I’ve nearly finished work before Rally GB, just the morning to work tomorrow, and then loads of little things to do on the car. But there was something I could<\/i> do this evening, and that was sort out the lamp pod. While it looks impressive, it has 4 100W lamps in it, but it has seen better days (all the reflectors aren’t as good as they could be), and I’ve never been that<\/i> happy with the beams from the lights – two are very directional, and the others don’t seem to add much (although I wouldn’t want to go without). <\/p>\n
All modern cars (and decent rally cars) use HID lamps, which output a LOT more light for a lot less power consumption. An HID conversion from the Demon Tweeks catalogue that turned up yesterday? A snip at around ?1000. But there are lots of cheaper alternatives, and for a huge ?64 I got a set of four lamps with ballasts, ready to go. I fitted them tonight, and I can’t believe the performance of them. I’ve only had a chance to go to a nearby lane which is still lit (albeit sparsely, but it’s not properly dark), and it’s a revelation compared to the halogen lamps. The light is much easier on the eye (being a slightly blue tint, 6000k), and seems to light up things far better, including in the distance. The lamps themselves are a lot deeper than the halogen ones and this seems to make the focus much better – the lamps on the outside provide a broad spread now, and the centre ones a more directed beam. So hopefully they’ll be a LOT better when we’re on the stages…..<\/p>\n
Now, I’m sure there are ‘proper’ rally bods who are taking the mickey at this point, and I’d love to have the money to have a proper HID kit, but I’m amazed at the difference that a relatively small amount of money can make. I’ve seen a number of people say that HID conversions are crap, but I think for the money they’re well worthwhile. Certainly any car I have in the future will have them in whatever additional lamps I put on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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