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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() No I don't have any experience with this. My WagonR came with factory fiited fog lamps so haven't experimented anything else. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() I have a question, how important are relays if one needs to upgrade to HIDs? Will the OEM wiring hold good ? Car in question is a Brezza. Headlights have been upgraded but running on stock wiring. |
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For peace of mind, relays are mandatory. If the Ballast conks off or there is a back surge of current or a short then it would fry the ECU and may ruin other electrical components. Hence it is always good to have a separate relay harness for Auxiliary loads. |
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| ![]() Hi All, Need help. From yesterday onwards the low beam is not working in my Innova 2014 model. I had upgraded the bulb to Osram 90/100 couple of years back. Need feedback on whether I can go ahead with Osram 90/100 or any other make. I am planning for Halogen only. Pls suggest for the fog lamp upgrade as well |
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Once verified, pick the fuse from a reputed auto spare parts shop and replace. | |
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Any suggestion on upgrading/replacing the current bulbs. regards, Gopi | |
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I have always used Philips and absolutely happy about its performance in both my cars. Product link. You can buy from a reputed shop as well. Beware of imitations. |
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Regarding blackening or fading of reflectors, it is a case with quite a few cars that I have seen but I would say that it depends on your usage. Most of the road users we around drive on high beams with that 130/100 set-up all the times. As for me, I have the same set-up in 2 of my cars and both have run on this set-up for nearly 2 Lakh Km each and my reflectors are stock. There is no such fading or blackening as a result of using these bulbs and whatever it is is purely age related. This is from a car done 250K Km and with 100/90 set-up since 200K Km and still on stock reflectors: ![]() | |
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I haven't used 130/110 on a fibre-glass lens setup, but on a 120k km run 2002 M800 with glass lens. The 2 newer ones (7 years old & 6 years old, with 100k & 55k on the odo) have 100/90. All 3 have stock reflectors till date. What I practise: - use the high beam sparingly - turn off the headlamps when stopped, or in bumper-to-bumper traffic (leaving only the fogs on) - avoid using the headlamps during day time, unless absolutely necessary, like when entering tunnels - avoid flashing the lights unnecessarily | |||
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| ![]() I have been using Osram nightbreaker unlimited H7 in both low and high beam of my Vento. I am quite satisfied by the output. |
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| ![]() Hello experts! Fed up by the poor lighting in my Tiago, I decided to go for fog light projectors but there are a few things I need help with. First of all, the beam pattern isn't perfect which I'll get fixed soon. Also, given that it's a bi-xenon projector, it is always in hi+lo mode which I feel will create issues in actual fog even though I noticed that the glare isn't that much. So, here's a query regarding this, should I get it rewired to always stay in low beam mode or should I get it connected to headlight high beam switch so that it switches to hi+lo only when I put the headlight in high beam mode as well? In case it matters, I'm also upgrading to tigor headlights which come with low beam projectors and high beam reflectors. |
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