79 series L/C Headlight upgrade

Hey Leigh
Can you still buy them ?? Ha Ha
Couldn't agree more, can't believe I have put up with them for so long !!

Thanks Mick
I'll check the Lcool site.
Piranha have a " Circuit completer " for extra $$$$ to rectify the problem. I looked at HID upgrade due to being illegal I decided not to pursue that idea.
Luckily as 2 weeks ago I was pulled over for a roadworthy check near home and after 4 cops spent 1/2 hr looking all over my L/C I got a Defect notice put on windscreen for a crack in windscreen and a blown globe in L/H blinker in bullbar (I had a spare globe but wouldn't let me change it on site ) and a caution to remove a 1/2 inch bolt that was only protruding 10mm on the top of bullbar that I use for a sand flag. Danger to pedestrians !!!!! Fisho's better watch out with the rod holder brackets.
Also I had to remove driving lights that had covers because one light had a small hole in the lens but was still fully functional ??
Hardly life threatening issues compared to some vehicles on the road.
Sorry I digress. Winge over.
Cheers
Barry

Thanks Bob
Was the improvement in light with the Loom and upgraded globes worth the extra $$$$.
Re the HID as I answered mick.
Driving lights I am looking at Frylite or Lightforce Halogen can't decide ??
Budget only stretches that far.

Cheers
Barry

Thought they made a marked difference, though it was nothing like 30 - 50% increase in illumination. The ability to use the highest wattage globes available without compromising the dipping switch was the big plus. We had ALL lights go out @ 100 kph, on an HJ60 once because the auxiliary lights had been installed incorrectly, and overloaded the dip switch.....not something you'd need to happen more than once.

Fyrlite seem to be the go, Brian. Intense light from a halogen!!!

Your coppers must be a bit more officious than ours? Was coming out of Longreach about 5.30 one morning, and was pulled up by Task Force, working at Thomson River, to catch any naughty truck drivers, druggies etc etc. Pulled up, license check & breath check: "How do you like the HID's" asked an older officer" "Good" says I. "Much brighter, and better vision". He just smiled and walked away. Probably just letting me know he was on my case.

Re h/d wiring, much depends how many $$$$$ they have on a kit now?

Bob

H/D loom and circuit completer around the $300 mark

Thanks James
I think that will be the way to go.
I prefer to stay legal.
Cheers
Barry

Thanks Alan
gives me something else to consider
Cheers
Barry

Thanks Mountainman
I like to keep it simple.

It was simple.
hooks up to your battery posts.
piggybacks onto your headlight loom.
no soldering. Simple and never ever had one issue with the kit.
because I installed it but the product has been faultless.
only thing was it blows a globe now and then.. at 45 a globe.
Every few years.
Sometimes I think it blows them both within a few weeks of swapping them over.
Upgraded globes are 175 a pair.
but im not ready to spent that sort of stupid money.
and only comes in 2packs.
soo no single