HID auxiliary lights

Ungas, mate, if you can afford to buy either of these lights, you either have weak eyes like me, or you do LOTS of fast night driving. The Lightforce are bigger, cheaper and may perform better, but the Hellas would be more robust, but nearly twice the price. Let us know how they go. We have the QH Rallye 4000, and they are a good light, but only $200 each....

ungas, go the hella. my pair sat on the front of our truck for a year, before being transfered to the patrol. and i still have'nt changed a globe.

rick

Just remember that with HID lights, you will not see anything when you drop to low beam until your eyes ajust.

At $1000ea, you must have too much $$...

My 240s are the shiat, and I drive at night all the time.. As someone else said if you "NEED" HID's you should get your vision checked... Wanting is a different story.

I'd be sure to upgrade your low beams as well. Because the difference will be (not so) brilliant.

I have Rallye 4000 with plus 50 globes and heavy wiring. I could not ask for more.

If you do decide against the HID units, don't let anyone try to sell you "bigger" bulbs, it will make little difference to light output but WILL shorten the life of the reflectors.

PS sorry can't help with your actual question. (oops)

chopper

Bigger bulbs work a treat- and will not harm your lights if they are the old metal reflector/glass lens setup. I have 130/90 watt bulbs and upgraded wiring- works a treat. The trouble with decent spotties is thieves love them - I know- I had agreat pair of Cibie spots stolen. If you buy decent spots, DO NOT park your car on the street for too long eg: overnight because they probably won't be there when you return !
However I'd be dubious about putting much bigger bulbs in polycarbonate lights....

Ignore the extra spotties- it's street cred and 90% wank value. Unless you do lots of night rock work or roo shooting and need spread or separate aim.....

Put 130/90's in your standard headlights instead of the standard 60/55's and don't tell Mr Plod.....

My spotties are virtually a waste of time - I only fitted them because I'd have had to stuff them in a box to send to Brisbane - they were sitting on my garage shelf. They give more spread but only blind the victims of the 130/90's half a second longer....

Basic Assesment - ignoring park lights (which aim at the ground)

High Beam Low Beam

130 + 130 = 260 (total luminescance) 90+90=180 130/90 No Spotties
60+60+60+60=240 55+55=110 If legal fit spotties
60+60+60+60=240 60+60+55+55=230 If on on low beam (illegal fitment if on either separate to like mine or with both high or low)

130+130+60+60= 480 90+90+60+60=300 My fitting (shhhh!)



Remeber without dodgy changes spotties have only one mode - not high and low - adding both high and low duplicates the spotties effect....

Note I have fitted a separate switch for spotties - thay can be on with High, or Low or independant of both.

130/90 is more than twice as effective on high beam than standard and roughly 50% more effective for penetration even after 2 new legal spotties - candlepower works on inverse square law remember (but not for spread which is why there is some point in extra lights.

This should also be taken in to account when aligning beams......

Send me your written responses and I'll give you marks based on formula and results - right answers gets a free beer or kiss based on sex/ugliness/size of boyfriend....

However extra lights are useless if there is any traffic unless u never dip - If so I can't wait to flash all my 130+90+130+90+60+60+21+21(parker/driving globes)= 602Watts!!!! vapourise your eyeballs! If they don't vapourise the temporary blindness should assure you at least crash into the barriers......

Either way they measure up better than extra "legal" spotties unless you're dealing with fog or huge numbers of insects interfering, where spread is more important, or you're unable to align the 90+90+21+21= 222 W slighly downwards to give other people a chance and you get beaten up by a big truckie who you blinded or your wiring can't take it..... (which mine can't with extended high and low beam 2x130+90 bursts beyond 4 seconds on standard 2x10amp fuses).

Of course within 4 seconds you're already blind and I can always put 15 amp fuses in each side instead (tested safely for true tarmac melting power - but dunno how long until the plastic headlight surrounds would then melt........)

If I blow them by accident my Spotties and Parkers will cope until I can stop for new fuses........