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Jaggu · 13th November 2006, 12:46

so my hunt for better lighting started and i can say have fairly succeded also over the weekend.

iKON 2000 model and the lighting could have been termed 'bad' which i finally managed to realize with a bent rim on the way back from mysore to bangalore couple of months back, so the idea was running in my head and 2 weeks back went searching for a set of additional lights.

first searched the gujli market in bangalore and the best deal i could get was whole SXI transformation with clear lens head lamps, fogs bumper and grill for 8 k, but would have taken couple of days of head braking instal and painting to get it proper, then went on to search couple of accesory shops and saw some add on helas for 1800, problem again mounting them safe in the stock old fashioned bumper.

so finally this weekend decided to get 90/100 lighting atleast, started from koramangala where i saw Philips crystal vision, seeing the blue shaded bulb itself was a turn off for me and the way the guy said i can plug and play with the stock wiring made me run, checked out another guy who had Philips rally but he also was also giving gyan though finally agreed i would require new relay and wiring, thanks to parking issue went to JC road from double road and parked in the multi level car park.

across the road were some accesory shop and went and checked, and they had Philips 90/100, as well as ready made wiring kit from PMP, i was impressed. Fitting took some 10 mts, remove the old bulb, plug wiring harness from to the existing wiring, other 2 to new high wattage bulbs, plug the relay and the power wires onto the battery and you are ready to go

bulbs 300
relay and wiring 500

and went on to splurge some more on Stebel Nautilus

overall visbility has improved by 60%, low beam i cant increase reach as in incerase hieght, or in high beams and with more weight in rear the beam will hit the trees, but had adjusted it previously to max and now atleast in high beam i dont have blind spots near to the car thanks to better lighting compensating for throw and yes am more careful with high beam in city, low beam have perfect vision of road even with blinding lights from oppsite side.

so overall am happy for now

13th November 2006, 12:46	#43 (permalink)
Jaggu Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,626	so my hunt for better lighting started and i can say have fairly succeded also over the weekend. iKON 2000 model and the lighting could have been termed 'bad' which i finally managed to realize with a bent rim on the way back from mysore to bangalore couple of months back, so the idea was running in my head and 2 weeks back went searching for a set of additional lights. first searched the gujli market in bangalore and the best deal i could get was whole SXI transformation with clear lens head lamps, fogs bumper and grill for 8 k, but would have taken couple of days of head braking instal and painting to get it proper, then went on to search couple of accesory shops and saw some add on helas for 1800, problem again mounting them safe in the stock old fashioned bumper. so finally this weekend decided to get 90/100 lighting atleast, started from koramangala where i saw Philips crystal vision, seeing the blue shaded bulb itself was a turn off for me and the way the guy said i can plug and play with the stock wiring made me run, checked out another guy who had Philips rally but he also was also giving gyan though finally agreed i would require new relay and wiring, thanks to parking issue went to JC road from double road and parked in the multi level car park. across the road were some accesory shop and went and checked, and they had Philips 90/100, as well as ready made wiring kit from PMP, i was impressed. Fitting took some 10 mts, remove the old bulb, plug wiring harness from to the existing wiring, other 2 to new high wattage bulbs, plug the relay and the power wires onto the battery and you are ready to go bulbs 300 relay and wiring 500 and went on to splurge some more on Stebel Nautilus overall visbility has improved by 60%, low beam i cant increase reach as in incerase hieght, or in high beams and with more weight in rear the beam will hit the trees, but had adjusted it previously to max and now atleast in high beam i dont have blind spots near to the car thanks to better lighting compensating for throw and yes am more careful with high beam in city, low beam have perfect vision of road even with blinding lights from oppsite side. so overall am happy for now __________________ The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -Calvin