Driving Lights & Central Locking Kit 2002 Rodeo 4x4

G'day, have a set of IPF HID, spread and spot beams, 55Watt, awesome lights, not cheap, but I think any of the HID sets will be far better than any of the normal halogen driving lights. Give your self a chrissy present.......... John

Definitely there are brighter and lighter spotlights out there.

HID is the way to go if driving at night a bit or if you want the best possible light. For very bright halogen lights i would go either the Hella Rallye 4000 or the Lightforce 240 Blitz or XGT. These 3 lights are by far the brightest and best lights on the market for under $600 a pair.

Hellas are around $420 a pair on Ebay
Lightforce 240 Blitz about $390 on Ebay
Lightforce XGT $485 on Ebay.

There are also kits on Ebay to convert these lights to HID for around $200-$250 a kit.

IPF is over rated by a long shot in terms of light output. HID IPFs arent even as bright or spread as much as a Halogen Hella 4000. Lightforce shine the furtherest but dont have very good spread.

74474

Lol sorry Nugget, pressing wrong buttons, i was just going to say have a look and thread number 74474 or have you already??

Just thought about it when you called your car a truck. Stupidest argument i have even read on here i think

Back to the subject, i have a set of 240 blitz on the front with the hid kit put through them. They are brilliant.

Cheers

I had the same light problem and went for a set of Rallye 4000 compacts (1 yr old couple minor scratches) and 'bout a 55w HID kit on ebay $170 (someone sells a retro fit for these lights) and they are blinding. It was a spread + spot but replaced the spot lens with another spread as its not needed with HID (its a small circle a kilometer away...I'm not joking!). I think the beam shape is a bit odd as the reflector obviously isn't optimised for HID but at a saving of $600 who cares. On country NSW roads there's no problem spotting roo's and related. I also wired each light separately so you can use 1 or 2 and control the amount of light. The only thing with HID's is that they take a bit of warming up but they are good once they are hot also reflective signs tend to blind you!

Hi Nugget

And a Merry Christmas to you and your family.

After reading the test of 37 different lights in 4WD Action No. 139 IPF 900XS Halogen lights are RRP $474 for a complete kit and were Highly Recommended. Compare this to the IPF 900XS HID which were also Highly Recommended BUT at RRP of $937 EACH light I would like to be able to recycle the GOLD parts to justify the cost.

I recently bought a D-MAX and fitted a set of IPF 900XS (Halogen) both spread beams. I want to see the roos on the sides of the roads not something two kilometres in the distance. Coming back through the Marloboro stretch I really enjoyed these lights. I could see far enough into the distance and also the 20 odd groups of roos/wallabies on the side. One thing I didn't like (closer to suburbia) was the glaring road signs and markings that bounce the light back at you. Actually had to turn these lights off to stop being dazzled.

The most awesome light in the test was KC Hilites from USA at US$990 per light. Pssst! They do have a 23 year warranty.

I suppose it all comes back to budgets and where you will be using them.

Malcolm

" One thing I didn't like (closer to suburbia) was the glaring road signs and markings that bounce the light back at you. Actually had to turn these lights off to stop being dazzled. "

This is an increasing annoyance driving at night with high beams on :-(