Lower main beam light units
Discussion
TR4man said:
I seem to remember that the most difficult part was putting on those rubber bands!
I found a relatively easy way ......Remove the whole unit by undoing the 3 wing nuts in the back.
Peel off gently the rubber band. Clean up said band and housing.
WITHOUT the new light unit in place, stretch the band over the housing and push it as far back as the locating bolt treads will allow.
Put the new light unit in, seat it in place then slide the rubber band forward to go over the light.
First unit swap over took me best part of 45 minutes and a lot of grrrr's and ffs's!
Once I'd worked out how to do it, 2nd one (passenger side) took less the 5 minutes.
Harvy500 said:
I found a relatively easy way ......
Remove the whole unit by undoing the 3 wing nuts in the back.
Peel off gently the rubber band. Clean up said band and housing.
WITHOUT the new light unit in place, stretch the band over the housing and push it as far back as the locating bolt treads will allow.
Put the new light unit in, seat it in place then slide the rubber band forward to go over the light.
First unit swap over took me best part of 45 minutes and a lot of grrrr's and ffs's!
Once I'd worked out how to do it, 2nd one (passenger side) took less the 5 minutes.
I got 2 brand new direct fit Hella units. £85 the pair delivered next day. 2 new H1 nightbreaker bulbs installed. Remove the whole unit by undoing the 3 wing nuts in the back.
Peel off gently the rubber band. Clean up said band and housing.
WITHOUT the new light unit in place, stretch the band over the housing and push it as far back as the locating bolt treads will allow.
Put the new light unit in, seat it in place then slide the rubber band forward to go over the light.
First unit swap over took me best part of 45 minutes and a lot of grrrr's and ffs's!
Once I'd worked out how to do it, 2nd one (passenger side) took less the 5 minutes.
Next mission when I can be bothered is to add relays directly to 12v source power to feed the bulbs properly.
Classic Chim said:
Ignore the pest.
So am I right in thinking your headlights only do low beam and these lower lights do high beam.
Having never owned a Griff I always thought the lower lights were like extra driving lights aka rally cars
You are correct. Lower lights are main beam or flash someone. The other upper lights are for regular night driving. So am I right in thinking your headlights only do low beam and these lower lights do high beam.
Having never owned a Griff I always thought the lower lights were like extra driving lights aka rally cars
The headlights aren't brilliant. My plan is to fit the H1 nightbreaker bulbs (now done) and then fit 2 headlight relays (bought and in the post) use the original light feed to fire up the relay and connect the relays to either the battery directly OR to the alternator positive feed. That will send more power to the bulb. I'm going to use 25amp wire so the new bulbs have the power they need to work properly.
I've just removed LED bulbs as they're pants in my opinion.
Each to their own but I didn't like the output or the colour of them.
I've just removed LED bulbs as they're pants in my opinion.
Each to their own but I didn't like the output or the colour of them.
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