Thread: New D4 Owner. Xenon headlights - Wow!

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

I have the MY14 D4.The headlights are great,however for country driving they lack the distance required for safe driving.
I have fitted Fyrlyt spotties,yet to drive it at nite to see the improvement.
Andrew

FYI, I just wired my Fyrlyts on Sunday morning and did a night drive to Wangaratta via Mansfield/Whitfield. The Fyrlyts make a massive difference for long distance penetration. I saw a couple of roos with them that I otherwise would not have seen.

Originally Posted by TerryO

The funny thing is most people who live in the country don't have spot lights, sure some do, but most don't. Where as most people I know who live in the city and visit the country to go camping etc feel the need for spot lights.

The other thing that is amusing is most people who go camping from the city rearly drive on back roads at night. As they are usually stopped and set up camping well before it gets dark.

What does that say?

A bullbar just doesn't look right without a set of spotties.

My D4 still hasn't been ARB'd or OL'd.

Having said that, my previous 4x4, a Prado, was dropped off to ARB soon after purchase for "one of everything". Looked a treat, but didn't add much for resale value.
Using the spotties at night was at times a PITA, as the reflections back from guideposts, signs etc could be blinding.

And yep, we're usually parked up well before dark.

Originally Posted by winaje

FYI, I just wired my Fyrlyts on Sunday morning and did a night drive to Wangaratta via Mansfield/Whitfield. The Fyrlyts make a massive difference for long distance penetration. I saw a couple of roos with them that I otherwise would not have seen.

That's a buggar of a road at night, as is the road from Wangaratta to Myrtleford via Milawa, then out to Buckland Valley, long day that.

Baz.

my MY 08 D3 has the Bi-Xenon and they are very good but also have the LR spots which are rubbish. I put a new HD loom and relay in, 100w Halogen globes but still very poor. Was thinking of doing a HID upgrade to them as the kit is cheap, $35 or so.

Probably need to buy a decent set of LED/ HID types but mounting them is the issue. Don't have or want a bull bar so using the existing LR mounts would be only option.

anyone done a spot install without a bullbar?

Originally Posted by PeterOZ

my MY 08 D3 has the Bi-Xenon and they are very good but also have the LR spots which are rubbish.

Do you mean the fog lights? They are not spots and are not designed to be used as spots!!

PeterOZ

Do a HID upgrade to your existing lights.

It will be the best $35 you'll ever spend!

Originally Posted by BobD

Do you mean the fog lights? They are not spots and are not designed to be used as spots!!

PeterOZs avatar shows the genuine LR spot lights fitted. Those lights have got little distance penetration. There are many schools of thought as to the best way to get lots of light down the road. My belief is that plenty of amperage pushed into a top quality globe in a top quality reflector/lens housing equals the best light. Be careful of colour temperatures when considering options. Too high a colour temperature reduces the contrast of wildlife.

Originally Posted by BobD

Do you mean the fog lights? They are not spots and are not designed to be used as spots!!

Negative, look at my avatar, see the 2 spots in the middle area of the grill?

Those are the spotties, not the fog lights.

there is NO nudge bar fitted. Just the standard LR bumper bar. The LR spots have a bracket that extends from chasis front cross member up through the plastic bumper.

I might spend $35 changing the spots to HID inserts but that will not fix the optics at all. Still for $35 who knows? If they are still crap then I will figure out how to mount "normal" set of spots in lieu of the LR ones.

LED light bar would be cool for blinding idiot camry drivers who insist on leaving high beam on too . . .
Don't fancy an ugly set up spoiling the look though.