Retrofit HID in driving lights

Hello George, we have Phillips HID's fitted in our Hella Rallye 4000's.

Hugh improvement and a very white light, we use the 4200k ones.

The only issue we have is when we go onto high beam and the HID spot lights ignite the engine goes into limp mode so we have to turn the engine off and restart, this only happens once and a while.

I think it is to do with the DP Power Chip modual mounter about 10 inches away.

We only use the Phillip's branded ones and can't comment on other cheaper one.

regards Richard

for the price go 75w kits, you wont look back.
was round Johnnos the other night, and fired up my 240 LForces against his 240s with HIDs and may as well saved my time
I'll do mine soon.. have the instructions here off the web from Bushy555 off outerlimits4x4 on how to..
pretty easy, and cheap for HIDs

George,

Both and mate and I have gone to the 'bright' side - we both fitted ebay 'cheapies' to Hella 4000's to see if the upgrade was worth it.

It definitely is worth it. I did change from two spot lenses to a fog on the passenger side to light up the sides of the road and offroad better.

We both used 6000k globes and they are a tad blueish - if doing it again I would drop back to 4300k temp globes for a more whiter light.

I had to extend the wiring loom supplied as it was designed for headlight replacement, not driving lights, but this wasn't a problem.

I haven't had any issues with ECU or computers etc and am running them on a 100 Series Landcruiser.

Just be aware of the longer globes in HID - the 35w kit that I got have globes that are 55mm long - be careful when selecting driving lights to convert that they have enough depth to allow fitting without fouling. I'm not sure if the 55w globes are longer.

George

Thats a quite a strong opinion of HID lights that you espouse there.

Did you happen to meet me coming the other way one night perhaps.