A bit odd

[beechy]

i just got my car back from a C service and an MOT and half way home from the garage realised that one of the head lights is out. Surely it cant pass an MOT with a failed head light? Can it?

I remember a thread on hear a while ago I think from Bogey about some better head lights that he had had fitted that were brighter. Does anyone know what they are called and how much they are?

[StuartB]

They are HID's - High Intensity Discharge lights

Awsome bits of kit - mean you can safely drive an Elise in the dark! You can buy them from Yvo through Elise-shop
http://tinyurl.com/jfnur

If you buy them, spend the extra couple of quid and get the LED sidelamps too - trust me the lights look stupid if you retain the old yellow side light bulbs

>> Edited by StuartB on Monday 24th April 16:38

[jago]

Any idea if the LED sidelamps will fit an S2? Very keen on this - thought it was just me who can't see anything driving in the dark.

[Janitor]

Humm... did the MY06 models get better lights? I don't mean HIDs, just better ones

From what many have written I expecting candles, but my 06 is just fine. Not blinding, but no worse than I'd expect as a minimum. I live in the sticks too, so needing to see exactly where I'm heading is pretty crucial!

[StuartB]

jago said:

Any idea if the LED sidelamps will fit an S2? Very keen on this - thought it was just me who can't see anything driving in the dark.

The LED side lamps do nothing in terms of helping you see. They are simply a white light compared to the yellow of the normal bulbs. If you get a HID kit (which is well worth it) then the white of the HID needs the little side lamps to be white too or it looks a bit daft

[jago]

In case anyone else interested:

Hello Jago,

Thank you for your E-mail request.

Having LED sidelights do indeed match the colour of the system. Simply
looks better. Unfortunately, we don't have any sidelights in stock for the
federal <S2> Elise. They are different then the ones for the S1.

I'm not sure when the sidelights will arrive. They have been in backorder
for over a month so I am not really wanting to do commitments without
seing them here.

Sorry for that.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

Yvo Tuk
www.elise-shop.com

[RobM77]

Janitor said:

From what many have written I expecting candles

Interestingly, I live in the middle of nowhere with no streetlighting or anything and have a MY04 111S. The headlights are the best I've had on any car! Without taking them apart I can't see if they're standard or not. On main beam of course we've got those driving lights at the front that supplement the main headlights - the results are fantastic compared with other cars.

[Janitor]

Glad it's not just me that thinks they're fine then Rob! Was beginning to worry I had developed bionic eyesight or something!

Maybe it's just how people 'perceive' things then as we have different models that are fine when many can't believe how poor they are

Perhaps another simple Lotusism..?

[PB9]

Main + driving light => Good amount of light to drive..

Dip => Poor light to drive...

That why most people just upgrade the Dip to HID lights. I did both because the bulk purchase deal made it not much more that getting dip only at normal price.

[Sublime]

The dip beam on my S1 is no worse or better than any other car I've had or driven, obviously HIDs will give a better spread, were the bulbs fitted to the S2s just not as good?

[jago]

oh well guess it's a personal thing. I've got weak eyes anyway, but i was driving along the unlit bit of the a23 between brighton and london at about midnight and was forced to stick to the speedlimit - i just couldn't see which way the road was going. full beam worked fine when could use it though.