Britpart LED headlights

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These are actually totally plug and play though - h4 loom. Only needs a splice if you want the halo ring or you can wire that to a separate switch and use as DRLs.

As they are LEDs they use bugger all power in comparison to a regular lamp.
 
I got a set of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rove...IR-E-Marked-/172123741386?hash=item28135fdcca
They are E marked and very easy to install, on a standard H4 loom that your car already has. Just plug and play. Much better light output. Easy to align. And very eye catching if you're a poser. I did a 'best offer' price and got them at £200.
Pic is with just the halo ring lit which I have wired into sidelights.
lol, it looks as though your Defender is being driven towards something frightening and feels petrified, headlights bulging o_O How have you frightened it?
 
In the interim I shoved in some Osram Night breakers and they are, excuse the pun, the difference between night and day. I will grt the Britpart leds eventually as the reviews are good. For now i will use the Osrams that cost 15 quid and are blindingly bright compared to the old bulbs.
 
lol, it looks as though your Defender is being driven towards something frightening and feels petrified, headlights bulging o_O How have you frightened it?
Typically with some kind of horrifying cross axling, dragging it's ass through some kind of quagmire or spinning itself up out of a bombhole. It's got every right to be scared.
 
I'd like to pass on some of my experiences of the last couple of weeks and LED headlights on my Defender 90 300Tdi.

A fortnight ago, I purchased some LED Headlights from Ebay for about £160.00. Their appearance was very similar to the Truck-Lite brand, but these were manufactured in China, and were unbranded. The lights claimed to be ECE approved, and carried the 'E' Mark on the lens.

I had the lights professionally fitted & aligned (I know fitting is easy, but I wanted the alignment to be perfectly set) using the headlight aim equipment at a local MOT testing station. As soon as these Chinese lights were switched on I could clearly see that there was no way that the lights would ever pass an MOT test, and the authorised MOT tester told me as much. The lights merely gave a single 'splodge' of light immediately ahead of the center of the lens, with no cut-off visible on the beam pattern at all. This would dangerously dazzle the driver of any and every oncoming vehicle. No amount of adjustment would pull the beam low enough to prevent an MOT fail due to beam alignment. Having a 'splodge' of light immediately in front of the centre of the lens also meant that no light was directed to the near-side to illuminate cyclists, pedestrians or road signs. It astonished me how such a product this poor in design and manufacture could find its way on to the UK market, and claim to be approved. Needless to say, the units were immediately removed from my Defender, and the original halogens re-fitted. The Chinese manufactured units have been returned (and now the vendor is being reluctant to refund, but that's another story)

I had some genuine J W Speaker 8700 Evolution 2 LED headlights fitted yesterday, and what a difference! You really do get what you pay for. The beam was very accurate and defined on the headlamp test equipment. The lamps are also amazingly bright, with a fantastic colour that I find gives very little fatigue. They project very, very well on dipped beam and road signs are very easy to read. The cut-off is very clear, and last night none of the several dozen oncoming vehicles that passed me thought they were being dazzled. Full beam is almost as good as daylight. Driving last night in both the dry and the rain, these lights excelled. I almost can't wait for fog!

My advice is this, be very careful with claims of 'E' marking on LED lamps. Get headlights set up correctly, using professional test equipment, if you can. Steer clear of anything unbranded. If it isn't right, it's wrong and send it back!
 
Many E marked and DOT approved items are completely fake. Either a made up number or one referencing another product. Be warned buying any crap from China.

Not saying it is all rubbish. But he vast majority is unless you know exactly what to look for.

Ps - thanks for the update and useful information.
 
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