Thread: Defender H4 upgraded bulbs original from LR

Originally Posted by Blade74

I have truck lite phase 7 on mine which have been there for a year. No hassles from rta or police so far. Even had my Rego inspection yesterday and the guy commented on the head lights being weird and broken into two halves.
He passed it.
I will say it is important to aim them correct though.
Early on I received a few flashes from oncoming cars so re aimed them a touch lower. No more flashes.
Didn't want to bring attention to myself by irritating an oncoming police car with lights in their eyes.

Would you fit them again?,the Poms rubbish them but for $250 a light they look like good value. Pat

What does the +50, +80, +100, etc mean? Are all 'pluses' legal conversions from OEM?

Non-LED headlamp upgrades at not exorbitant price discussion was recently covered on www.defender2.net.
Take a look here, first is what I posted as my recommendation, followed by the link to the entire thread at the bottom:


First, LR do offer a upgraded H4 halogen bulb for standard headlights. The Land Rover part number code for these is VPLDV0061. They are standard 55/60W and they are described as Xenon, but there may be Xenon gas inside but in reality they remain a H4 bulb, already a big improvement in light output, and they are fully legal. Not expensive either.

Second, order a headlight loom from Landreiziger in The Netherlands which will give the full alternator produced power to the headlamps without the significant power drop of the standard wiring via the headlight switch. This loom is a great product at a very good price. Details in following thread:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic26097....ndreiziger

Third, if you want to go a little step further, then also replace your standard headlights by a pair of the Land Rover original Wipac clear headlights. (same as the main headlamp in the SVX front). Will be an additional light output improvement, and will not really change the originality of your truck.

Those three combined come at a reasonable price, and will allow you to see in the dark.
Eric

PS - Now that I have that Landreiziger loom installed, I often am tempted to sell my Speaker EVO LEDs (which are fantastic, let's be clear about that) and go back to my original SVX Wipac lights which I have in storage together with those upgraded LR H4 bulbs... This also in the spirit of originality.


DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - LED Halogen replacement bulbs.


Hope helps, Eric

Wow. Must be the season for this regardless of hemisphere.

Originally Posted by ericvv

Non-LED headlamp upgrades at not exorbitant price discussion was recently covered on www.defender2.net.
Take a look here, first is what I posted as my recommendation, followed by the link to the entire thread at the bottom:


First, LR do offer a upgraded H4 halogen bulb for standard headlights. The Land Rover part number code for these is VPLDV0061. They are standard 55/60W and they are described as Xenon, but there may be Xenon gas inside but in reality they remain a H4 bulb, already a big improvement in light output, and they are fully legal. Not expensive either.

Second, order a headlight loom from Landreiziger in The Netherlands which will give the full alternator produced power to the headlamps without the significant power drop of the standard wiring via the headlight switch. This loom is a great product at a very good price. Details in following thread:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic26097....ndreiziger

Third, if you want to go a little step further, then also replace your standard headlights by a pair of the Land Rover original Wipac clear headlights. (same as the main headlamp in the SVX front). Will be an additional light output improvement, and will not really change the originality of your truck.

Those three combined come at a reasonable price, and will allow you to see in the dark.
Eric

PS - Now that I have that Landreiziger loom installed, I often am tempted to sell my Speaker EVO LEDs (which are fantastic, let's be clear about that) and go back to my original SVX Wipac lights which I have in storage together with those upgraded LR H4 bulbs... This also in the spirit of originality.


DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - LED Halogen replacement bulbs.


Hope helps, Eric

So thinking of selling the speakers. Pat

After some time on Google today it seems that the LR option in the UK is made by Ring. Is that likely to be standard across the board? Are these upgrades a factory option? And how does Ring, who I've never heard of, compare with the others?

Hopefully you have nothing but good things to say as I found (and have just purchased) a pair of the Xenon Max 60/55w bulbs that popped up on all of my LR-specific searches. Hopefully they'll do the trick. $25 for the pair delivered from the UK.

Originally Posted by PAT303

So thinking of selling the speakers. Pat

Not really selling, no. But I was temped to put the Wipacs back in for some time. My thought raised a lively new thread on defender2.net as you can read in below...
DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - LED Halogen replacement bulbs.

How does one order one of the Landreizgerer wiring looms, their website doesnt send to Australia. Also, how do these compare to the Traxide offerings?

Regards