HID lights

[Aussie Mike]

It's funny this subject should come up. A few months back I did a HID conversion and put angel eyes (like BMW) in the lights of my AU Pursuit 250. I made a bit of a deal with the blokes that supply the units that I would show them how to do the whole thing and they are going to supply it as a kit. I don't think too many people have done the AU quad headlight setup like this.

Here's the angel eyes when I first fired them up.



The HID lights certainly pump out a lot of light for only 55Watts and it's a very cool white light which is good for my drive home from work as I'm in the country and we get a few roos on the road.

I got an extra set of HID lights with the intention of doing my P700s at a later date. I've been doing some measurements and working on machining up some adapters to make them fit where the original bulbs go. I've stil got a bit more testing to do but I reckon I can make them work.

The main issue is getting the globe in the right position to suit the reflector on the P700. The commonly available P700 while it uses a H4 pattern is actually not a standard H4 bulb. The globe is about 1/2" shorter than a regular one to suit the shape of the reflector.

As far as legality?? The P700s aren't E marked so technicaly you shouldn't be running them anyway.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Cheers