Candle Power

KITBAG · 24-08-2007, 09:30 AM

Candle Power
What kind of Candle Power / Globes do people have in there cars?
I had XF Falcon S pack (19 WONDERFUL YEARS) with

100w/55w globes Normal lights
100w High beams
100w Spotlights

Can I do the same to the AU11 Wagon?

JC · 24-08-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 87 XF - AU11

Candle Power
What kind of Candle Power / Globes do people have in there cars?
I had XF Falcon S pack (19 WONDERFUL YEARS) with

100w/55w globes Normal lights
100w High beams
100w Spotlights

Can I do the same to the AU11 Wagon?

You can certainly do the 100W driving/spot lights, but if you use anything other than 55W globes in the AU polycarbonate lenses, you run the risk of melting the lenses.

I have a full HID kit consisting of H4 bi-Xenon globes for low/highbeam, and H1 Xenon kit for dedicated high beams. The light output is fantastic - nice white light that truns night into day (almost), but without being dazzling to other drivers.

**Mechan1k** · 24-08-2007, 01:42 PM

I do advise not to use HID kits in the factory polycarbonate headlights as well ... for some reason they damage them as well.

I run factory spec wattage globes ... just the Narva Plus 50s (brightest light output out of all the halogen globes i have tested).

Driving lights ... LightForce 240's (100W globes only) ... light's the catseye's and signs for a good kilometre or more on freeways at night.

KITBAG · 24-08-2007, 02:12 PM

THANK'S
JC AND Mechan1k

I will just stick to the lights that are in there now.
65/55w and do not know what the other one is.

zhodak · 24-08-2007, 02:56 PM

I've got the same kit as JC in my AU2. The HID kit that JC and myself have do not damage polycarbonate lenses as they are UV treated to stop yellowing.

Riksta · 24-08-2007, 03:04 PM

Sorry for the hijack but I'm interested in converting my headlights to Xenon, would be interested to know the costs & effort involved in this, I've heard you need all sorts of ballasts & things to regulate electricity flow to them.

Also, do you just use the normal headlight surrounds/mountings/lenses etc or do you need to change all these to suit Xenons?

And by Xenon I'm assuming you mean the real deal and not just those globes with blue glass that I've seen marketed as "Xenon".

**Mechan1k** · 24-08-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by zhodak

I've got the same kit as JC in my AU2. The HID kit that JC and myself have do not damage polycarbonate lenses as they are UV treated to stop yellowing.

It's didn't damage the actualy lens itself .... it damaged the reflector around the back of the HID filament and discoloured it.

I think it will work better in the XR headlights compared to the standard AU headlights though (as the reflector design is very different). As I found with the standard AU headlights ... the beam was all over the place and uncontrollable due to the larger reflector area and flat reflective base internals that made the HID beam glare upwards.

TEaaron · 24-08-2007, 07:24 PM

I got 95W low 100watt high in my cortina. works fine.

I had 50watt low and 55watt high before it was like driving with candels.

JC · 24-08-2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TEaaron

I got 95W low 100watt high in my cortina. works fine.

I had 50watt low and 55watt high before it was like driving with candels.

And that's as relevant to an AU as a towbar on a tractor.

Your cortina has glass lenses, polycarbonate is not glass, but it is what AU lenses are made of, except XRs which have glass lenses and are better suited higher watt globes.

howesy · 24-08-2007, 08:48 PM

The HID set up I went to had HID globes protruding slightly further into the assembly which changed the way it reflected. The light was intense but by the time I lowered the lights so they didn't blind everyone the lights were angled that low that the advantages were lost and people still complained. I went back to 100w narva and 55 watt low plus 50's