Light Upgrade

[anton1o]

So it comes that time again to make the VN look a bit different from the many million others roaming around..

So im planning on giving the old Light Bulbs the flick..

And changing my current H4's(Driving Lights) and T10's(Parkers) to something more nice.. Xeon Super-White's.. But it will make it so much different to the thousands of VN's i pass by everyday

Has anybody done the full change?

I wont have my lights for another week but heres what my lights look like atm.


(Parkers are ON) Ill update this thread once i have changed them so others can hopefully follow trend and upgrade

Cheers
Antonio

[PaRaDoX]

umm my mate changed his over, as far as im aware its a straight swap send us some pics when done

[Full Spectrum]

I got the red lights for parkers now, And upgraded my H4's with something that was 30% brighter, Had a dash problem one night and blew the right side, Had to then stick back the old one with the new bright one, And i can clearly now see the difference between the 2, Ones a bit like your parker but brighter and the other is very white with a touch of blue.
You can pick some that give off a white look or even a blue euro look.

[anton1o]

Yeah, ive ordered in the Xeon H4's which as seen by other's car have a White look and when looked at str8 on.. have that blue tinge..

Cant wait to get them in and show you guys the final product

[Full Spectrum]

Yep they are nice that Crystal look they give off.

[Doctor Sodways]

Ive done the change to my car, dunno what globes they were, cost me about $100 for the full set, 3 sets of globes, heaps better than the crappy stuff that was in them before. I made sure when i got mine they were legal too, the only ones above mine were defectable, i thought, for the sake of a possible defect, id rather not have em. Especially with a VN with rims and P plates. Work wonders though

[Full Spectrum]

Here is a pic of my lights.
New bright 1 is on the right of screen. And the old stock is on the left of screen.
Even though it looks bright you can see how much the brightness is centred in the one on the right, Even look at the ground as they both show up on the ground concrete in front of the car big reflection from the new brighter globe, You can see the white and a touch of blue in the right of screen one. And trust me when driving there is a bigger difference on lighting up the road, The stock one is to much all over and the upgraded one is more centred with it's beam and that is why it's stronger on the road and more white.
All i need now is to buy a new one for the left side which means buying to now

[andy05]

My original headlight globes are now 16 1/2 years old. Time for a upgrade, eh? Sweet sixteen and all that! These are just your bog standard NARVAS, very good result I reckon. Has to be 500% better than the originals, because they were barely working at all anymore, very dim and yellow. I notice the refector cap on the oldies was corroded, that might explain part of the reason why they were so dull.

[Full Spectrum]

There not to bad at all.
Our old Gemini had crap lights bad one night we lost 50% power to them it was scary.

If you have a look on ebay for H4 globes they have a massive line of them, Some aren't for our cars but some 55/60w one's have that closest to legal white or that Crystal look, Some even claim to be 40% brighter then a 100w light globe.

[anton1o]

As Promised the lights came in today, so i took some pics at night to get the full effect..





They look like they have a blue tinge in the pics, but they are just SUPER-WHITE.. Im amazed at the amount of white they have..

[coolvxss]

So do they make a big difference compared to the stock globes? how much did they cost you and where can ya get them from, cheers.

[Full Spectrum]

Looking pretty good nice colour

[anton1o]

H4's(Driving Lights) will cost you about 15$ t10's(Parkers) Bout 10$ = 25$
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/JAPAN-H4-HYPE...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2pcs-T10-168-...QQcmdZViewItem

Those are the exact 2 item's im using.

[savage1987]

I got a full set (headlight and high-beams) of Narva Arctic Blue globes. They're awesome for driving country roads at night - really white light, and heaps of it. Also replaced the headlight assemblies themselves with aftermarket units - the old reflectors were rooted, so this probably helped . . .

Mates tell me they're something special on the roads too

[coolvxss]

How much are the after market units? Because my reflectors are rooters as well. where u get them from?

[hispeedvp]

having taken my car over the pitts reacently i had to revert back to standard, but i did have a set of 100w "cool blue" H4 globes and blue LED park lights. heres a pic the white ute is mine, the blue VP is me mates

[hakhawk]

thought id post mine up, had them for about 6 months now.

philips crystal vision parkers, high and low beams. would cost about $150-200 retail, but i was lucky enough to get them for free from our philips rep.

parkers:


low beam:


high beam:

[anton1o]

Wow gota admit, them Parkers are awesomely white.. They are worth every penny..

Ah well only costed me 25$ for my upgrade haha

[hakhawk]

yeh, thats it. oh, and thats with new light lenses and reflectors aswell, theyre about 1 year old though.

[savage1987]

How much are the after market units? Because my reflectors are rooters as well. where u get them from?

They cost me $90 per side, but I got them at a place called SSS Auto Parts in Perth . . . so that probably doesn't help you too much . . .

Ask Holden for a quote and see how it comes up - I wasn't entirely happy with my aftermarket copies - there's a few issues there when it comes to changing globes. I'd say go OEM replacement if you can afford to . . .

Cheers
Sammy B

[hakhawk]

thats about normal price for aftermarket, at work (autobarn) we get ours from either SSS or All Crash Parts.

go into autobarn, repco, etc and ask for a price. mine are the all crash ones and i have no problems with changing globes.

what exactly is the problem? out of curiosity, is it shit mouldings making globes a hard fit? tight fitting covers?

[savage1987]

I think we had a couple of dramas with the general build quality of the light housings . . . It was quite a while ago (start of last year) that I installed them, all I remember is that some plastic part around the back came loose when it shouldn't have and we had to wedge it back in place.
Changing the globes is only a hassle due to the annoying screw and spring system used to hold the globe in there. Loosening small screws in awkward locations without losing tiny metal catches - this is annoying after a couple of bulb changes!

[COINERS]

has any one had a problem with the lights burning the casing or reflectors ?
im very keen to upgrade but i have herd alot of storys that make me think twice :S

[savage1987]

Nope - as long as you use the same wattage globes (which most aftermarket ones should be . . . ) you shouldn't have a problem with this.

When people put in higher powered globes, that's when the melting issues arise!