Headlights, What did u do?

[gottago]

i got a adm 86 with stock headlights, totally shits me since ive owned it, i can barely see anything in the rain and struggle at night in general.

So what are you using for lighting? any recomendations?? any direct fit globes that increase lighting a fair bit?

anyone running driving lights?? if so what ones? mounted where? work well??

[driftism]

I put 100watt globes in my headlights. Improved things untill it burned the plastic off the plugs on the lights. if you upgrade the wire to something of a thicker guage you should be able to do this without a problem.

[parrot]

I put 100w globes in my Jap lights too and have never had a problem, but agree upgrading the wiring is a very good idea to steer clear of potential dramas.

[ke70dave]

best up grade i EVER did to my first car was buying some "philips blue vision" bulbs from autobarn. about 60$. light up EVERYTHING. dont be tempted to get the el cheapo "extra bright" bulbs from supercheap, they are crap. invest in some philips ones i cant recommend them any higher http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif

the wiring idea is also good, but i think you'll be happy with some better bulbs.

i still gota steal my blue visions back from bahnugget after he borrowed them for a certain "experdition into the wilderness" one night:P ohh that was a fun night....

[haado gei]

i run philips diamond/blue vision... im not overly impressed.
they are a lot better than stanard globes tho.

[rthy]

I run HIDs, heaps of glare but they make the original lights look like 2 candles

[ae71neo]

I want to eventually get HIDs. 6500k pure white? What brand are yours sam?

[rthy]

6500K if it is labeled correctly (many arnt) is pure white, mine is a no name brand but it seems to be of a very high quality.

That colour does have some serious glare though, you have been warned.

[upgarage]

just run jap headlights
they dont have that gay reflector thing in the headlight
no problems at all

[poh_86]

6500k is generally a tinge of blue pending what brand you get

still kinda crap if your driving in the rain as it doesnt reflect/glare anything

trust me i run 8000k (not by choice) in my brothers car and i dislike it as i cant see the road properly, maybe im shit blind, 5000k is a pure white

i'd go 4,300k for hid if i had the chance as the tinge of yellow does help reflect glare

but if you want a cheaper alternative i agree with ke70 dave, phillips are the shiz

[Matt-AE86]

Even when removing the reflector thing in the Early model headlights, doesn't really increase anything.. I think its more the glass in the Later model head lights that the glass actually reflects better etc..

[roadsailing]

i boguht narva or something blue white bulbs, they seemed OK, you will get good gains by re-running the headlight cables with thick wire, if you are good with relays this can be done so the power wire for the headlights goes straight from the battery.

i used pure white parker globes too, looks shithouse if you have white headlights and yellow parkers.

might even get wanker lights soon, can never have too much lighting!

[rthy]

if lights have a tinge of blue and are meant to be 6500K then they are labeled incorrectly. Even though I love the pure white of my HIDs I would go for a softer colour now if I had a choice just to reduce the glare.

[mike86]

Has anyone seen those yellow spot lights? Does the yellow lense do anything in particular or is it just to look pretty

[gottago]

hopefulyl ill sort all this out next weekend..

got another problem when u click the headlight stalk forward to engage highbeams permanently i have no lights whatso ever. pull it back and its like normal highbeam flashing.. what the??

[r3zzz4]

Get the multimeter out mate, answers all problems if you know how to use it...

[Dan_AE86]

**HOT TIP**
Adjust the headlights, makes a WORLD of difference, and 30PLUS globes are a pretty good package!

MY2C
Dan.