Messing with Headlights

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Mon, 25/01/2010 - 11:46
Jmorris
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Hi guys,

Since my rebuild i have been really unhappy with my headlight selection.

I went for the "Angel Eyes" purchased from Ebay.

Basically they are Crap! The LED's started to fail almost instantly which really looked bad, also the colour of the H4's were very orange which also looked baf against the brabus day running lights which are bright white.

So this morning I have riped them out (still kept the day running lights).

I have replaced them with new Wipac H4 lenses and fitted a new HID H4 kit with 6000K Lamps.

The side lights are new Philips Whites.

The whole thing now looks magic!

I hightly recommend these HID kits

I am now a happy man again.

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Mon, 25/01/2010 - 17:23
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mgrays
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Re: Messing with Headlights

Just be aware they are technically illegal.. but that so far no one has been threatened with a book.. DoT have issued a bulletin to this effect;

1/ Needs self levelling system
2/ Needs compliance tested .. ie you need a full MB system.

Saying that.. I went with German clear lenses (anyone want new LHD set?) and they are not bad with best bulbs. (www.jom.de box them and www.independant-inventory.com stock them; note "Goingfast" on ebay sell you LHD lenses although they claim not). Not sure on the Wipac but I think all the Wipacs are Jap/Mini styple with stand off posts so you need new buckets as well. The German ones I bought came with new mounting buckets to solve this. Best recommend H4 bulbs were Philips X-treme Power.

On another car I have 7" H4 with Japan "Raybrig" bulbs and clear lenses and they are the best clear lenses you can get; beat Hella too but only just. Hella beat Cibie IMHO too by a little.

On another car I have aftermarket HID dipped beam only (stock plastic styled lenses are totally pathetic) and it makes it safe while no one has flashed me (but you do get spooked with the ultra white colour of traffic signs and road stripes). No MOT failure but take 5-10secs to come up to full power when you power up and hence you do not get these for Full beam.

There are 2 types of Angel eyes.. the cheaper ones have defusor rings with 2 x 5W bulbs that obscure/cover the lense @ £35/pair. Expensive ones have individually drilled in LED's @ £50/pair. Most of them Dip to Middle and not to Left or Right so you loose the extension up the verge.

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Tue, 26/01/2010 - 09:28
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M2dxb
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Re: Messing with Headlights

mgrays wrote:
Best recommend H4 bulbs were Philips X-treme Power.

I can second that, they're built to a good standard, they even fail at the same time (a pair I fitted a couple of years ago failed within 1 week of each other), talk about precision.

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