Re: Mahindra XUV300 : Official Review Quote:
Originally Posted by krishnakumar Hi Ashish!
Did you considering converting the low beam to HID? If yes, any reason why you went ahead with the Halogen? |
Specifically because I did not want to blind oncoming traffic. My drives are like 70% city, 30% highways. HID(or even LED) in the lower would have completely blinded oncoming traffic. I hate when other cars have blinding headlights within city limits. I wasn't going to be one myself. So the conscious choice to have halogens in the lower beam which I would be using in city, and LED in the upper which would only be used on the highways. Quote:
Originally Posted by krishnakumar Compared to the stock, how is the brightness of Osram Nightbreaker Laser? I also see another Osram Nighbreaker 200 (difference being the Laser is quoted as 150% that of minimum legal light and the 200 being 200%). Did you consider that? |
The "Laser" is much brighter than the stock, and I'm happy with the output. And it's more than enough even out on the highways. Have done extensive testing in both city and highway scenarios. Quote:
Originally Posted by krishnakumar I'm contemplating between an HID conversion vs. going for a Halogen upgrade. Not sure where to settle. |
Do you really need such a bright lower beam though? Just curious. If your driving is overwhelmingly highway or rural areas, I could maybe understand that. But then if the area itself is poorly lit, even average headlights will seem much brighter to the eye due to the way our eyes adjust.
I would really suggest not to just go for the brightest possible option especially for the lower beam. It completely blinds the traffic in the other lane and makes driving very difficult for them, while not providing that much of a use in terms of raw illumination. I feel like we as a driving community should be more conscientious of our decisions and how they might potentially affect others. Especially since it would be an overkill in most situations. Quote:
Originally Posted by krishnakumar Also had some other queries: - If we go for HID, how do we ensure the headlight is still focused and calibrated? Can we do this ourselves?
- Would the auto headlamp feature affect the HID performance?
Other BHPians who have done headlight upgrades to their XUV300, please chime in.  |
Auto headlamp wouldn't affect HID performance. However, HID do have a certain warm-up period before they run at full illumination. So you wouldn't necessarily get full illumination even if the auto circuit powers on the bulb. |