Thread: HID and DRL

Originally Posted by rovercare

Should be bashed out with a breaker bar, hid in normal lights are terrible for other road users

was only a matter of time before a comment like this popped up. Correctly adjusted lights are what is important. I have had hids in my Merc for over 4 years with no complaints. Even had someone drive my car whilst I was in another to make doubly sure.

Originally Posted by 996TURBO

I also got the 13 LED's but i have an issue with those.

Bulb connector isn't as tight to hold those firmly. I do have light but sometimes a bulb failure message.

Do you know if i can tweak the bulb connector?

I have had a bulb out warning for the o/s park light and on investigation found the bulb had came out of the holder. After a 15 minute Blonde session where I was trying to fish for the bulb through the small hole in the headlamp my Brain re-engaged and I took the headlight bulb out to retrieve the small bulb.
Obviously as these 13 led bulbs are longer than the normal bulb, the bulb holder terminals need to be tight. A quick gentle squeeze with pliers on the holder put back the required Grip to the terminals and the bulb is now firmly in place and working again.
As an update the issue when turning on the Hids for the first time still persists but with no ill effects. Paul, did you have any luck with the 35w set?

Wayne
Concerning the surge when you first turn on.
I'm guessing that one of your ballasts is fitted to the plastic panel near the radiator.
Am I right?
Add an earth lead to this ballast bracket.
Fixed mine immediately!

Originally Posted by wayneg

As an update the issue when turning on the Hids for the first time still persists but with no ill effects. Paul, did you have any luck with the 35w set?

I have been running the H4 35W/35W set for ages with no adverse issues other than the occassional "reset" of the instrument lights and stereo when the lights are first switched on... seems to only happen if I turn the lights on quickly after starting the ignition. If I wait a few seconds and/or rev the engine, no issues. Will check the earth per Trevor's suggestion.

I took out the H1 55W/55W high beam set a couple of months ago. They threw errors and caused the "reset" every time.

Was just looking at the boxes of HID's I have, and somehow I have a pair of 9005 55W/55W as well. Not sure why, maybe for the Freelander or Crewman?

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

quite a while ago I started to put a list together of replacement LED lights for the P38 at LED Lights PaulP38A.com

I should revisit it as I have replaced most lights except the dash with LED's.

I would welcome contributions to complete the list.

Paul, most of the pics on that page no longer work. Also, I note you call the bulbs "blade" - I think the usual term is "wedge base".

Interesting that your rear map lights are wedge base fitting. Mine are Ba9s miniature bayonet.

Thanks for pointing that out Ron. I will get around to fixing those pics some day.

With your recent experiences doing interior lights, you could probably write your own page? Let me know if you intend to and I will take my page down, or you are welcome to help me put updated/correct info on mine to share with others.

Cheers, Paul.

No, I won't be writing any more pages. I'm no longer on RangeRovers.net (haven't been for the last 12 months) and I haven't updated any of my pages on there for quite some time prior. I don't even update my own website (hasn't been updated in years - time to pull it down).