lightforce xgts

Xgt's converted to HID sell for around $800 on ebay

Try Derek from ABR sidewinder.
Have a good one

Thanks for that..... is there another light that might be better or lower in cost?? I do a heaps of night driving as well as 4wd....

Why anyone would pay this much for driving lights is beyond me. What is it about these lights that makes them "worth" so much? Another case of "High Price, must be the best"?

I use Roolites which are a cheap copy of the lightforce and seem to work qiute well

Pete

I drive a bit slower of a night time.

I have the XGT's and they are an excellent light in there own right.

The price difference between the XGT and HID is pretty steep and in reality you may only gain a few hundred meters extra over the XGT which pending on the diffuser set up already reaches out about 600 meters plus.

If you need more light then consider additional higher wattage inserts for your main headlights probably still be cheaper overall.

I bought a pair of HID bulbs for the XGT's off ebay for $250.00, they came with full instructions to install them with minimal fuss.
The positive side is the light is white and much brighter and the negative side is that there is a narrow dark stripe in the light beam caused by the shadow of the small rod that comes out of the end of the bulb and then runs parallel to the bulb.

Is it worth it?
Yeah its worth it.

Mal

Lightforce themselves now sell a kit to upgrade some of their halogen lights to HID format....but I think it only applies to the Blitz 240, Striker 170 and the little 140s; not the XGT.

I had a set of XGT which I converted myself to HID (with remote ballast location under bullbar), but they weren't as good as I expected them to be, so I've sold them and gone back to having 4 x 170's....even these are off the rig at present (for the summer)......

I agree with some of the other comments (eg: Bonz)....you'll never "out-drive" a decent set of halogen lights anyway, so why the expense of HIDs so you can see 3 klicks ahead of where you are.....you've got plenty of time (@ 100k/h) to get to where your lights are shining, so can pick-up nasty surprises well in advance.

The one thing I like about having 4 x 170's on the bullbar is that I can angle the 2 outer ones a bit , to give me a much better peripheral view of the roadside, thus showing-up any wildlife that might be thinking of straying into my path.

Roachie

The idea of using HID spotlights isnt just about the amount of light , but the fact that it also reduces fatigue. Nothing compares to HID, the price is very well worth it. People spend huge money on all sorts of stuff for there 4wd, so i dont think this should be any different. Try drive all night with halogen and then try it with HID, big difference. Truck drivers can back me up on this. Every truck over this way now has HID Hella 4000s or Lightforce. You can never ever have too much light, its cheap insurance if ya ask me.

You can convert the other Lightforce lights with a genuine kit from Lightforce. Costs about $410 to convert 2 lights, and you can get the 240 Blitz for about $385 on ebay. Same light output as XGT just different design. Thats the cheaper option for great light, and you will be impressed.

I bought some Lightforce 170's that were converted to HID from a well-known seller on ebay. When I installed them onto my car, while the light output was fantastic, the RF noise coming back through the HF made the HF unusable while the lights were on. There was even a whistle coming through the AM broadcast radio.

Tried all sorts of things to get rid of the noise to no avail. Ended up going back to halogen and sold the HID lights locallly. The ebay seller was not very helpful in problem solving either.

Very disappointed with my brief foray into the world of HID.

Howdy All

I have the 240 blitz mounted on my bull bar which were halogen when i got the car. A few months ago i got the lightforce upgrade kit from a dealer and had an Auto sparkie install them for me.

In my opinion the difference is amazing, not just how much brighter they were but how much more easy on the eyes they are driving at night. Makes a big difference with fatigue because no more squinting after a long night on the road.

I will admit thought the black 'v' lines are quite annoying because the dealer did tell me that the genuine lightforce kits will not have the 'v' but its not stopping me from using them.

I was keen on buying the HID XGT's but for the price i was quoted ($1600) i thought its alot cheaper just to put the kit on the old 240's.

Cheers

p.s Does anyone know if there is significant amount of difference between the 240 hid's and the xgt hid's?

No one has mentioned the advantages of hid with the reduced amp/currant draw. This is the most significant advance/benefit with hid apart from fatigue reduction. A lot less load on the alternator, wiring and battery.

Regards,
Cam

I don't know if they are a good light. BUT I saw some new ones this year where the corrugations had caused the brackets to snap off. Owner not happy.
I assume they came with the lights.
ian

A while back I good to run a set of lightforce HID lights on the cruiser. The real HIDs not upgrades. They were a lone set from Lightforce for a rally team I was doing recovery for but they crashed before the night driving so we chucked them on the criuser to drive home. They were $2400 a pair so I was a bit nervous. It was raining heavy and windy so hard to see. I flicked the HIDs on and OH MY GOSH if someone had walked across the road 1km in front of me I could have told you what was written on his Tshirt lol. I knew they were good but the difference it made was unbelievable. It was a long drive home and made it so easy driving. I had one idiot who left his lights on high beam but not for long when I gave him a flick. With the true HID there is no black spot in them as with upgrades, not with the ones we used anyway. Reflection from roadsigns was bit of a problem but I can handle that for such comfort in long distance night driving.

Josh