HID Upgrades

Bushtrek,

There is NO ADR requiring Autoleveling or washing systems, this is an urban myth. This is a requirement in the UK so most OEMs have it but not here.

There are 2 ADR's covering HID

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There is NO ADR requiring Autoleveling or washing systems, this is an urban myth. This is a requirement in the UK and most of europe so most OEMs have it but not a law here.

There are 2 ADR's covering HID

They are here

ADR Gas Discharge Light Sources

and

ADR Gas Discharge Headlights


They mention optics, light formation and matching and reflection areas etc. Very complex documents that a country cop would not understand unless he has a double degree in Quantum Physics and Advanced Optics.

They do not mention Autoleveling or Washers at all. Upgrades will be illegal if they don't meet the above ADR specs.

If you do get HID replacements, make sure they have a clean cut off, then you won't dazzle oncoming cars if they are aimed correctly.

If you want the brightest get 4300K, 6000K are 20% less bright but bluer. Anything above 6000k is purely for show and not very bright.

It is hard to get good cut off for H4 or H3.
One good good supplier is
http://www.hidtechnologies.com.au/

I have absolutley no affiliatiation other than as a happy customer who has very bright headlights and who has never been flashed in the last 2 years.

Thanks for raising the ADR issue again Boobook2.
I do agree this is an area with a large amount of information to plough through to find what is necessary.
You attached 2 ADR docs. ADR 77/00 &78/00.
Both these rule sets refer to Design, Testing and Application of Gas discharge devices to automobiles.
The fitment requirements and the operation of the vehicles are referenced in these ADR's at para 2.1 and reference ADR 13/00.
The current revision of ADR13/00 is ADR 13/00 Compilation 2 (August 2007).

To save you going through this lengthy document suggest you refer to Appendix A subparagraph 6.2.6 and 6.2.9.
Now, you can search this document and you will not find reference to HID but will find Gas discharge lamps are defined.

The other information that will help understand the documents' intention in respect to Gas Discharge lamps, is the light output characteristics of these devices, as well an understanding of the change in vehicle orientation particularly its front to rear or "pitch" movement with respect to varying loads.
Currently designed automotive Gas Discharge lamps have a luminous intensity of generally 3,000 to 4,000 lumens, certainly above 2,000 which is within the upper end of Halogen luminence.

Vehicles particularly longer wheel base vehicles have a pitch co-efficient above the allowable Alpha range of 25% (15% up to 10% down), this means they dip at the rear when fully loaded unless significant suspension modification is present and in any case the manufacturer's specification is included in the calculation which effectively means you cannot achieve compliance with respect to vertical orientation with assistance systems.

Now armed with his information we can interpret the ADR.
Leveling devices are referenced at 6.2.6 in detail, both automatic and manual (which incidentally have to be capable of operation from inside the cabin).
At para 6.2.9 the nub of the issue is described, and the second sentence is quite deliberate. Manual leveling systems are not permitted.

Yeah thats the same person i am thinking of buying off. What modifications are needed to fit them to spotlights, as i have a pair of Lightforce 240 and Hella 4000, wouldnt mind getting abit more out of them to really light up the road. Where the reflective type lenses really crap cause i cant seem to find the Hella 7'' headlights anywhere. My headlights are old and yellow so really liked the look of them shiny reflective ones.

The Hella inserts are available at the better (more expensive ;-)) auto parts places. You may have to get them to order them in.
To fit them to the Cibies I had to enlarge the hole where the wiring entered the back of the light and fit the grommet supplied with the wiring harness. On the Humvee I mounted the ballasts on the inside of the front bumper.
I forgot to add to my earlier post that the other great advantage about HID's is the much lower power requirements.
As mine are all 35w units and are operating on 24v each light is only pulling about 1.5 amps which means that total high beam current is on the order of 6 amps. Would of been about 8 just for the driving lights before.

The headlights should go nicely with the

Larger tyres,
Incorrect speed rating on the tyres
2"lift
GVM with everything loaded
Gas bottle in the back
removed rear seats
Driving lights on the roof
ECU chip
modified exhaust
tuned up fuel
Turbo timer
Jerry cans filled with fuel on the back
winch hook protruding in front of the bar
Use of UHF while driving
etc
as legality goes.

if you are looking for decent adr approved lighting look at xenon lighting systems that are factory on BMW AUDI and Range Rover,those lighting components are freely available on the market and can be applied

I think my 6000k are great in wet weather and foggy conditions, they are also better on the eye in long distance night driving