Of course it would have been a different story if the D3 light lenses where bad enough to be binned anyway - but they are not at that stage just yet
End of the day, the surface finish didnt inspire me with any confidence to follow through on my D3s lights. Id be pretty ****ty if they ended up looking like my spotlight cover did - at least I can cheaply replace that - not so cheap for the D3 and in the end I decided it wasnt worth the risk
Shane
2005 D3 TDV6 loaded to the brim with 4 kids!
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Of course it would have been a different story if the D3 light lenses where bad enough to be binned anyway - but they are not at that stage just yet
Shane
2005 D3 TDV6 loaded to the brim with 4 kids!
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members-rides/220914-too-many-defender-write-ups-here-time-d3.html
40 minute job this morning to replace old D2S globes with new ones.
Globes were $181 from Powerbulbs UK and arrived in 5 days.
Old ones looked OK until put next to the new ones so we will see how they go.
And to avoid confusion next time, I put the date on the cover (and did the same with the high beam).
new d2s.jpgnew vs old.jpgd2s fitted.jpgd2s lock.jpgfitted date.jpg
2012 L320 Range Rover Sport Fuji White
REMLR 012
No 5 Trailer ARN 177-295
2006 Disco 3, 4L V6 Petrol SE Deceased Feb 26 2023
SOLD Engineers Trailer - no id
SOLD RAAF 231194 Perentie 110 GS - SIR ANGUS
SOLD 4MP COY Series 3 FFR 30-209
Bi-Xeons?
keen to learn how the new ones compare. I'm about to place an order with power bulbs for a bunch of stuff, once I save some $$$
2012 L320 Range Rover Sport Fuji White
REMLR 012
No 5 Trailer ARN 177-295
2006 Disco 3, 4L V6 Petrol SE Deceased Feb 26 2023
SOLD Engineers Trailer - no id
SOLD RAAF 231194 Perentie 110 GS - SIR ANGUS
SOLD 4MP COY Series 3 FFR 30-209
Any HID (High Intensity Discharge) lamp will start degrading the moment you first strike it. Each strike will degrade it and it degrades progressively as it runs. That dark colour on the glass is electrode material. That gradually migrates as the lamp ages leaving less electrode available to excite the gas. A bit like a halogen that is under-run (dimmed) deposits filament on the inside of the glass making it look silver.
I did the figures years ago for HID lamps in stage lighting fixtures and power usage aside it was better for the lamps to leave them on for 4 hours between shows than it was to cool & re-strike them (not better for power, but at over a grand a lamp it was better on the figures). Not particularly relevant to headlamps, but an illustration of the peculiarities of the way discharge lamps degrade.
It's easy not to notice the degradation of HID headlamps as it is an incredibly gradual process. That makes it blindingly (excuse the pun) obvious when you replace the lamps as suddenly your light output ~doubles. Of course when you replace them with souped up lamps and the immediate reaction is "wow these Philips blind-o-matic 4000 lamps are awesome!", but in reality compared to what you just took out a new set of original lamps would be pretty much just as amazing.
Halogens dim over time also, but it's fractions of a fraction compared to the ageing process a HID lamp goes through.
Well I bit the bullet and placed order for new xenon globes, LED high beam, cornering and fog as well as LED side lights plus all th canbus gadgets to suit.
$969 worth from powerbulbs.
They were a bit painful to deal with but got there with them in the end.
Oztourer
MY05 TDV6 HSE, Buckingham Blue
Front Runner Slimline II roofrack and rear ladder, Safari Snorkle, Mitch Hitch, Traxide D3-DU, Bushman Fridge, Icom IC-440N UHF, Hema HN7, Tyredog TPMS, GVIF and reversing camera
Just keep an eye on there. They do 25% off deals very regularly.
DiscoClax
'94 D1 3dr Aegean Blue - 300ci stroker RV8, 4HP24 & Compushift, usual bar-work, various APT gear, 235/85 M/Ts, 3deg arms, Detroit lockers, $$$$, etc.
'08 RRS TDV8 Rimini Red - 285/60R18 Falken AT3Ws, Rock slider-steps, APT full under-protection, Mitch Hitch, Tradesman rack, Traxide DBS, Gap IID
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