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Searching ebay for all things Falcon related and found these.
Now i fancy projecotr headlamps but why oh why do these companies persist on making headlamps look **** by adding DRl strips. If it wasnt for this and the main beam section was larger id have them. But the designer has just lost the plot with that strip. I dont want to copy Audi with the light strip as it says on the add lol. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Falc...item2313ffaef9 |
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Im waiting for this guy to bring them out for the fg.
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You might be able to retro fit some FGII lights to yours.
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Yer but they dont have drls in them.
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My Thread. The new whip: 2014 FGX XR8 Auto in victory gold. Mods : BMC air filter, 1500cc injectors, Walbro 485, 58mm kpm snout, kpm intercooler, 35% front and 20% rear tint, pedders supercar coilovers, whiteline sway bars, Phillips HIDs, lenso d1r wheels. 331rwkw. 12.7 sec stock as a rock with a passenger. Now with 620rwhp ready to run the 10 built zf, built tailshaft, corn juice all to come. The old rig: 2008 FG XR8 Auto in dash green with a tonne of mods to make 311rwkw. |
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Wonder what they perform like!! LOL.
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hmmm, not really a fan of HID, i had them on the xr , but i did`nt like the annoying delay in them reaching full brightness on high beam, bit of a pain if you blow a globe too, i give them the kyber and put + 90`s back in.
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Those ebay ones are definitley halogen.
Output from the BA HID retrofit. (The required components for this can be had for US$270 plus postage from www.theretrofitsource.com) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quote:
With the projectors I used on the BA retrofit, they act as both low and high beam. The bulb never goes out, a solenoid changes the output. So there's no warmup for high beam. The only warmup is when you first turn them on. ![]() Replacing a bulb is a little bit of a bugger as I dont think many shops carry after market replacements. But they have a much longer life than a halogen globe anyway. |
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if you can`t get the same brand and you buy another, it might be some mucking around, after a ballast blew i bought a whole new set to keep some for spares and replace the one only to find the fittings where different, that was enough for me, ..................but nice job on the candles Mad, i like your projectors.
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Careful...there's a couple of ADR's you'll contravene about not fitting HID's to vehicles not fitted with them from the factory.
Spotlight kits are a different matter...but the ADR's say headlight units must also have headlight washer units to prevent light scatter and glare to other drivers. Basically, they have to be factory. http://www.racq.com.au/motoring/cars...ets/headlights Quote:
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Does that also mean that if you put H4s into
a car that came out with sealed beams as in changing a 60s Mustang to RHD lights or up grading your XK globes to H4s would be illegal doesnt make sense to me does someone know the answer this would stir up a very large can of worms Thanks John |
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is there anything for e series like this?
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If you fit a projector to a headlight with a fluted lens, the output will be scattered. Projectors need to be fitted behind a clear lens. If you check out my build thread and my headlight retrofit thread you'll see what I had to go through to get the lenses clear. Once I get a few things finished at home, I'm going to be looking in to getting clear lenses made specifically for this purpose. |
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No problem fitting, say, H4's into something older...they're the same bulb (an updated design) in the same design headlight, just brighter output.
A HID light however is a different kettle of fish...it's a massive more intense light source, meant to be concentrated on the specifically-for-HID designed reflector in a different way. The old halogen light bulbs scatter the beam from the bulb in every direction, which is then concentrated and focussed by the reflector, instead of being projected like a designed-from-the-factory HID setup. That means if you put a HID "bulb" in a standard headlight, the reflector isn't designed to work with the way they produce light, and it just scatters. It's even worse if it's an older car with a glass headlight lens with the pattern of moulded in lines and light guides in the glass to make the beam a certain shape. That's also why cars that have HID's from the factory have standard washers as well...there is a higher risk of beam scattering and glare with some bugs and dirt on the lens, blinding oncoming drivers, than you get from "ordinary" headlights, even with brighter H4 bulbs. The ADR's aren't there to be spoilsports...they're there to help stop people doing the wrong, unsafe, thing. |
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