Lights and HID ..the good the bad and those who look like me :))

Footy,

Buy some good quality reflectors( not narva or that rubbish) and use philips +80 globes even on the standard wiring will be 100% improvement. also put relays switching off the battery(upgrade wiring kit) and another improvement you will have.HIDs are not legal and do create electrical gremlins and noise.

Footy

Drive by day and camp at night???


lol.

Hi Footy

I had similar problems - went to ARB and replaced the headlights with IPF inserts. Since then I have given away having spotties fitted - they always seemed to spot possums after a while on corros anyway.

Best thing I ever did was the IPF's they fit straight in and look like original equip.

I presume they still supply them as it was many years ago I did that.

cheers

Phil

Hi Footy,
I'll give another vote for the IPF inserts over the standard reflectors.

I put them in my Troopie not long after I bought it.

Like you I too have the ARB wiring upgrade and have retained it with the new IPF reflectors.

Geoff

G'day Footie

The ARB upgrade .. is that only reflectors and globes etc.
The reason I ask is that the lighting on some landies is a bit like the old 6V Veedubs. The solution there is to upgrade the wiring also, as the OEM stuff is too light to carry sufficient current.

I've not done it personally, but I believe the upgrade involves installing heavier wiring plus a relay from the original switch to activate the system. The relay being to save the OEM switch from burning out due to the extra current load. You could check the voltage at the lights through the original wiring and if it's down, then heavier wire should solve the prob.

Hey Footloose ,you got headlight protectors ? When we bought our 80 the low beam was so pitiful we tried all the normal stuff as well , thing was that some over the top headlight protection had been applied by the previous owner , kid you not it had 4mm thick plastic stick on protectors + the Aunger type bonnet and headlight protectors , stickons had opaqued enough over time to stop round 50% of the light , , pain in the proverbial to remove but made a major light output difference ............