Thread: D4 high-beam alignment

Uttanutta,

My lights have the same possum spotting problem.

I have a MY11 2.7 D4, with zenon and the adaptive(?) set up.

Can you advise costs and who you used to convert the halogens and insert HIDs. What issues if any with this arrangement?

Thanks

Hi SWH. I can't remember the exact cost but it was around $400 - 500 for the local autoelectrician to change the halogens to HID and get the vertical alignment right with the help of hot glue. See my post on 5 August last year (#119) for a description and photos of the before/after beam pattern.

Apart from getting the vertical alignment right the only other issue I would suggest is getting the HID colour right. My sparky didn't have a good grasp of what the K numbers mean so I ended up with 6500K rather than 5000K that I would have preferred. A bigger number doesn't equate to better performance.

I bought an ebay kit for around $100. My (3000K) globes have the plastic locating lug filed down enough to cause the the globe to point upwards (the lug is at the bottom) to widen the beam downwards. The beam now lights the road as well as the possums, although I'd prefer not to see possums and get more concentrated light where it can be used. I still haven't felt the need to refit the driving lights but might one day.

Firstly I do not have the problem in my RRS and I appreciate that the car is supposed to remain level with the air suspension, but I do wish it was fitted with the four position height adjustable lights that my Freelander has. Around town I have the lights pointed down as range is not needed and it is better to have the area well lit in front - out in the country I have them up so that low beam gives a bit of range and high is also up a bit - it leaves you with a bit of control.

I find the bi Xenon low beam on the RRS gives reasonable light but cuts off too much giving not enough range and the halogen hi beams provide a rather ordinary light of reasonable range but not much intensity. Maybe I should change to HID on high beams.

Garry

SWH,
The local auto-elec (Goondiwindi) did mine for about a total of $450. He's the son of a mate of mine so he was asked to do the "right thing" by me. I agree with Beamin's comments that the higher the number does not mean better lighting. I went with the 5000 light but did not manually adjust the position of the new bulb. It is not perfect! but it is a hell of a lot better than the halogens and was fine for all night driving trips up until the ARB Bullbar was released and I added the IPF spots to it to finish it off.
I continue to be amazed with LRA and have previously stated, and no doubt will have cause to again, that the word "assist" should never appear in the LRA debacle that Land Rover hang their shingle on.

I am quite reluctant to spend money on a problem that is covered by warranty. It is the responsibility of LRA to rectify the issue and I am going to exhaust all avenues before I spend any of my own money. I have passed on the report from the rego inspection guy to my dealer, who passed it on to LRA. Also emailed LRA and asked them what the procedure was to correctly adjust the lights. Now waiting for their response.

I had always intended to convert the halogen to HID but I still think it stinks that LR wont accept that there's an alignment problem, along with the federal govt dept that is content to rely on documents provided by LR rather than pictures of the actual light output. It seems that no-one is really interested.

Originally Posted by GrahamB

Disomania
I assume your dealer is the same as mine. May I suggest you take your car to an independent authorised inspection station and ask them for a written report so you can pass it on to the dealer. The current Service Manager is not aware of any other complaints about the lights apart from mine.
Cheers
Graham

Might just have to do that.