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Devon-Rover:
After a lot of fiddling and playing i have found to my limited budget that i have a pair of xenon bulbs brought on e-bay, and wipac crystal units.
The light output is good and the beam and spread is good too.
and just for the extra lighting on the lanes i do have a pair of spots running 100W bulbs.
My little bro runs the Crystals too and he has GE megalight bulbs, these give a very good and similar light too mine.
My dad has just xenon bulbs on the normal LR supplied H4 bowls and it is noticeable to the crystal setup just how you can lose the light. Quite ironic that the 'newer' of our three landies has the worst light setup.
I upgraded to these after running the normal wipac quadoptic setup which with normal bulbs were rubbish. then slightly better with the xenon bulbs.
For those who want something to compare against then even the bog standard 'halogen conversion' offered was miles better than sealed beams.
I have seen the Cibies in lara ^^^ and also in another friends classic range rover. And they are too a reasonable lamp with a good pattern.
As for Kourgath and his current setup is something rather different yet strangely good and functional.
On a different note you will notice that going from 400 odd watts to 110watts (Main beam to dip) far more than when just on 170 to 110. It could be the fact of your eye's reacting to the vast difference in light output so looking like your dip beam in comparison is actually rubbish when it isn't.
Though if i had the money i would go HID. 8)
Saffy:
I wonder if the twin pair of headlamps on a Santana Defender offer a better set up than its LR counterpart. Anyone got experience?
biggerlandy:
ive just put some of them new wipac diamond ones in my mates 90 and they are great fab vision from them
Guardian.:
i appreciate what your saying devon as i drop from 600w to 140w main/dip, but, they are still crap, compared to anyother bike light ive seen.
whats this hid conversion some of you have, as ive heard many things about this and sounds easy to get caught out buying something that isnt hid, but sold as, if you know what i mean.
kourgath:
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As for Kourgath and his current setup is something rather different yet strangely good and functional.
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Thanks for that clear and strong vote of confidence Ro! Guess I owe you a pint now :)
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