Rubbish Headlight Globes

[Tocchi]

Crappy NOR roads

[PAH]

Nice Sydney roads. At $80 - $90 per set, these whiter globes would need to last heaps longer than they have for me to bother buying them again. I might put one of the factory globes back into the LHS. Or drop in one Spiro again. As stated above, one of Spiro's mechanics told me they no longer sell these whiter globes.

Edited 28/11/15 06:36 PM by PAH

[El Andrew]

Narva 50+ pair around $40 on ebay. For the 18m life this seems reasonable for the extra light I get in the EL. Nice and white too.

I'm actually not sure what's in the BA as they haven't blown in the time I've had it.

If you change globes make sure you get a tune☺

[PhilMeUp]

Girlfriend's previous two taxis (BFII wagon and BFIII wagon) used to both go through headlight globes at a rapid rate.

And she cruises around like Driving Miss Daisy. She's slow.

Meanwhile, I go through one or two globes a year, at the most.

And I drive the car as though it's in Formula 1.

These days I keep a spare globe in the bottom of the airbox.

I buy globes in packets of 10 when they're on special at Covs.

Always wanted to try the IPF Fatboy globes. That's what the 4WD crew use, and they're also a higher output globe.

[k31th]

Lesson 1: don't buy "whiter" halogen globes if they have any coating on the glass. They just don't last and have lower light output, if anything.

Lesson 2: HID replacement FTW! Better colour, more reliable (if installed correctly) and sometimes cheaper than a "whiter" set.

[MattyP]

Projector lens its almost a must with any hid kit has the scatter can be too much for oncoming traffic

[k31th]

When installed and aimed correctly, regular "reflector" style headlamps are acceptable with regard to scatter. Even scattered they have heaps more light output then a regular halogen

[MattyP]

Agreed

I personally prefer the pattern of a projector though

Ive seen some shocking hid installs in reflectors and you just get totally blinded

[k31th]

Agreed on both counts. It must be installed and aimed correctly in a reflector.

Projector is just better for a "cleaner/smoother" light output, but for a large proportion of cars, there's no good (cheap/easy) way to get projector lenses into the factory position :(

[barnz]

Just been over all of what both of you have said with my brother and his PK ranger. Sent me a pic of his new HID's. I said your a penut dont put them in reflector lights. Surprisingly there are no aftermarket projectors for PK. With some tweaking they are less blinding to oncoming traffic.

Projectors can be aimed more accurately BUT, at the right approach angle oncoming traffic still cops it. This is true even in oem applications. In a perfect world we would drive on flat roads and it wouldnt be a problem.....