Topic: Jeep HID Conversion

[chrisfranklin]

I have the Cibie Inserts (Non DOT) Euro Style lenses. (LHD!)

they have a clean cutoff, don't blind oncoming traffic
(Tested this in the rian with my wife driving the jeep
and me in our BMW so I could see it on a back road.

I am running the 55/100 bulbs in mine, on LB they are
decent, on High they are great on the freeway.

Never had any moisture problems, had them for about 5
years so far.. Winter hunting etc no issues.
The stock rubber bulb protector fits tight and works good.
I lost one changing a bulb int he dark and
ran without it for a couple months, had to take the lens
out and use a flexible brush to clean the reflector cause it got covered with dust.

Had to chime in on the jurasic thread :)

Dave

That's an interesting move with the 55/100 bulbs.  I guess low beam with them is solid and high beam is bumped up quite a bit.   When you need hi-beams and there's nobody going the other way, the 100 must be pretty nice.   

[dwtaylorpdx]

I like it a lot, the only downside is when you go from high to low beam you feel like your blind for a second.... :)

Dave

[chrisfranklin]

Did you get that setup through http://www.danielsternlighting.com/products/products.html,  Dave?  Seems to favor Cibie there over Hella.     Personally wouldn't be surprised if Cibie "out-lights" Hella for the same bulb wattage

[dwtaylorpdx]

Ive had both and the Cibie is better by far than Vision Plus, but if you can
find Hella H4 Euro housings (Not DOT) they are as good as the Cibie's.
I had them in the YJ till a metal post in a bush sent one to valhalla...
I couldn't find anymore so I bought 2 Cibie's as a replacement.

I have Hella Rally 2000's between the headlights with 150W bulbs.
Takes it to a whole new level. About a 2 mile illumination with my driving
lense units, with the pencil beams I can't even measure them..
I've had them on multiple rigs since 1985, Hit a grand Cherokee
once and put 2 10" circles about 1 foot deep in his rig.. They are tough...

Dave