upgrading stand ae86 lights

[deafkid]

after having my sister (alot newer car) car while my ae86 was off the road it has made me realise how shit the low beam lights are. Now i find am driving around with my high beams on just to get some light on the road. what have you guys done to upgrade the low beam to get better light. i have already put higher watt globes in but it has not seem to made a diffrence

any help would be great

[AEA-386]

6000K HID kit FTW lights up the whole road and a few more in front ahahaha
note also blinds people in front of you :hehe:

but hid is the best way to go...to get good light...mine ones are old as well but the hids just go right through it

[Chairs with flares]

Install a relay (one for low/high beams each) so your globes are getting the full 12-14v. Old wiring tends to get resistance with age, so your globes don't get the full voltage.

If you are going to get a drop-in HID kit, make sure your housings are the type with a little cap over the front of the globe, otherwise you'll have massive amounts of glare to oncoming traffic and it'll be like you have your beams on to them, so they can't really judge your distance. Normal H4 globes have the front coated so light doesn't come out and it all hits the relflector, HID globes don't, which is why you need the housing with a cap, or projectors.

[Jonny Rochester]

It has been said, just change to the late model AE86 complete headlights. They have better reflectors. I havn't tryed it myself yet.

[Javal]

Alighning them would be the first step.

Then better globes

Then re-running the wiring.

Then switching to HID / switching to Kouki lights.

[aaron]

I am thinking of just getting some xenon bulbs and whacking them in?
In the range of about 4000-5000K so not too blue (keep the popo away). Just have to make sure they don't heat up too much.
My old mans car did this and results were impressive aswell as being comparitively cheap to HID.

[sun_moon]

are late model ae82 reflectors same as late model ae86 ones ??
if so, could use the reflectors from kouki ae82 in adm ae86 lights.

[sundee]

i just wired in 2 relays and some heavy duty wiring and ran 110w/140 halogen globes.. plenty of light!!

[Jonny Rochester]

are late model ae82 reflectors same as late model ae86 ones ??
if so, could use the reflectors from kouki ae82 in adm ae86 lights.


The reflector is sort of part of the whole headlight body, and it does not bolt into AE86, so would not work.

[Chairs with flares]

Those 4000+k halogen globes don't actually put out more light, they just appear to because of the color. The blue coating on the globe itself actually filters out some of the usable light so output is less.

For standard H4 55/60w halogen globes, the best out there are the Philips Xtreme +80 or Osram Nightbreaker. I have the Philips ones and they are almost as bright as a generic 100w globe, without having to redo the wiring for added current draw. These globes don't really have the blue look if that's what you're after, but for the price, nothing really comes close for usable output.

Check out some reviews online, that's pretty much what they all say.

And make sure your lights are properly aimed too, if there is a pool of light right in front of the car, aim them up until you can light up a car in front's licence plate about 20-30m away on low beam. That way, the main beam will be where it should be.

[pogi]

while were on this topic, does anyone know wot i model or whatever i should be looking to convert kouki trueno lights to HID ? and i also want that blue tinge in them so even if their not on they have a blue look in the lense

[sun_moon]

blue look in the lense when not on ??

do u mean RAYBRIG headlight lense ??

[pogi]

not sure ? i see hilux's drive past with headlights that look blue but their not even turned on, same with v-tec's ke70/ae70 on here

[redsprinter]

dude thats is just the lense reflecting the blue light globes ... like a mirror effect .

[todd]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/0/13048.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bluelights.jpg)

^^^ i think thats what you mean.
its as above, just the blue film coating on the glass of the bulb mirroring off of the reflectors in the back of the headlight unit.
note they also have a provision for a park light in the outside headlight unit, just havnt bothered to wire up.

[pogi]

yeah thats wot i want! where do you get the film from? can be adapted to any headlight im guessing?

[Rice86]

It has been said, just change to the late model AE86 complete headlights. They have better reflectors. I havn't tryed it myself yet.

yes they do...like 30% better...but still depends on the globes and etc but it is a noticeable difference, plus u get eyelids =]

[todd]

yeah thats wot i want! where do you get the film from? can be adapted to any headlight im guessing?

dude just go to repco, supercheap, whatever and they will help you out.
it is not a film as such, it is a coating on the bulb. you buy them like that.

[yoshimitsu9]

i whacked some illegal phillip globes in mine, 90w low beam and 110w high from memory, they work 10x better than standard and shit all over phillips crystal vision too

[deafkid]

i have alined my lights up right just want it a bit brighter. any idea what hid kits to use brands, watt power to use

[44GTE]

The later Model Kouki Lights do have a far better reflector in them which equates to better light from them.

I have tried and noticed the difference for myself.

cheers

[dave2221]

i believe its h4 HID headlights kit (should be same glove for trueno and levin)

one of the best mods i did to my car, value for money.

safe too

[Sam-Q]

just a note: a relay kit is a waste of time with a HID setup because not only would the voltage drop be less because most HID's are 35W instead of 55 but also because the high voltage output is regulated on the ballasts and accept a variable voltage on the intlet, mine work to 9Volts then start flashing. In other words lower voltages doesnt equal less light on a HID till the cut-off thresh-hold

[Driftspec]

I just got a new set of lights (good ones, not HID) and adjusted the aim of the beam. Was comparable to my friends JDM Levin, who had new lights too. Still work very well in the dark, not as good as modern cars, but plenty of light for me to see exactly where I'm going.