DIY: The Best Headlight Upgrade You'll Ever Do For Under $50

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:03 pm

HID are totally different to standard bulb. Your HID move forward & backward to get two stage output, hince high/low beam, some HID only have low beam.

Some Euro car also call your type of HID Bi-Xennon.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:32 pm

ok thanks FTO338, tahts interesting to know, but the version R's also have a standard looking HB globe in the next part along side, does anybody know what tehse bulbs are? There are two in there.

And so to answer my intial question this is completly different from the GPX's which actually have the two beams for high and low beam in the seperate chambers or whatever right?

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:49 am

Sounds like you have the same setup as me, which I believe is actually the same for all facelift FTOs (without the HID bulbs of course). We have a low beam HID bulb, a standard high beam bulb, and a park light bulb. The HID one is by itself in the smaller part, and the high beam and park light bulbs are together in the larger area.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:13 pm

ah, ok, that makes more sense thanks afterburner. But does yours standard bulbs have both high and low beam, because mine seems to.

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:27 pm

*goes outside to make sure*

Nope, just the high beam in the standard bulb assembly. However the park light is in there as well, and this is on when the lights are on dip.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:51 pm

also goes outside and downstair to check*

You are indeed right.

RichardH · Post by **RichardH** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:06 pm

The image links on the very first post have gone up in smoke. Any chance of pointing them at valid images again? This was a useful thread, and the pics helped immensely!

- Rich

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:49 am

If you click on the link which Max had provided, its got similar pics

http://users.bigpond.net.au/startrade/o ... bs-LB.html

rnbboi · Post by **rnbboi** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:52 pm

can i just say... this mod is GOLD $$$

did it today, and hell it made a HUGE difference.

Mind u, i think i was blinded for a few seconds after standing in front of it to admire the difference it made heheh

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i really recommend this mod for those who dont want 2 spend big $$ for hid conversions but want some brighter light and clearer vision.

cheers.

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:08 am

good thing u dug this up.. i wanna do this!!

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:52 pm

Shut up post whore lol im takin ova this thread lol

I dont know if anyone else has said this cause i got bored after the first 2 pages but my fto fits both HB3 and HB4 low beams in it.

malcolm · Post by **malcolm** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:14 am

Will these bulbs work?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ICE-BLUE-XENON-HE ... dZViewItem?

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:54 am

rnbboi wrote:can i just say... this mod is GOLD $$$

did it today, and hell it made a HUGE difference.

Mind u, i think i was blinded for a few seconds after standing in front of it to admire the difference it made heheh .

i really recommend this mod for those who dont want 2 spend big $$ for hid conversions but want some brighter light and clearer vision.

cheers.

Mate I've been thinking about this since you've told me about it, and you shouldn't have been blinded by this mod coz either you looked straight into the headlights when you're squatting.......or your headlight angles need to be adjusted.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:43 am

or maybe hes really short lol

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:30 am

Well that's just it! He's about 6 foot tall!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:32 am

malcolm wrote:Will these bulbs work?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ICE-BLUE-XENON-HE ... dZViewItem?

Yes. but don't expect them to be bright, as the blue tint its got actually makes it dimmer to get the "white light" effect.

JOeJOe · Post by **JOeJOe** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:07 am

Tried to do this mod over the weekend, damn light is a real b*tch to take out. I think the previous over super clued it into the socket, any ideas?

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:22 pm

could be that the previous owner tried the mod but didn't file the extra bits of the bulb base and its jammed into the socket...try unscrewing the little brackets that hold the bulb.

JOeJOe · Post by **JOeJOe** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:54 pm

I checked, the bulbs that is in atm is just the normal 51watt hb4's. I'll try it again tonight and see what happens.

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:35 am

seems the narva +30 bulbs are being replaced with +50's. i think same part number.