Halogen headlamp bulb upgrade

[brennanmar]

Hi,
Has anybody upgraded the wattage of their headlamp bulbs? Are there any problems with heat and the plastic units. I am going to fit a Traxide wiring upgrade kit and was wondering about upping the bulb wattage also.
Thanks

[TDV6]

I went for Osram Nightbreaker 90+ bulbs imported directly from England approx $40 a pair including postage,

Same wattage, just more light.

Osram Night Breaker H7 from Power Bulbs | Free Worldwide Delivery (http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=112)

Takes about a week to get here.

Ryall

[Peter_OZ]

doesn't the D3 have Xenon globes?

[TDV6]

The Xenon globes are only on the low beam while high beam is halogen "H7" globes

[Peter_OZ]

ahh :eek:

[brennanmar]

I have a 09 D3 S which comes with Halogen bulbs not Xenon, unfortunately.

[Grockle]

We used to up the wattage to 80 dip, 100 main,you may need to up the fuse by 5 amps.

[discos_galore]

My D3 has Xenon lights with Halogen parkers and highbeam fill in. I was not happy with the yellow light produced by the halogen lights compared to the xenon.
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So I changed the Halogen lights with Phillips Chrystal Vision 4300 k lights which phillips claim to match the output of the xenon lights.
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I am happy with the result. The phillips website claims they are not road legal in all of aus but i figured i would run the gauntlet. :nazilock:

[djhampson]

I have a 09 D3 S which comes with Halogen bulbs not Xenon, unfortunately.

Installing an aftermarket xenon kit is dead easy in the D3s with haolgen bulbs.

I upgraded my Dad's RRS and it was about 30mins work for both lights.

Because the D3 haolgen lights are projector lights the light pattern doesn't change when you install xenon bulbs.

When I did my FL2 (which doesn't have projector lights) the pattern changed significantly which means other driver occasionally flash their lights at me. No such problem with the RRS \ D3.

[Tombie]

Dont up the wattage...

You'll do nothing but blow globes from the heat and ruin the housing and lenses...

Get a H7 HID kit :cool: No need for a loom upgrade.

[Graeme]

The phillips website claims they are not road legal in all of aus but i figured i would run the gauntlet. :nazilock:
I can't see that applying to high beam.

[KarlB]

My reading of the Philips website (Philips Lighting Australia - X-tremePower (http://www.lighting.philips.com.au/v2/automotive/productrange.jsp?id=194570)) would be that they say they are quite legal? :confused:

[TDV6]

There is a "Can Bus" friendly hid conversion available from a supporter of the "Disco 3" uk website. (DISCO3.CO.UK - Dedicated to Discovery 3 and LR3 Owners and Enthusiasts (http://www.disco3.co.uk/)) As I am a member of the "Old Codgers" 55+ brigade, I need the best light I can reasonably get so I will get the 5000K HID conversion when I do upgrade.

Ryall

[Diego Luego]

A couple of months ago I put HIDs on my RRS -> lots if beautiful white light.

The only problem is that HIDs take a few seconds to reach full intensity, so they are not particularly good for quick pommie style flash of the high beam.

I don't seem to have any problems with heat, but I am keeping my eye on it.

If you do decide to so this make sure you get a digital ballast. They are more expensive but more reliable and run cooler. Also there is less chance that the car computer will throw up an error code because it thinks the bulbs are blown.

If I encounter any problems I will report here.