[el lobo 6061]

Hi fellow bhpians,
Wanted to share this with you all. Finally changed the old yellow light to white light with Philips Essential Vision H4 100/90W for headlamps, Philips Blue Vision W5W 4000K 5W for parking light & rear number plate and Philips Blue Vision HB4 9006 4000K 55W for fog lamps.

All done by myself D.i.Y. No problems or bulb out error. Now the car gets more attention on road and I'm loving it.

Do have a look and let me know your thoughts.
The Transformation from yellow light to white light.

Hope you all like it.

Another question to Automotive Lighting experts as I have changed the fog lamps from 51W to 55W will it cause any problems with increase of 4W?

[vinu_pm]

Originally Posted by powertrain

I drive an Etios VD. I find the current headlamps a little too weak,especially on highways. I plan to upgrade to 100/90 bulbs. This is the quote that I got:-
Roots wiring harness - Rs.590.00
Roots relay 12V - Rs. 175.00
Lispart Halogen Bulbs 100/90 - Rs.85*2 = 170.00
Labour - 150.00

Total - Rs.1085.00

Has anybody installed Lispart bulbs on their cars? Is it reliable? I spoke to the owner of this shop & he seemed quite a imformed fellow. He quoted Philips 100/90 @ Rs.300 a pair.

So what do I go for - Lispart or Philips?

Will the warranty nullify with this installation? Do advice.

Regards,
Varun

Price seems to be fair , Lispart i have not heard. You will get Osram 90/100 which is good a pair cost me Rs 140 . The MRP per piece was Rs 110. Bought it from a whole sale dealer @ Cochin for my OHC last week. One of my phillips got fused.
I have Phillips on one and Osram on the other both has same light . Apparently the cost of Phillips is too high may be becasue of the brand . Duraability i need to check .

[sandy82_2000]

All,

Just got new set of hooters for my red rascal figo... 100/135 philips essential vision.. had to get ceramic holders and a whole kit for the same. Love my ride now!

[condor]

Originally Posted by el lobo 6061

.. I have changed the fog lamps from 51W to 55W will it cause any problems with increase of 4W?

51W is non-standard. Are you sure you had 51W fog lamps ? Pls check again.

[el lobo 6061]

Originally Posted by condor

51W is non-standard. Are you sure you had 51W fog lamps ? Pls check again.

Yeah just checked it's 12V 51W. Will the extra 4W cause any heating issues.?

[sagarpadaki]

Originally Posted by el lobo 6061

Yeah just checked it's 12V 51W. Will the extra 4W cause any heating issues.?

51w is on a higher side for fog lamp.it will be almost as bright as the head lamp. 4 watts won't affect the wiring. No problem

[sgiitk]

My Civic specifies 55W, so no big deal. Within manufacturing tolerances 51 and 55 are the same.

[el lobo 6061]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

51w is on a higher side for fog lamp.it will be almost as bright as the head lamp. 4 watts won't affect the wiring. No problem

The stock fog lamps of Vento are Sylvania HB4 9006 51W. As I changed over to Philips Blue Vision 4000K 55W it is quite bright. The casing gets quite hot, but no problems as yet and hope it stays that way.

[ssh1979]

A bit of background: I changed to HIDs a few months after purchase. I went in for the P8 Bi-Xenon. 35W, color temperature 6000-8000K. It looked bling. I loved the blue haze it threw on the road. I thought, hell yeah!

And then it all came crashing down. I turned into a coward from what I once was: an ever confident night time driver. My once frequent trips of ~550 kms one way dropped in number. On a recent trip which I HAD to make since it was a case of death of a family member (where speed was of utmost importance), it left me thanking heavens for returning me safely back home.

THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE HORRENDOUS. I'm ashamed to call them "lights". On the highways, the visibility was even lower than my stock headlamps.

Lesson learnt. The hard way. 13K rupees and ~2500 kms of frightened driving later. God why did I ever do this?! Mistakes:

• Going in for HIDs
• Going in for > 4300K
• Going in for HIDs on stock reflectors

Forget rains or fogs. Anyone who regularly does night driving and if you drive on holiday trips and getaways on un-familiar roads, my humble suggestion is to not fall for bling over safety. They maybe cool within the city, but they are just like an emergency lamps' light on the dark, non-lighted highways (NH, SH and ordinary roads).

Then, started my restoration project: restoration of my confidence and proper highway lighting. I have finally arrived at a set of requirements and I think I am overdoing it. Since I refuse to listen to myself now, I thought I'd put this to the team here and let them thrash or appreciate the idea.

Current: 35W Bi-xenon for head lamps and fog, complete with ballast and relays. Stock reflectors.

Proposed (received quote from a garage):

• 2 x 100/90 bulbs for headlamps with wiring kit and ceramic holders: bulbs from Hella and wiring kit/holder locally made. Rs. 1500.

• 2 x Hella Rallye 3003 auxiliary lights: 12V/24V and they come with 55W, but I'd want to upgrade to 100W. Wiring kit/relays. Rs. 8000.

• 2 x stock specification fog lamps (might use the ones they replaced originally).

• Labour + clamp fixing charges: Rs. 1000.

Any advice or opinions, please?

* The above criticism is from my own experience only and I have nothing against HIDs in general. Just that they didn't work for me. So please, don't jump on my back for that! Also, I did check Phillips 6000K HIDs + projector modification before going in for P8. The Phillips + projector combo would have set me back by 50K

EDIT: vehicle: Ford Endeavour 3.0 4x4 AT, 2011 model

[sagarpadaki]

Originally Posted by ssh1979

A bit of background: I changed to HIDs a few months after purchase. I went in for the P8 Bi-Xenon. 35W, color temperature 6000-8000K. It looked bling. I loved the blue haze it threw on the road. I thought, hell yeah!

And then it all came crashing down. I turned into a coward from what I once was: an ever confident night time driver. My once frequent trips of ~550 kms one way dropped in number. On a recent trip which I HAD to make since it was a case of death of a family member (where speed was of utmost importance), it left me thanking heavens for returning me safely back home.

THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE HORRENDOUS. I'm ashamed to call them "lights". On the highways, the visibility was even lower than my stock headlamps.

Lesson learnt. The hard way. 13K rupees and ~2500 kms of frightened driving later. God why did I ever do this?! Mistakes:
[*] Going in for HIDs[*] Going in for > 4300K[*] Going in for HIDs on stock reflectors

Forget rains or fogs. Anyone who regularly does night driving and if you drive on holiday trips and getaways on un-familiar roads, my humble suggestion is to not fall for bling over safety. They maybe cool within the city, but they are just like an emergency lamps' light on the dark, non-lighted highways (NH, SH and ordinary roads).

Then, started my restoration project: restoration of my confidence and proper highway lighting. I have finally arrived at a set of requirements and I think I am overdoing it. Since I refuse to listen to myself now, I thought I'd put this to the team here and let them thrash or appreciate the idea.

Current: 35W Bi-xenon for head lamps and fog, complete with ballast and relays. Stock reflectors.

Proposed (received quote from a garage):
[*]2 x 100/90 bulbs for headlamps with wiring kit and ceramic holders: bulbs from Hella and wiring kit/holder locally made. Rs. 1500.

[*]2 x Hella Rallye 3003 auxiliary lights: 12V/24V and they come with 55W, but I'd want to upgrade to 100W. Wiring kit/relays. Rs. 8000.


[*]2 x stock specification fog lamps (might use the ones they replaced originally).


[*]Labour + clamp fixing charges: Rs. 1000.


Any advice or opinions, please?

* The above criticism is from my own experience only and I have nothing against HIDs in general. Just that they didn't work for me. So please, don't jump on my back for that! Also, I did check Phillips 6000K HIDs + projector modification before going in for P8. The Phillips + projector combo would have set me back by 50K

EDIT: vehicle: Ford Endeavour 3.0 4x4 AT, 2011 model

Basically its the color temperature where you went wrong. Had you put 4300k you would have loved the lighting on the highways. Trust me. Anything over this color temperature is waste. My suggestion would be to put HID in fog lamps and higher watt bulb in the main lamps.

[nirmaljusdoit]

ssh1979 - I have been running a genuine Philips HID conversion kit in both my Swift & Honda city from the last few years without any problems whatsoever.

The kit is the 6000 K & though it is whiter i have no issues. Even driving in pouring rain on unlit highways. Guess its more of a personal choice between whether one is comfortable with 4300 or 6000K. If you are in Blore, you are welcome to come & take a look

And this is in the stock reflectors !

Guess where it went wrong with you was the choice of the make only. I would suggest selling off the kit & get yourself a genuine Philips kit. Its easily available too.

[Kimified]

Guys. I need some help. I am a complete noob when it comes to auto lighting.

I had replaced the stock bulbs with 100/90 Philips rally bulbs and added a relay in my i20 sometime back. I think its been more than a year since i did this. I recently noticed that the right side light throw had significantly reduced compared to the left side. So, I just the checked the headlights and was shocked to see this. Can someone please tell me what has gone wrong ? What do i need to do now ?

This is my right side headlight. Notice the black border , I guess that is due to over heating





And, this is the left headlight for reference. This one looks clean.



Also, although the 100/90 do a very good job on the highways, I would like to have something more. What more can i add to the current setup so that it would help highway driving. Thanks in advance.

[SAS]

Originally Posted by Kimified

Guys. I need some help. I am a complete noob when it comes to auto lighting.

I had replaced the stock bulbs with 100/90 Philips rally bulbs and added a relay in my i20 sometime back. I think its been more than a year since i did this. I recently noticed that the right side light throw had significantly reduced compared to the left side. So, I just the checked the headlights and was shocked to see this. Can someone please tell me what has gone wrong ? What do i need to do now ?

This is my right side headlight. Notice the black border , I guess that is due to over heating

Attachment 899058

Attachment 899060

And, this is the left headlight for reference. This one looks clean.

Attachment 899059

Also, although the 100/90 do a very good job on the highways, I would like to have something more. What more can i add to the current setup so that it would help highway driving. Thanks in advance.

Check the relay. The relay circuit is not working. This happened to my setup as well. Had to change the relays since it was over 3 years since I originally installed the roots relays.

[pcpranav]

Originally Posted by rider60

instead of what you did in pic 2 you could have done this so that the first contact point in case of minor bumps, the rod would hit first in stead of the light's glass.

hey i am not photoshop expert i just did the best i could with paint just to make a point. hope this helps you, since you put the efforts to get a fabricate a bracket and pipe for the fog lamp.

i guess you can have your fabricator do this, all he would need to do is remove the bracket welds he did now and re-weld them a little behind the pipe.

I understood your point and I remember once discussing this with the fabricator as well. but he missed this design part and when finally I got the delivery I didnt push further and got it fitted elsewhere since he had shortage of labor. actually, even in the other two brackets in middle (future provision), he has put the brackets facing downwards - which means the light would be fitted facing sky (or road!) - would later get a "L" bracket to solve whenever I fit the next set ! frankly speaking, I would live with it, rather than keep again chasing the guy for these changes. thanks for your PS efforts.

[rider60]

Originally Posted by pcpranav

I understood your point and I remember once discussing this with the fabricator as well. but he missed this design part and when finally I got the delivery I didnt push further and got it fitted elsewhere since he had shortage of labor. actually, even in the other two brackets in middle (future provision), he has put the brackets facing downwards - which means the light would be fitted facing sky (or road!) - would later get a "L" bracket to solve whenever I fit the next set ! frankly speaking, I would live with it, rather than keep again chasing the guy for these changes. thanks for your PS efforts.

i understand the pain and trouble one goes through to get a job like this done from veteran works-men instead of professional. i see the bracket you have is already nickel coated, so this time go to an arc-welding shop ask them to cut it and weld it the other way, and this should be done in an hour max.
[I am guessing the nickel coating part was the one that consumed a lot of time.]
after the weld you can just paint that welded part alone with an anti-rust coat and a silver or black or a color of your choice coat over the welded part just for long term.

if i were you i would do this when i find time.


And as per my fogs on the swift this is the progress so far, nothing final yet!

thoughts, suggetions and comments are welcome, there is a final piece of pipe that is going to be added too later on so the first point of contact would be the pipe instead of the lamps.