What bulbs does it use.

Wouldn't mind having bixenon instead of just xenon.

I'm sure my friend would wire it up like it should be.

What bulbs does it use.

Wouldn't mind having bixenon instead of just xenon.

I'm sure my friend would wire it up like it should be.

They're Hella E55 bi-xenon units with a 5000k 35w Osram D2S bulb.

 

 

Any reason why they are in ‘tourist’ mode?

 

(the beam has been ‘flat beamed’ so there is kick up to the left)

Also, how did you get a halogen full beam AND a halogen plus xenon full beam pic? Do you have seperate switches for them?

Does anyone know if they can be changed with original xenon ones.

I wouldn't want to do it on a car with factory xenons, considering how expensive the headlight housings are. However, I could see myself doing it to a pair of aftermarket (depo etc.) halogen housings, assuming of course they can be fitted to a car with factory xenons. Does anyone know if this is possible without modifications?

 

Every car I've seen with bi-xenon projectors has had terrible high beams / main beams though. Not NEARLY enough range to be acceptable, and certainly not anywhere near as good range as my Octavia's halogen reflectors. The problem is that the projectors are designed for spreading the light evenly in front of the car, not for throwing it down the road. Doesn't really matter if you remove the cut-off, you don't get much more range from that. 

 

I can see how combining the two can produce interesting results though. Projectors for width and reflectors for range. And all of this without any visual modifications to the car. Now all you need to do is to drop a 55 watt HID kit into the high beams and you're there. 

 

Since I live where I do (not much traffic, lots of wildlife like moose etc) I don't really consider any car to have good high beams as standard. If I lived in the sticks or otherwise had to do any amount of night-time driving, my car would look like this already.

 

Edited 15 February, 201412 yr by Perc

I have been following a couple of threads on ADV, the adventure bike forum.  As LED lighting becomes more affordable and taken up by a wider cross section of users, it is surprising how good and how cheap individual lamps can be.  There are several examples of the spot lamps easily out ranging HID's and the flood/fogs throwing an extremely wide beam.

The best bit is how reasonable price wise (in the US at least) and compact the units are.  As you would expect the current draw is not massive.

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607184

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=948701

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=745429

you'll need to wade through maybe to find stuff as I don't have the time right now, but that's really the tip of the iceberg.  The links are from a quick trawl of Vendors, various immates write reams about them.

I don't think you have to be a member, but if you like reading about folk doing improbable stuff, this is for you.

Also, how did you get a halogen full beam AND a halogen plus xenon full beam pic? Do you have seperate switches for them?

It's because the bi-xenons work by having a mechanical shutter the covers part of the lens during dipper beam operation. When you switch to full beam the shutter opens giving full lens operation. At the same time the two central halogen full beams illuminate. Therefore giving depth from the halogens and flood from the bi-xenons.

I didn't make them or work out the wiring / programming so I can't give you the technical info.

All I know is they are very good.

Any reason why they are in ‘tourist’ mode?

(the beam has been ‘flat beamed’ so there is kick up to the left)

It's probably not the best pic to demonstrate the lights. If you look at the others it'll show you a better spread of the light.

I know all standard lights have a flick on the nearside to assist illumination of that. But is it really needed?

Look at the pics down the country lane and IMO there's loads of light being projected onto the near and offsides of the road.

Another bonus with "tourist mode" is I don't have to muck about changing projection or putting stickers on the lights when I go to Europe.

Best of both worlds as I see it. Each to their own though!!!

I had bi-xenons on my focus ST-3 they were massivly different to the xenons on my mk1 vrs wrc

They're Hella E55 bi-xenon units with a 5000k 35w Osram D2S bulb.

The reason they are extra good is they are 55w ballasts not 35w :-)

And that last pic does do them justice doesn't it :-D

Yes it is needed, as flat beam headlights are not acceptable for MOT, and therefore UK road, use.

 

Mike

 

I'm not going to open up a can of worms here as to whether they're legal or not or if the flat beam is going to fail an MOT etc, as it's going off topic. However, just because they don't have a flick to the nearside doesn't mean they are illegal and won't pass an MOT.

 

VOSA state:

              A flat top or other alternative headlamp dipped beam pattern (not being one of the examples) is acceptable providing all of the beam upper edge, including any “peak” is contained within the appropriate tolerance band.

 

 

With HID or LED headlights, if a washer system and/or automatic alignment system is fitted then they must be operational and in full working order. If they are not fitted then there is no statutory requirement. 

This is true, they don't need a flick in them (I've checked with a MoT tester friend) and as long as they don't kick the wrong way it's fine.

Anyways my last motorbike had a FLAT beam as standard and that was always fine.