I want to upgrade the standard H4 headlight candles in my classic. Has anyone got any suggestions?

I've looked at Xenon bulbs ltd's website, they do a conversion cable from 3-1 leads but they also talk about HID Ballast which I've no clue about.
I've sent them an email but they're not replying.....

Any ideas gratefully received
Cheers
Mark Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

I have them in my classic Mark... A simple job

The bulb holder plug plugs into the kit... There is a + & - to the battery and the rest is plug & play so really easy to fit

A word of waning though! Cheap kits will give you budget results (like the boy racers you see everywhere blinding everyone) Phillips & Osram do a nice kit, but that costs a couple of hundred quid! Rather than the £40 upwards the cheap ones cost on fleabay... Worth every penny IMHO...

I guess I've been looking at the Boy Racer sites then as they're far from hundreds of pounds..... I'l have a look..

this is the site that came up first on Google though.... and their kit is about £50 all in......

http://www.xenonbulbs.co.uk/

I'll have a look at Osram and Phillips.....

Ta Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

Any HID conversion is technically illegal as the H4 lamp is not designed for an HID source, only normal bulbs.

Pop over to DEFENDER2.NET and have a poke about as Defenders use the same H4 headlights. There are various upgrades from uprated light output bulbs to new H4 replacements (Crystals) to full LED replacements.

Oddly enough Martin, I was just going over to one of the other sites to see if there was any comparisons when searching....
The more I look the more I think I'm going to go with one of these choices...

http://www.powerbulbs.com/store/category/car-bulbs/fitting/h4-472 Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

I use uprated H4 bulbs in the standard headlights.

It's also worth checking the lamp itself, the reflectors do degrade over time - look through the glass for the silvering lifting/bubbling.

I've just ordered 'Osram Nightbreakers' and a pair of crystal reflectors.... Will put up a picture of the 'before and after' Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

Are there proper xenon upgrade kits for the defender and classic?

I need to upgrade mine and would like a proper xenon bulbs and lens not just a HID bulb kit.

Have got headlamp washers on the car so would just need the bulb to level itself.

markdotreed wrote:

I've just ordered 'Osram Nightbreakers' and a pair of crystal reflectors.... Will put up a picture of the 'before and after'

I would fit the Wipac Clearform lamps, I resisted fitting them to my '94 classic for quite a while, but eventually fitted some, they are a vast improvement even with standard bubs, better again with improved performance bulbs.

I also has Hella 550 fitted as driving lamps in the front spoiler.

There are now some LED options,(expensive) but maybe a little extreme for a classic Regards
Royston

2008 4.2 Supercharged Autobiography
1994 Classic Vogue SE
1999 Rover BRM
1987 Rover Vitesse Twin Plenum

An HID conversion has to be self leveling to be legal....... the ffrr gets around this because the suspension is "self leveling" on a good day when it's not throwing a fit So you should be able to fit HID's to a later classic, provided that it has Air Suspension and it will also need headlamp washers to comply with the law  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

If it's for a RR Classic I think the Defeaner LED ones in most LR mags would fit. Road legal as they're not HID, don't need wash systems or self leveller. Very bright.

Fitted these on Sunday morning and am very impressed with the results. A huge difference.
Thanks for the advise. Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE