HID LIGHTS? WHAT ARE THESE?

You can smack me with a wet fish if I'm wrong but as I understand it , at least in Queensland it is illegal to change headlights to HID unless they have focusing and washers on them.
Also unless the car comes from the factory with them.

Interesting thread on 4x4 action forum which I cant find at the mo.

Roachie
Waschecking them out at the 4X4 show in Melb. on the weekend, and I got put off one type. Although they had the best light of the lot, the actual globe shifted back into the holder, when low beab was called for.
now I am no expert, but I recon that they would schyte themselves in a matter of days, on diry,, outback or just plain bumpy roads.
The particul;ar selling rep denied that would happen, but if you think of the sheer logistics of the switching to hi/low bean, and the sliding required, then its money down the drain.

Have you found a globe that runs 2 separate filaments (or whatever) to eliminate the problem ?

Remember that I am a bit lowsey, when it comes to spending $$$$ and only get problems back.

Cheers mate
Bucky

ps ...
Love the spelling,,,,,, obviously not really awake yet
hehehehehe

Cheers

or, how many thumbs ya got Bucky

G'day Bucky,
Yes those ones of mine have some sort of moving/sliding mechanism in them to change from low to high beam. I've driven my fair share of corrogated and rough roads and they are still working perfectly well. Mind you, I lashed out and fitted a set from a mob called XenonOz and they set me back about $1600- about 3 years ago.

I know they are "technically" illegal...... if a person who is in-the-know went over my rig he could easily find a dozen things that are "technically" illegal....... and I reckon if everybody on this forum (and elsewhere) who does any mods to their rig was fair dinkum, they'd all admit to having various things done to or on their truck that isn't quite legal.

The main thing to me is that my rig gets used 90% for doing trips away from civilisation and I rarely get "flicked" by oncoming cars when I'm on low beam. Well adjusted HID lights are not a problem IMHO. We've had this discussion before.

No 1

Sometimes I have thumb-eye co-ordination problems.
And it really depends just what time I wake, and how many hrs sleep I get..

Cheers Mate
Bucky

Replaced Hi and Low beams with HID globes and have only been flashed once in 8 months !!

As said , keep them adjusted down to try and stop them glaring other people and you should be fine, but as also said, they are technically illegal ( only low beam I believe ) because they need washers and self levellers ??

High beam is very good, but with an approx 5 sec delay until they reach full brightness, they may not suit everyones tastes ??

Are they worth the money ?? I paid $85 a set for mine and think it was well spent, but unless you do some serious night driving, I wouldn't bother..

I think you'll find that they indeed do have washers fitted, it's just that you don't know what you are looking for. There is a square piece on the bumper assembly normally that stores the washer, which pops up when activated. Older style was to have a largish block similiar to the windscreen washer squirter.

The "dipping" or self-levelling function is done at startup predominantly and takes into account weight distribution on the vehicle. start the lights and they will tilt up and then down to the correct alignment, well before full brightness is achieved.

My other vehicle uses a screen to change from low to high with the difference being a distinct cutoff of light at lowbeam shining upwards.

Andrew