Thanks guys, 5000k bulbs ordered and should be here by the weekend. I don’t have Vcds access so guess will have a bulb warning light to start with but sure I can sort that at some stage..
TransporterHQ (THQ) Aftermarket Headlights
Thanks guys, 5000k bulbs ordered and should be here by the weekend. I don’t have Vcds access so guess will have a bulb warning light to start with but sure I can sort that at some stage..
The HIDs should not generate a lamp out warning, only LEDs should give you a problem.
I've finally managed to send my HID kit back, so anytime soon the correct 35W 4300K with no CanBus issues should arrive. I'm looking forward to testing them out.
In the meantime, a mate has just ordered some retro-fit bi-xenon projectors for his Astra van. If they turn out to be any good, I may be looking at going bi-xenon in the THQ lights, or another mad thought I've just had, quad bi-xenons in the original H7 headlights.
In the meantime, a mate has just ordered some retro-fit bi-xenon projectors for his Astra van. If they turn out to be any good, I may be looking at going bi-xenon in the THQ lights, or another mad thought I've just had, quad bi-xenons in the original H7 headlights.
Won't you still have that warm up period to contend with though when you give someone a blast of main beam after they've just cut you up?
Agreed on the many options available to improve even aftermarket lighting, can't help thinking Mikems projector piccies are the benchmark to beat at the moment though.
Agreed on the many options available to improve even aftermarket lighting, can't help thinking Mikems projector piccies are the benchmark to beat at the moment though.
I thought Dubber was talking about his THQ projectors Andy?
Yes he mentioned bi-xenons, which don't have the problem you mentioned. If they're just xenon bulbs then the full beam in an H7/1 would be hopeless for that reason.
To have them in the THQ lights would mean swapping out the projector for a bi-xenon one, but the inner reflector lamp would still remain, probably with an LED bulb for flashing duties. So with no headlights on, the inner lights would flash, just like they do now. When dipped beam was on, the shutter give an instant main xenon beam as well as the inner lamps.
My thoughts for quad bi-xenons in the factory H7s would actually need to be outer bi-xenons, with inner bi-LEDs, to get around the flashing from cold issues with xenons.
My thoughts for quad bi-xenons in the factory H7s would actually need to be outer bi-xenons, with inner bi-LEDs, to get around the flashing from cold issues with xenons.
The shutter applies to an H4 lamp where the shutter toggles between dip and main beam... we're probably just at cross purposes mate... my brains a bit fried tonight after spending half an hour rolling around a carpark trying to get a flat tyred wheel off the wifes car... being a charmless man I did eventually point out that we had recovery membership for just such occasions... should have kept that one to myself in retrospect.
Must type faster!
Must type faster!
Surely they would just be xenons rather than bi-xenons? Bi-xenons have a mechanical movement of either a shutter or the reflector so that the light stays on all the time and is directed differently depending on whether it's switched to main beam or full beam, hence no warm up problem. You'd stick out like a sore thumb if you had 4 dipped beams anyway, just asking to get pulled.
I'm on about changing the projector in the THQ lamp for Bi items. These are the ones my mate is going to trial in his Astra BI-Xenon Projector Lens light HID H1 H7 H4 lense mini 2.5" ball chrome shroud
As for having quad dipped lights, plenty of new cars have them these days.
As for having quad dipped lights, plenty of new cars have them these days.
Yes those ones have a shutter as I was saying, hence no need for the LEDs for flash function. No vehicles are sold with 4 dipped beams in the UK as it's illegal.
How many does a Peugeot 3008 have? Or a Golf GTI with dynamic light assist, or various Mercedes models...?
Also, whilst bi-xenons will flash when dipped beam is already on, with the headlights turned off, aftermarket xenons won't flash at full brightness, hence the need for LEDs.
Also, whilst bi-xenons will flash when dipped beam is already on, with the headlights turned off, aftermarket xenons won't flash at full brightness, hence the need for LEDs.
They all have 2. Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m only stating the regulations/laws that apply in the uk.
Good point about flashing when lights off, never thought of that.
They haven’t though. I think you may be referring to the individual LED elements that make up the headlights, rather than the headlight units themselves. My last Volvo had terrific headlights that turned on and off individual LEDs automatically to illuminate different parts of the road depending on steering orientation and other traffic. They were really brilliant, as were the ones in a previous E class, however they still only had 2 dipped headlights, in compliance with current uk regs as posted above.
Edit: or maybe you’re mistaking DRLs for dipped beam lights?
