Thread: Defender Headlight Upgrade Kit

I have those head lights and not being a sealed unit the do fill up on river crossings..so you need to buy goldfish aswell

I'd be a little sus of an aftermarket, cheap free form reflector headlamp. A couple of lighting tests in a few mags in the last few years haven't been overly complimentary of some freeform reflectors.

Think I'll stick to my Cibie Z beams. Like Clarkie says, thay are legal, too.

Alan,
I only found one wire to short because I mounted on the drivers side wing. It was only the power wire to the circuit breaker to the relay. I just mounted the circuit breaker on the brake master cylinder cover and ran the wire down to the battery box in shielding. I have suggested to DS that he just supplies the wire in one length and allows the installer to cut to length. Not a huge issue for me. If I had put it on the passenger side somewhere would have had heaps of wire length. The rest fitted fine if run right, not over the top of everything. I actually had to trim some so I did not have wire bundled up.
I am happy with the kit and would recommend. I mnot losing sleep over an extra $2 worth of wire if I need to relocate the circuit breaker.

Originally Posted by AlanH

I've just fitted the wiring upgrade to my vehicle and several of the leads supplied were too short.
I spoke to the supplier and he advised they should be fitted as close as poss. to the battery but he's obviously not looked under a Defenders bonnet recently as there's not too many places they can be put except under one of the wings.

I feel they are more of a generic kit to fit vehicles with batteries under the bonnet, not under the seat.
I've sent him a message saying I didn't think they should be marketed as being specifically for a Defender because of the short leads, or alternatively, some measuring needs to be done and the kit changed accordingly.
That being said I think there's a marked improvement in the light output (although I'd already got better globes in ...fatboys or something) which is pretty dismal with the standard wiring.
Hope this helps.
Alan.