them, there was still sometimes when my lights would hit on coming drivers.

I found with the Patrol being much higher then most vehicles and our roads not being flat or straight, there was always some point where my lights would be in the face of another driver.

I am back to running standard headlight bulbs with HIDs in the spot lights.

In my opinion this is the best combination.

Cheers Rodney

Sorry ET,

I didn't notice the second page.

But it seems we are on the same page anyway.....ahahahahaha

Cheers Rodney

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yendor

Sorry ET,

I didn't notice the second page.

But it seems we are on the same page anyway.....ahahahahaha

Cheers Rodney

---

Hiya Rodney...

Yeah we are and in all my ranting I forgot part of the OP's question on colour.

IMHO 4300 is heaps better than 6000. They penetrate dust and fog better and don't throw as much harsh light back from road signs. To the naked eye they look similar when turned on but I have 4300 in my 35 watters and 6000 in my 50's and you can tell the difference from behind the wheel.

I especially prefer the 35 watt 4300K in Dust

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by the evil twin

Hiya Rodney...

Yeah we are and in all my ranting I forgot part of the OP's question on colour.

IMHO 4300 is heaps better than 6000. They penetrate dust and fog better and don't throw as much harsh light back from road signs. To the naked eye they look similar when turned on but I have 4300 in my 35 watters and 6000 in my 50's and you can tell the difference from behind the wheel.

I especially prefer the 35 watt 4300K in Dust

---

You rant......never....hahhaha.

Personally I found the reflection from the road side signs even with 4300 fitted unbearable, unless I had them adjusted that low there was really no point in having them.

There is no doubt they throw an awesome light, but I think we also need to have some consideration for other road users.

I put 6000k HID in my 2011 GU had to adjust them down a bit . I found it best to take the grill out and LH light out to fit them and fitted the ballasts to the side of the light .

i have 35w hi lo's in my gu adjusted down and left a little, Also modified my spot lights to fit 100w hid'S! awesome

Honestly there is no such thing as a good set up when it comes to throwing hids in a reflector designed for halogens. It doesn't matter how you adjust them they will always blind others and cant be aimed correctly when you have a reflector splashing the light everywhere. HID is designed for projectors not reflectors and all it does is give HID lighting a bad name and really annoy other road users. This was the reason I got into projector HID lighting so it could be done properly and wouldn't affect oncoming traffic. You have a true high beam and a low beam that leaves any other aftermarket hid kit for dead.

Cheers Mick.

Agreed. HID into reflectors is just a bad idea, unless it is for high beam only.