Headlight replacement.

oos_ya_daddy · Apr 10, 2012

Hi. I snapped the plastic part off the back of my headlight housing last night. Annoying as the bulb cant be clipped in place now. I have superglued temp fix.

While im at it I might as well replace both the headlamp units. The ones in there aint to bad but are looking a bit rusty. on the screws etc.

Did a bit of a search and people recomend sealed beam units and ones that can take a halogen H4 bulb. (What does sealed beam mean ? Is the bulb in the unit as a whole ?) The sealed beam ones seam to be discontinued anyway. The units I have at present take a H4 bulb but dont seem to produce a very good light. (Not sure whether they are halogen or not ?)

I found these Halogen Crystal headlamps Landrover Defender headlights | eBay but was not sure if the bit about having clear front was just salesman b0ll0x.

Any advice / experience gratfully recieved. Thanks !

fanatic · Apr 10, 2012

are you a sub marine commander, if not then the replaceable ones give better light over sealed beam units

MarkC123 · Apr 10, 2012

I put some Hella clear-lens units on mine and even with the same H4 bulbs the improvement over my old ones was dramatic. Money well spent

oos_ya_daddy · Apr 10, 2012

I do the odd bit of wading. Not really been as high as the lights though. Never had a problem with them filling up with water.

When you say Hella clear-lens units. Are they the same as the ones I put the link to ?

chezvegas · Apr 10, 2012

I had sealed units on a previous 110 and I think they were the original equipment. The plus side was no chance of water getting in, downside not a great amount of light output. As the others said if you get ones with the replaceable h4 bulbs then they will do the trick

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MarkC123 · Apr 10, 2012

oos_ya_daddy said:
I do the odd bit of wading. Not really been as high as the lights though. Never had a problem with them filling up with water.

When you say Hella clear-lens units. Are they the same as the ones I put the link to ?

They look similar - these are the ones I got: Wipac Crystal Halogen Head Lamps - Pair RHD - Excluding Bulbs - Britpart RTC4615C at www.rimmerbros.co.uk

Meant Wipac - doh !

oos_ya_daddy · Apr 10, 2012

Ah. Great. Cheers !

mark-d · Apr 10, 2012

i have the crystal halogen type from paddocks, no complaints

lucifus · Apr 10, 2012

I fitted crystal headlights to both my defenders. My current one I also upgraded the bulbs to Osram Nightbreakers plus. The improvement over the standard headlights is massive. Visability at night is now greatly improved.

Plus its easier to change a bulb in future rather than a whole headlight if a filament blows.

FLAT ERIC · Apr 10, 2012

Same as above. Wipac Crystal headlamps CLICK fitted with Osram Nightbreaker Plus H4 bulbs CLICK & a pair of Stainless steel headlight rims CLICK

I also upgraded to NAS side lights, clear indicators & clear side repeaters with Silvertec chrome bulbs.

If you think that's a lot of upgrades. You should see my rear!!!

oos_ya_daddy · Apr 11, 2012

Really don't wan't to ask this but..... What have you done to rear ? Im looking at doing something like the LED conversion. But from my quick look around, they look very expensive.

FLAT ERIC · Apr 12, 2012

oos_ya_daddy said:
Really don't wan't to ask this but..... What have you done to rear ? Im looking at doing something like the LED conversion. But from my quick look around, they look very expensive.

You are very brave asking.

And I did what you are thinking about. Expensive but "fit & forget". No more vibration blowing the bulbs or melted fuses when water gets in the bulb holders. Stop/tail lights are much much brighter so a bit more built in safety as well.

Before with "pimple" stop/tail lights & indicators & a single fog & a single reversing light.

After with LED stop/tail lights & indicators. LED work light & a not so obvious LED number plate light. The fog & reversing lights have conventional bulbs as one of each was already fitted when I bought Larry.

I had to cut two holes to mount the extra lights but luckily there were spare wiring connectors already in the harness on both sides to plug into.

Extra hole on the right courtesy of Mr Dremel.

Colour coded wires made it easy plug & go once the other hole was cut.

oos_ya_daddy · Apr 12, 2012

Nice !

Definately added to the list.

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