Monaro headlights

[DrJon]

I assumed from the project style lenses on the lights that the Monaro is fitted with HID/Xenon units. However, the light is a little on the weak side and yellow-ish not white. I also though headlamp washers were mandatory for HIDs in the EU.

The full beam lights are excellent but the dipped units are dissapointing - is this true on all Monaros or are my lights not up to scratch. Any easy upgrades available (eg brighter bulbs).

Cheers,

Jon.

[uk hsv]

The Monaro has standard light units, not HID.....

The Americans have some good prices on HID units for the Monaro.....try www.ls1gtoperformance.com/gtointro.html



>> Edited by uk hsv on Tuesday 18th January 09:33

[alfienoakes]

Mine are also pretty poor on dip, but raising them up helps. Does anyone know what you are meant to do with the headlights when you go abroad, apart from dazzle people ?


>> Edited by alfienoakes on Tuesday 18th January 11:24

[moosepig]

DrJon said:

The full beam lights are excellent but the dipped units are dissapointing - is this true on all Monaros or are my lights not up to scratch.

I found this too. The factory setting for the dipped units appears to be to light up the ground for only 30 feet in front of the car, and there is a very definite and sharp leading edge to the area illuminated, to the point that cats' eyes don't send anything back at all beyond about 40 feet away - quite dangerous, really. Raising them helps, as alfienoakes says, but you can only raise the light pointing so far before you start to p*ss off everyone you drive towards.

[DrJon]

I'll have a go at raising them up tonight. Glad that everyone else thinks the dipped lights are poor - thought my night vision was failing!

The HID upgrade might be an interesting option - had HIDs on my last 2 cars and they've been bloody excellent. Dunno what the legality would be come MOT time though re auto levelling and headlamp washers...

[Steve_P]

You could try a replacement set of xtreme force H11 bulbs from PIAA, they purport to give twice the light output of ordinary halogen bulbs.
www.piaa.co.uk/bulbs/bulbshow.asp?ID=xtforce

[SyGoat]

I parked my Pont. GTO 5' from a wall and marked the top edge of the light beam with a marker. Then I raised it exactly 2" on each side. I have never thought that they were too low again and I have never been flashed by oncoming traffic here in Germany...well at least while my driving lights were off.

[anonymous-user]

For some reason the dipped headlamps are set very low from the factory - something to do with the type approval for the UK.

Raising the beams make a big difference. OK the lights are not xenon (shame) but they seem pretty good now and as said main beam is excellent.

[booster]

Anybody here tried the PIAA xtreme bulbs?

[Steve_P]

I've just fitted a set of PIAA extreme white plus bulbs
www.xtremewhite.com/ORD-Light~bulbs-PIAA-PIAA~Bulbs-no-23935-1-1-1-1.cfm

The seem much better than the standard fit H11s . Don't use the PIAA xtreme force bulbs, the envelope tint is too blue and you lose to much light because of the tint.

[comm_SS_V8]

Has anyone tried installing H9's instead of the standard H11's? The ls1.com.au has a recent thread that appears like it may be useful to the VY and beyond owners or those that have projector headlights. I'd recommend that you read the entire thread, but here's page 6 with the procedure posted by 'Tiger_SS':

www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=34619&page=6&