Night driving - EK headlights x(

**vinnY** · 29-04-2009 10:43 AM

yeah i considered making a tranny connector by hacking up an old light bulb and stealing the contacts

still hunting some stuff down

**EK1.6LCIV** · 01-05-2009 06:46 PM

HIDs dont need washers its complete bs, just thought Id clarify as the B4 import is legal to drive here, has factory 8000k HIDs in not projector headlamps without washers lol

there are a few other imports that do not have projectors and have hids which are legal to comply under legistation for sale

**vinnY** · 02-05-2009 09:01 PM

just an update, decided to throw together my own harness made of 12ga wiring
almost done, just need to test in some guinea pig bulbs and see how i go

**EK1.6LCIV** · 03-05-2009 02:22 PM

hell yes

Im keen to hear how this goes

**BOO IT** · 03-05-2009 07:26 PM

Got my bulbs and parkers from good ole faithful autobarn.
on sale $60 for all 4.
[being the bright white light bulbs]

i used to have the some problem
just note any of the decently lit bulbs are usually "illegal"
I also have SiJ foggies, they do the trick

**JDM EK9** · 03-05-2009 08:16 PM

Hi Bro I had the same problem as u, And I have installed a 8000k HID set for my ride Well When its not raining or The weather is good at night I can see the difference in it but the only main problem is For hid When its raining it defeats the whole purpose. I live In adelaide Hills and everytime i needa kind of pass by this hill to Get home, i have notice that When its fogging and Rainning its so useless for Putting the high beam on.. Cos it does not make the diff. as for me i just think that if the weather is good HID is enough for me But If Is rainning I would really prefer The normal yellow lights , Maybe yellow show more light density.

Originally Posted by skoota

Alright, I am currently not happy with the amount and quality of light that the stcok headlights in my EK provide. I am having trouble seeing clearly at night, and especially when it is wet like it was tonight. Anywho, I am not interested in looks and all that, I want to know what is available to me, like HID lights or whatever they're called. I want new globes, foglights - the works if needs be. I would like to know, what you guys reckon I should get, what brands and how much am I looking at?

I saw these on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....%3AIT&rd=1

Hmmm... thinking looks dodgy. I have no knowledge about this area, so if you guys could stear me in the right direction - that'd be just f*cking fantastic! :P

**Riviera** · 03-05-2009 08:27 PM

dude just get philips Xtreme power or power2night bulbs...

they noticably brighter, and are legal...

**vinnY** · 04-05-2009 05:48 PM

so my kit consists of:
12ga wiring(depending on how you wanna do it, length varies, i used about 20m)
2x40a/14vdc 12v relays
2xrelay sockets
2xwaterproof inline fuse holders(only have one hooked up at the moment, will be doing the other tonight)
2x10a fuses(20a if you feel you want to run those crazy 90/100w rally bulbs)
2xh4 female connectors
+ bits and pieces of heatshrink

i've yet to work out what i want to do about a male h4 connector(would be great if i could fine one!)

pretty simple job just hooking everything up, got most of my kit together so far just trying to work out which terminals which on the stupid h4 connectors
so at the moment it's just a big clump of wires
gonna be hooking up the second inline fuse holder since i've decided to do things a bit differently after i got it together

clicky for some pics

**VT-11-RR** · 04-05-2009 05:59 PM

does anyone have eyelids on there headlights with HIDs?? how is it? would the head effect the eyelids? and how is the sight of the light

**dahondr98** · 05-05-2009 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by vinnY

i've yet to work out what i want to do about a male h4 connector(would be great if i could fine one!)

clicky for some pics

Looks good, Vinny.

You may have to make something up using old headlight globes for the H4 male connector. There should be plenty of unwanted sealed beam headlights at wreckers, for instance, seeing how much better halogen lights are.