Fitting a HID conversion kit to Narva 175?

I'm with you Lucy,
Hope Roachie reads this and bursts into tears, hehehehehe

Although I have to admit, he did give me a blast of his headlights, in his driveway one evening.... Very impressive !
Cheers Mate
Bucky

I have done this to two sets of Narva 175's and they work really well.

Whether you have to drill holes in the back of the lights depends on the HID globes.

The first set I did the wires came straight out the back of the globe and could not be bent to fit in the plastic housing so I had to take them straight out through the plastic.

The second set the globes had wires coming out of the globes at the back at right angles and no cutting of the Narva was required.

You will need the H3 globes to fit in the 175's and as I fitted mine to a Pajero I can't help with the Navara but it wouldn't be much more difficult than fitting normal driving lights.

I had first fitted the 175's as normal lights and then fitted the HID globes later. I mounted the HID ballasts to the inside of the bullbar as the wires from the ballast to the globes are not very long.

As a side note if you plan on doing any water crossings then make sure the HID ballasts are waterproof...Most are splash proof but not many are truly water proof.

Peter

Hey Peter thanks for your great reply.

I think I will go with the following HID kit

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He says the ballasts are completely waterproof. But it looks as if the wires come off the back of the bulbs, so I will be required to drill a hole in the back of the lights? And will this be a prob doing creek crossings eg. will the lights fill up with water?

Mitch

And should i get 4300k or higher?

In my opinion MJC85, i'd go for the 4300k. I got the 6000k and IMHO they are a little too blue. I think the 4300k would be a nice white light. Regards Kirsten

I agree with keepingitreal, go for the 4300K, all of the others are a bit too 'blue' in colour and are actually not as bright...

The wire on that kit appear to come straight out the back of the globe so you will probably have to cut a hole in the light casing but check first...

If you do need a hole then you should pay extra attention to sealing the globe where it mounts in the reflector so that water cannot get in.

Peter

My vote is for 4300K too. I got 6000K because they say they are white. In my opinion they are slightly blue.

Topend

hey... I too went down the route of trying these narva 175;s with the same hid conversion you are doing. can you give us an update on the drilling bit...? And how you're going with the installation...My hid bits are still in the mail...

Hey mate I havn't started yet, waiting for my HID kit from Japan should be here early next week.