You can tell the difference, the HID lamps are a bluer/whiter colour and come on more slowly - when first turned on they are about 50% brightness and very blue. Then over about 30sec they go to normal brightness and colour. The halogens look a bit yellowy compared to them but obviously come on straight away.

Oh for sure when you turn them on there will be a difference, I was talking more looking at a halogen bulb freelander with projector lights next to an hid freelander standing side by side there would probably be very little physical appearance until as you say you turn them on.

I see what you mean, no you cannot tell the difference unless you remove the headlamp units and look inside them.

As it’s a modification I wonder what insurers would make of it.

Would it be notifiable.

Fitted led dip beam to my fl2 at beginning of the year with good output and so much better than oem bulbs.
Had an mot last week past with led fitted with no problems

What LED lamps did you use, out of interest?

MarkC wrote:

Fitted led dip beam to my fl2 at beginning of the year with good output and so much better than oem bulbs.
Had an mot last week past with led fitted with no problems

Just spoken to my insurers (Ageas)

I explained about the poor headlights on my car & the risk of driving home with only one headlight if one was to pop while out & about, she was not sure on the question so called the underwriters to find out.

She came back & said that was perfectly ok to change to LED's & just to let them know when done so they can note it on my insurance.

Just have to now find out how good these Philips bulbs are & if they are likely to dazzle anyone while in use, the MOT is another issue but if I was to fit a set & use them without causing nuisance to others for a year then I would be happy to MOT while fitted.

Park facing a wall, mark the headlamp cutoff line using PVC tape or something on the wall.

Swap to the LED bulbs and check the headlamp cutoff again, and check for stray light where it was dark with the halogen. If the bulbs are good design then the cutoff won't have moved and there won't be stray light = no dazzle for oncoming drivers.

Hi all

Brief update to my original post following a few month's run time with the Novisight HB3 LED bulbs.

Very impressed with the performance in all weather conditions and haven't had any other vehicles flashing me in the dark. The car went through an MOT test a few weeks back and it passed with no comment on the bulbs.

It seems that the important thing to get right with these bulbs is to make sure that the LED/HID filament is set within exactly the same place (distance from the mounting) as the original halogen filament would have been, this way you use the reflectors within the headlight to their fullest, whether it is an LED or HID kit that you go for. Philips seemed to be leading the way on these with specifically designed LED halogen replacements a couple of years back, I suppose that the technology is now trickling down so you don't have to pay big£££ for the privilege.

Given that the set cost me £45.00 and was plug and play (no retrofit wiring harness removed), I can truly recommend these as a great fix/upgrade bulb that should go on forever

Jack

The main issue with swapping halogen for LED/HiD replacements is that Halogen OEM headlamp units normally are manually adjustable for height control where as the higher power HiD OEM components always (if output is over 2000Lumens) have auto levelling of some kind fitted, unfortunately a lot of people who “tune up/modify” their cars don’t give a fig for blinding oncoming drivers when carrying a boot full of Heineken multi packs.

I am sure members in here are more responsible but of course being a Landrover forum it is probable that more of us might tow more regularly and so should be more aware and responsible to make sure we remember when towing.

I have always replaced Halogen projector lamps with HiD kits without any issues at MoT at all, I have tried a few LED bulbs but not found any that give a even beam pattern as do normal bulbs, although I tried then=m a good few years ago so hopefully they are much better now. Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

JackGlendinning wrote:

Hi all

Brief update to my original post following a few month's run time with the Novisight HB3 LED bulbs.

Very impressed with the performance in all weather conditions and haven't had any other vehicles flashing me in the dark. The car went through an MOT test a few weeks back and it passed with no comment on the bulbs.

It seems that the important thing to get right with these bulbs is to make sure that the LED/HID filament is set within exactly the same place (distance from the mounting) as the original halogen filament would have been, this way you use the reflectors within the headlight to their fullest, whether it is an LED or HID kit that you go for. Philips seemed to be leading the way on these with specifically designed LED halogen replacements a couple of years back, I suppose that the technology is now trickling down so you don't have to pay big£££ for the privilege.

Given that the set cost me £45.00 and was plug and play (no retrofit wiring harness removed), I can truly recommend these as a great fix/upgrade bulb that should go on forever

Jack

I tried aftermarket LED bulbs - sent them back as the beam pattern was irregular and more disappointingly the long range brightness was poor despite being very bright at short range.

I eventually swapped the halogens for 35W HID as I have the projector lights. Very impressive. No dazzling of on-coming drivers as far as I can tell and it passed MOT without a problem.
The whole HID kit fits inside the light housing. Jules

Long story short, ordered the HID kit from ABD, went to test before fitting as per their instructions & found the bulbs rattle in the headlight fitting so all boxed back up & awaiting return to ABD for a full refund!

Anyone know where there's a reasonably priced set of genuine bi-xenon headlights for sale...

Hi all - I have just taken receipt of a ABD 35W Xexon HID kit - anyone who has installed one of these Stealth kits got any photographs of your configuration you'd be willing to share? I just can't see how I can get this little lot installed within the Headlamp unit. TIA. Peter

(My FL2 is the facelift version - single bulb for dipped and full beam)