Headlights Upgrade

[CountryPhoon]

Guys -

I do a lot of nite driving in the bush. My Phoon lights are damn good - but I'm wondering if anyone has tried upgrading the high-beam globes?

Also anyone done seperate driving lights? I don't want big suckers like Cro has on his nudge bar - but cant see too many places to mount them more discretely......

Cheers

[wicksy]

ask CRO he knows alot about lights as hsi is bright enough to light a stadium up

[Trough Lolly]

instead of having the gorky big nudge-bar with spottys, you could have a bracket made that goes on your numberplate screws to support 2 spotties.

worse cosmetical thing is, u might hafta bore the holes out to run small 3-4mm bolts through to the back of the bumper or something to support the weight of the lights.

would look better than a nudge bar though!

[NT TURBO]

Swap the useless foglights for driving lights.

[bugster70]

I dunno the technicalities, but I thought it was illegal to drive with more than one set of lights on if it was clear ie. not foggy, raining, etc? Haven't members said in the past that they've been pulled up for driving with their fog/driving lights on before?

[Cro]

If you don't want extra lights, or a bar to mount them on the best thing you can do is upgrade all your globes, and replace your fog light reflects with driving light reflectors. Swap the driving light brackets with eachother (passenger side to drivers side, drivers side to passenger side) and install them upside down. Adjust them to go as low as possible which is a lot higher than they would go normally. Wire them up to your high beams via a relay, but don't use them in traffic as they are very blinding.

When I don't have my nudge bar (not often but it does happen) the above method still lights up the road and the sides.

Globes:

Use Phillips Vision Plus 55w +50%. They provide a clean white light that show up any wild life and their eyes very easily.

You will need H4 for the two low/high beams, H7's (I think) for the highbeams, and H3 for the driving lights.

Reflectors:

Hella make a driving light replacment for the fog lights. Repco & Ingram sell these.

The normal headlights will provide that white light straight ahead, and the beam will be a lot further than the standard globes.

The driving lights point outwards a bit and light up the sides of the road very nicely. This helps you see if there is anything waiting to run across right infront of you.

Send me a PM with your mobile number if you want some more info.

I can get the globes and reflectors pretty cheap too.

[CountryPhoon]

If you don't want extra lights, or a bar to mount them on the best thing you can do is upgrade all your globes, and replace your fog light reflects with driving light reflectors. Swap the driving light brackets with eachother (passenger side to drivers side, drivers side to passenger side) and install them upside down. Adjust them to go as low as possible which is a lot higher than they would go normally. Wire them up to your high beams via a relay, but don't use them in traffic as they are very blinding.

When I don't have my nudge bar (not often but it does happen) the above method still lights up the road and the sides.

Globes:

Use Phillips Vision Plus 55w +50%. They provide a clean white light that show up any wild life and their eyes very easily.

You will need H4 for the two low/high beams, H7's (I think) for the highbeams, and H3 for the driving lights.

Reflectors:

Hella make a driving light replacment for the fog lights. Repco & Ingram sell these.

The normal headlights will provide that white light straight ahead, and the beam will be a lot further than the standard globes.

The driving lights point outwards a bit and light up the sides of the road very nicely. This helps you see if there is anything waiting to run across right infront of you.

Send me a PM with your mobile number if you want some more info.

I can get the globes and reflectors pretty cheap too.

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Cro is obviously 'the man' when the topic turns to making night into day! - Thanks buddy..

Couple of Qs that I think others will also be interested in:

1. Do the so-called "Phillips Vision Plus 55w +50%" produce the equivalent of around 100w globes? (Based on their name)

2. Are you saying put the "Phillips Vision Plus 55w +50%s" in all 4 main lights? (but different models obviously).

3. Is the swap of the body and reflectors of the fog lights a difficult task? (Ive read that they are a bugger to even replace the globes).

Thanks again.

[ZAP]

CP

1= yes, they are also whiter than the stock ones. You will find they light the cats eyes much further down the road

2 = yes all 4 lights, I hav done this and for $80 all up it was the best mod I have done, as it is used every night and is a safety feature

3. H4 and H3 from memory. Save your knuckles and remove the airbox (2x 8mm bolts) and the battery. This unless you have little fingers

[Cro]

They won't be as strong as 100w globes.

Theory has it, 50% of 55w = 22.5 + 55w = 82.5w.

If you put 100w globes in, your reflectors will yellow out due to the extra heat.

Phillips Vision Plus 55w +50% all round, including the driving lights.

2 x H4, 2 x H7 (I think), 2 x H3

The fog/driving lights arent that hard to change over. It is just time consuming.

You need to jack the front end of the car up to make it easier (although it can be done without jacking it up). Use a 7mm socket to take all the screws out from the stone tray. Remove the stone tray, then push on the foglights till they fall out of the bumper.

[Flukey]

The fog/driving lights arent that hard to change over. It is just time consuming.

You need to jack the front end of the car up to make it easier (although it can be done without jacking it up). Use a 7mm socket to take all the screws out from the stone tray. Remove the stone tray, then push on the foglights till they fall out of the bumper.

They are a nightmare to change and I curse thru the whole exercise.