ianm67

I have these headlights fitted to my '52 WRX Wagon and have come to the conclusion that they are feckin' ****e....... The 7" sealed beam units in my '71 Beetle produce more illumination...... Is there anyway of improving their output or should I simply replace them with standard units? If I do swap them out, can I simply swap the adjuster motors from these to the standard units?
Thanks in advance,
IanM

ZX-TT

HID upgrade chap about £60 on fleabay 6000k units will do the job nicely

ianm67

I didn't think that aftermarket HID installations will pass an MOT? My car doesn't have headlamp washers or auto levelling headlights....?

ZX-TT

They are fine for MOT's the new MOT rules state if you have auto levelers and headlamp washers they must work!, if they are aftermarket and dont come with these they are fine

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

As above, but:

1. DO ensure that the lights are PROPERLY aligned first. Don't rely on MoT centres or anyone else to do it for you, there is no substitute for a long, straight, dark road and a half hour of your time.

2. I'd go for 4300K which is the brightest HID available, closest to normal daylight, or 5000K which is next best.
6000K is starting to show blue, so loses out on amount of usable light, (as colour temperature RISES, light output falls).

wrxyz

iTrader: (2)

I just did what alcazar suggests, huge difference... when working.

see my other thread!!

But literally a night and day conversion.