Thread: HID Lights D2a

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Apparently while there are two removable caps on the back of the unit that can be opened to change the globes, you need to open the unit to do anything serious with the wiring. This requires use of a heat gun to soften the seal to allow the halves to be prised apart.

Shouldn't be too hard, but I'll leave it to biggin to tell us how it's done

Interrupt the wires at the plug then.

Which is what I said in the first place.

That said I think you can actually do the upgrade without splitting the case, but you still need to tap into the original harness. There are some good pics of the headlamps showing interior wiring.

Discovery - headlight conversion to 2003 on lights - Land Rover Zone

The question was "why did Drivesafe say it was difficult to put a relay in a D2a?" I think the answer should be fairly obvious - because you need to modify the existing harness.

If you have the skills not to need Drivesafe holding your hand every step then upgrading the relays is a straight forward task.

cheers
Paul

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Which is what I said in the first place.

That said I think you can actually do the upgrade without splitting the case, but you still need to tap into the original harness. There are some good pics of the headlamps showing interior wiring.

Discovery - headlight conversion to 2003 on lights - Land Rover Zone

The question was "why did Drivesafe say it was difficult to put a relay in a D2a?" I think the answer should be fairly obvious - because you need to modify the existing harness.

If you have the skills not to need Drivesafe holding your hand every step then upgrading the relays is a straight forward task.

cheers
Paul

Now I'm confused (easily) again. I understood that the original thread was talking about options to upgrade the already fitted D2a upgrade headlights to provide something brighter again ie replacing the H7s or whatever?

Yes but it was pointed out the HID upgrade is illegal. Obviously there are those who dont give a **** about other road users, and install anyway.

The discussion moved fairly rapidly to upgrading headlight wiring.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Yes but it was pointed out the HID upgrade is illegal. Obviously there are those who dont give a **** about other road users, and install anyway.

The discussion moved fairly rapidly to upgrading headlight wiring.

Ta. So, to go back a step, and fully accepting that the HID route is illegal (and not smart either) - when talking about the D2a upgrade headlights, is the concensus that there is little else that can be done to enhance particularly low beam, or does anyone have some bright ideas (sorry bad pun) for relays, legal replacement globes or whatever?

Look into replacement globes ... all 4x are H7, and a while back I did a bit of a look around for better globes, and there seems to be a bit of choice.

Try here:-

Osram Night Breaker Plus NightBreaker Plus Philips Xtreme Power 80% 90% AutoBulbsOnline

or here... H7 headlight bulbs for Cars, Motorcycles,Vans. Main and dipped headlamps.

or even here.... [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-12972-XVS2-X-Treme-Power-Bulbs/dp/B00440CWCG"]Philips 12972-XVS2 H7 X-Treme Power 100% Kit (2 Bulbs): Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41z0YBtKUmL.@@AMEPARAM@@41z0YBtKUmL[/ame]

.... for starters.

Originally Posted by superquag

Try here:-

Osram Night Breaker Plus NightBreaker Plus Philips Xtreme Power 80% 90% AutoBulbsOnline

or here... H7 headlight bulbs for Cars, Motorcycles,Vans. Main and dipped headlamps.

or even here.... Philips 12972-XVS2 H7 X-Treme Power 100% Kit (2 Bulbs): Amazon.co.uk: Car & [email]Motorbike

.... for starters.

Thanks. Aaaaargh! I don't even know what I am looking for apart from H7. I don't know enough and can't work out from the web info whether the individual mirroring background for each assembly determines the low/high beam throw and whether all lights are basically the same (just more intense) or what. I "think" from reading my D2a manuals we have 60/55 high/low as standard, but that could be for the pre-update rectangular lights, and might even be talking about H4 or others.
Will have to talk to the wise locally - oops, I'm doing that already!