Spot lights,,,, more confused than ever.

Boo all the brands you mention offer a HID option on there premium range. Unfortunately they come at a premium price.
The ebay after market HID inserts are of varying quality, most very bright but some don't have the correct focal length so you can get alot of light scatter & I've also had the issue of poor connector quality so the light goes out after a river crossing. A matter of finding someone who can confirm a specific ebay sellers HID unit matches the reflector.
I've had success with both Ultratech Quattro HID's plus the cheaper Night Stalker HID.
Cheers Craig................

I had some that I bought from an ebay seller, they were converted Lightforce 170's.
Whilst the light was exceptional and the focal length was spot on, the ballasts were of some sort of chinese variety.
These ballasts emitted so much RF noise that my HF radio was unusable while the lights were on. There was also RF noise coming through the AM car radio. I tried all sorts of methods to try and reduce the noise, but to no avail.
I ended up selling the HID lights and going back to Halogen 170's.
I am a bit wary of trying out HID lighting again, as I had a bad experience with this lot.

HTH

Boo, Hella make the Predator and Lightforce the XGT and Blitz 240 both are HID. I have the Blitz 240 in HID and Hella Rallye 4000's in QH on two separate vehicles and find the HID have a 'dark spot' in the mid range whereas the Rallye 4000's don't. In other words the close range is good and the long range is good but the illumination in the mid range is no so good. In my opinion the jury is still out on HID and I don't think you get twice the light for three times the price. I have tried the Combo lenses and rotating the reflectors on the 240's but feel both are a gimmick. Sure the HID's do illuminate reflectors on guide posts 2 or 3 K's away but as far as illuminating the road mid range forget it.

Hi BooBoo,

I have a set of 2003 vintage IPF900's and they added no value to my 200 series cruiser high beam, could barely tell if they were on :(

So, with little to lose, I bought a set of H3 HID's in a 55W 4300K kit digital slimline ballast, specifically for the IPF900's from Ebay - the ballasts all fit inside the spottie case. It was only ~$120 and I wasn'texpecting too much. Well I cannot believe the difference in performance :) When I turn off my HID's, its like I switched off all my lights, the difference is that much.

My biggest regret is that I did not do this years ago!

Cheers

Captain

Boo Boo

I purchased HID's for the "Poootrol", from this mob
http://www.newpro-tech.com.au/
And was happy with Hi beam, although on low beam thery were bit ordinary, and an adjustment took care of that.

I next purchased Hella Rallye 4000 (1 spot, 1 spread) from this mob, for $320.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/xenonlv
Together with a Phillips HID kit, for $150.

The Phillips HID kit was absolute CRAP, end of story.
Anything under 45 seconds to flick back to high beam, meant it was a guessing game, left spot on, or right spot on,, or neither.
Very frustrating !

Glad I killed one of them off on Cape York tip last year
(drowned waterproof Ballast)

I then went back to newpro-tech for a 55 watt HID kit, and now have amazing light.
Instant on, every time, when resuming high beam with the spots on.

No more problems, and as I said earlier...AMAZING lights

Cheers
Bucky

BooBoo I went from my Cibie SuperOscars to Chinese HIDs recopmmended by my local auto electrician.

The HIDs are a significant improvement. Cibie super oscars which along with Hella Ralley's were the benchmark in Halogen lights for nearly 30 years.
I had to give up by Super Oscar's as they wouldn't fit inside the roo bar on my present vehicle.
Yes the reflection of road signs is a nuisance, but otherwise very pleased with the result. Wouldn't go back to Halogen Super Oscar's.

MARK

Hi Boo Boo,
I bought an HID upgrade for my hella lights, (cannot remember model numbers), on my previous vehicle and they were brilliant. They came from fleabay and used an external ballast. These were easy to wire into the 4wd and only problems I had was getting used to road sign glare and the "where the hell am I" when I switched them off. Unfortunately I sold them with the vehicle, which in retrospect indicates my stupidity level as it didn't increase the resale value one smidgen. They were only rated at 35w, if I recall correctly, but the newer ones now go up to near 100w I believe. When I bought my current 4wd I hunted around for another set and being short of bucks I decided to buy a fleabay no brand set of lights with waterproof metal enclosures. Rated at 55w and 4200 light range I thought they would be the answer. These came with internal ballasts both of which were loose in the lights which should have warned me of the low quality. So eventually get everything sorted and find they are as useful as whatchits on a bull.AND after about 4 weeks they started to rust on the outside.
Sooooo my humble thoughts would be to buy a known quality set of lights and then upgrade them to HID or buy them already done. I am going to do exactly that myself as they really were the answer for me and my lifestyle. And yes if working properly they are brilliant.

Rgds
Nev