Thread: Head light upgrade

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

As Drive safe said, upgrade the wiring 1st.
I've tried the higher wattage globes in a D1 I owned, they blew every 6-8 months. The Wiring connector at the back of the headlight had signs of overheating.( Melting)
So a drive safe kit would definitely go a long way to avoid this happening.
It should also stop your indicator /headlight switch having a meltdown.
Thin wires get hot when stuff is drawing power through them

I have +50 Narvas in my D2 and found lately they were not as bright as the used to be..... After I washed the disco 1st time in months and cleaned the Headlight lens of all the road grime, the light out put improved 100%. Amazed that even the headlight washers with windscreen additive still didn't clean the headlights effectively in use.

I recently fitted some 100 watt Narva bull lights in spot and broad beam, I got around to actually wiring them up today.
I ran some left over 8mm cable ( from a previous dual battery install) direct to the battery terminal in the engine bay fuse box, then attached a 30 amp auto reset circuit breaker just after connection,the C/B fitted well into a spot on the fuse box, only had to modify the lid with a deeper slot.
I fitted a circuit breaker as I was running the wiring under the Radiator support panel, and didn't want a live wire sparking if I had a frontal collision. This then ran to a dual 30amp relay and followed through to 6mm wiring direct to the bull lights.
Took it for a drive tonight though the forest and found them more than adequate as driving lights in beam width and beam distance.
So I wouldn't even bother going for a HID kit for driving lights.
The only problem I had was finding a suitable spot for the dual relay ( New Era Brand) there wasn't a vacant space for it in the V8 engine bay so I ended up fitting it behind one of the headlights.

I'll probably do the same for the Headlights run them off a relay each, using up more left over cables. I think 8mm is over kill for the supply lead and have 8 mm earth also going back direct to the main battery earth strap .

I wouldnt be they are just squirting a bit of water onto the lense, no wipers to help clear the muck of, I imagined the would be more effective in icey snow cllimates to get the frost of with some anitfreeze wiper fluid like in the UK

On my D1 i have a HID headlight upgrade kit running 55w 6000k and have done a 4 sets know for people and they say they wont go back 6000k aree not rwc but what is on 4wds now days .....