OllyK

Just wondering on whether the Morette twin headlight conversion gives better lighting than staying with the standard and swapping the fogs over to Cibe driving lamps.

I am guessing the Morettes will be better on dipped as the Cibe will only come on on full beam?

Anybody played with these and know?

chiark

Go for PIAAs - they work brilliantly and needn't be expensive.

Cheers,
Nick.

St Andy

Yeah defo piaa's

OllyK

OK - looking like the PIAA's are the weapon of choice for driving lights!

Any takers on whether the Morettes are worth the dosh, I appreciate some think they look pretty awful, but I am more concerned about seeing where I am going as the standard set up is bobbins!

[Edited by OllyK - 12/5/2003 4:31:57 PM]

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Personally, the morrettes and PIAA's offer superb performance on main beam, but in reality we dont spend much time on main beam. Consequently, dipped beam is where we lose out.

I would consider an HID conversion for dipped beam operations.

Steven

DaveW

I had Cibies on my MY99 and it was a big difference from standard, but I wish I'd gone for PIAA's for the look, and with morrettes for the better dipped beam. Guess it depends on where you drive, if you are going to be on dipped most of the time then go for morrettes, otherwise choose PIAA's. And then save for the morrettes later

DaveW.

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Forgot to ssay, morrettes are superb on main beam, i found them unbelievable, and when i took them off my old car, and tried travelling the same pice of road without the morrettes, i was scared.

Remeber, the better the main beam coverage, the better the dipped beam coverage you need. Thats IMO

Steven

OllyK

Hmm the HID looks impressive, but it would seem to be illegal?? And bl**dy expensive to boot!

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

HIDs on dipped is not illegal AFAIK, yes it it is expensive, but very good.

OllyK

Hmmm - sell the scoob to finance PIAA Driving lamps and Morettes fitted with HID and fit them on a push bike!

greasemonkey

You can get HID lights for pushbikes now!

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Indeed you can

greasemonkey

Steve, Olly's technically correct about the aftermarket HID kits not being strictly legal, as they're not E-marked, and thus theoretically for "off-road use" only. Still, exactly the same applies to 90/100's, or any similar high power filament light you could fit instead.

The important thing is that, as you say, HID's work. I've only had one MOT since I got mine, and the tester didn't bat an eyelid, which is the important thing at the end of the day.

babber

I had standard lights with PIAA, and wasn't that impressed. I then switched to Morrettes and think they are fine on there own. When used with the PIAAs it like daylight. I did change the standard bulbs in the Morrettes for a set of halford Xexon bulbs (spelling) as I had a set and they are superb, but I'm not sure I'd say that on standard MY 99 RB5 lights. IMHO the Morrettes are great

Phill