Thread: HID upgrades

I have this problem at night on the narrow windy forest roads around here, I even had one 4WD come up behind me whilst driving my sons hatch and the entire interior lit up, the reflection in both out side mirrors was blinding,

It sounds like whoever was behind you didn't dip their lights and regardless of what type of bulb is used this will always cause this sort of problem.
I have fitted a set of H7 +120 globes in my high beam lenses but my low beams are standard issue.
It's Not the type of light fitted that is the problem It is the fact that drivers either don't dip their lights "Before" they become problematic to an oncoming car or when coming up behind another car that is the real problem.
Standard issue lights will still blind an oncoming vehicle if they are left on high beam.

Originally Posted by trout1105

It sounds like whoever was behind you didn't dip their lights and regardless of what type of bulb is used this will always cause this sort of problem.
I have fitted a set of H7 +120 globes in my high beam lenses but my low beams are standard issue.
It's Not the type of light fitted that is the problem It is the fact that drivers either don't dip their lights "Before" they become problematic to an oncoming car or when coming up behind another car that is the real problem.
Standard issue lights will still blind an oncoming vehicle if they are left on high beam.

No they were dipped, we saw him later with high beam on. The problem with 4WDs is that sit higher, so the lights are higher thus shine into a smaller vehicle. Fitting LED bulbs or ones that have a higher wattage do cause other drivers problems. If higher light intensity bulbs were fitted to the high beams only than it wouldn't be a problem, but for low beams which are used 90 % of the time retro fitting another bulb into a reflector that wasn't designed for it is a nuisance. I would love to improve my lights but I consider other users and am not selfish as I know what it's like to have your eyes irritated by these things.

Anyone planning to retrofit HID low beams to their car needs to be aware that they also need to have washers/wipers on the lights and self levelling for either the lights or the suspension.

In the truck i can be blinded by some of these new style lights on single lane roads, my head would be about 2.4mts above the road when driving if i'm having trouble how is it in a car, i feel like flashing high beam at them but you have to give them benefit of doubt that they are on low and then having 2 blinded drivers it could turn to crap.
Maybe we should flash them so they know they are causing oncoming drivers grief and they just might do something about it.

I think i just contradicted myself then.

Originally Posted by lyonsy

if he did it to high beam only wouldn't be so bad since he has a d2a

but why not try these?
FYRLYT Driving Lights superior to any HID or LED regardless of price.
they seem to be a good thing and not as much strain on your eyes

An interesting product that I'd not previously heard of

First question is will they fit upside down within a rubber A frame bar the way the 170mm LFs do? My prediction is too big and too heavy

Second is how many other upgrades do they require? I have a LF wiring loom but only one battery, if I go to only 150W Id suspect my LF loom might cope but I wouldnt bet on it.

The AMA stuff is interesting - is 55W 4200K HIDs better than the 70W 5000K in terms of driver fatigue?

They're easy to wire up, especially the 5000s.

cant see why ya cant run them upside down
the top line ones come supplied with their own wiring due to 24v
otherwise lightforce wiring should be fine for the next ones down

How do you define "easy"?

Easiest to my mind would be plug them in to my existing LF loom? Is that possible?

Are Fyrlyt members/sponsors here by any chance?