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Old 20-12-2009, 04:51 PM
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Following on from the post the other day about poor lights, the missis scooby has crap lights, ive checked voltage at light unit whilst connected and on with as many current drawing items on and with engine running, shows 13.5v so im guessing a relay rewire will not benefit??

going to see if can clean lenses and reflectors etc,get some new headlight bulbs and check heights. That all i can do?
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You could if they have a decent pattern go to HID, failing that Philips Extreme and did you measure the voltage at lights with the bulbs connected and switched on ?
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yes tabby, lights on, and connected and took reading off the connector on bulb itself.

engine running and heater fan on full,rear demister,wipers,stereo etc.

dont wanna go with hastle of hid, its got some shit no make bulbs in at mo so hope to see a difference
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In that case the reading is very good, the philips extreme I used are H4, and I also wired it so the dip stays on even on main beam, by putting a link wire from stalk input from light switch to the dip wire output from stalk, if your lights are through relays and are H4 this could be done, you can see the effect by going to flash position whilst on dip as dip would stay on, keeps all the foreground illuminated.
The extreme are very hid white in colour on dip, but not so on main beam.
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