What have you done to your Freelander today

Gaj1612 · Nov 20, 2014

taylonm said:
I'd be interested to know too.
Does anyone else find that fl1's have crap main beams?
Mine is terrible especially driving at twilight/night?

Yes mine is awful. Even when it's pitch black can't see a thing be better off sticking candles in the lights

GrumpyGel · Nov 20, 2014

taylonm said:
I'd be interested to know too.
Does anyone else find that fl1's have crap main beams?
Mine is terrible especially driving at twilight/night?

Funny that, mine are OK in twilight/night - but you hardly know they're on during the day.

taylonm · Nov 20, 2014

Gaj1612 said:
Yes mine is awful. Even when it's pitch black can't see a thing be better off sticking candles in the lights

I agree with you.

Tbh I'm thinking of sticking some HID's in there and hoping for the best. I doubt I'll blind anyone as they're so pants

Oldyam · Nov 20, 2014

taylonm said:
I'd be interested to know too.
Does anyone else find that fl1's have crap main beams?
Mine is terrible especially driving at twilight/night?

Must say mine are useless at twilight, however once its properly dark theyre very good.

Gaj1612 · Nov 20, 2014

taylonm said:
I agree with you.

Tbh I'm thinking of sticking some HID's in there and hoping for the best. I doubt I'll blind anyone as they're so pants

Are the kits ok to use in reflector headlights?

taylonm · Nov 20, 2014

Gaj1612 said:
Are the kits ok to use in reflector headlights?

You aren't supposed to as they scatter the light everywhere. I just wast to see where I'm going

Gaj1612 · Nov 20, 2014

taylonm said:
You aren't supposed to as they scatter the light everywhere. I just wast to see where I'm going

Haha I know how you feel.
Any ideas what ones you'd go for?

Epicuser · Nov 20, 2014

Gaj1612 said:
Haha I know how you feel.
Any ideas what ones you'd go for?

I can recommend HIDS4U.

They do an anti dazzle version.

They do H4 for the older cars and H7 for the facelift

I have some H7's and they are great.

htr · Nov 20, 2014

Hmm, head lamps, I'm pretty impressed with my standard ones. Add those nice LR driving lamps to increase both spread and a bit of range and they are good. It may just be down to the cleaner atmosphere around here.

Gaj1612 · Nov 21, 2014

Hmm... Might have to invest in a set. Not sure yet see what the osram bulbs are like.

Also today I drove it into a fence for absolutely no logical reason what so ever

NeedleNose · Nov 21, 2014

Well first drive with the night breakers tonight and...

Well they are a bit whiter and a bit brighter, but not quite the revelation that some raving reviews would lead you to believe. Certainly no challenger to HIDs but then again they are legal and safe in early headlights. I'd say worth a punt if you need to change your lamps anyway (as I did) and at £13 a pair from Amazon not too pricey either.

I've come to the freelander from a VW T4 which is also known for dull headlights and people have been fitting a "high power wiring loom" to those which is supposed to increase current to the lamps and make them brighter. Don't know if it's been tried on a freelander but it's basically wiring the headlights up through relays as if they were spotlights, with the original power feeds triggering the relays. The power feed is made up with thicker wire to carry more current / less resistance. Makes sense in theory but I never tried it on mine.

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 21, 2014

NeedleNose said:
Well first drive with the night breakers tonight and...

Well they are a bit whiter and a bit brighter, but not quite the revelation that some raving reviews would lead you to believe. Certainly no challenger to HIDs but then again they are legal and safe in early headlights. I'd say worth a punt if you need to change your lamps anyway (as I did) and at £13 a pair from Amazon not too pricey either.

I've come to the freelander from a VW T4 which is also known for dull headlights and people have been fitting a "high power wiring loom" to those which is supposed to increase current to the lamps and make them brighter. Don't know if it's been tried on a freelander but it's basically wiring the headlights up through relays as if they were spotlights, with the original power feeds triggering the relays. The power feed is made up with thicker wire to carry more current / less resistance. Makes sense in theory but I never tried it on mine.

See the CFAQ section

Gaj1612 · Nov 21, 2014

The Mad Hat Man said:
See the CFAQ section

One of my bulbs blew earlier. So I will probably give them a try and if I'm not impressed I'll get a set of hids after Christmas. Anything has to be an improvement over the crappy bulbs I have at the minute

Arctic2 · Nov 21, 2014

Today I changed the oil and oil filter after changing both on the 27/10/14 as I like to run the car on a cheap oil for at least 3/4 weeks and then do another change which then will last me at least six months, as I also like to change the oil twice a year.

I also changed the two belts while I had the under tray off so not a bad day really considering it started to rain about 15.00 pm

thizzlemania91 · Nov 22, 2014

How hard is it to remove those belts Artic2?

sijwhite · Nov 22, 2014

thizzlemania91 said:
How hard is it to remove those belts Artic2?

Removing them is easy.

Putting them back is the tricky bit.

Arctic2 · Nov 22, 2014

Hi Thizzle ?
I wished I could address members by their names

but nearly everyone as not added their name to the about me.

Any ways back to the belts, while I had the car on the ramps doing the oil change I could not believe how much room you have compared to the R75 diesel lump to remove the belts so easy, what make it even easier is that I use an aviation ring spanner which is just the tool for the job it is long enough to get the leverage on the tensioner.

The other end of the aviation ring spanner is 22mm this fits the tensioner for the small compressor belt which needed changing also, I will be posting my findings about it later this evening cheers Arctic2

thizzlemania91 · Nov 22, 2014

Sorry names Tony btw. That looks great thoo, Im gonna give her a try this coming up week. I think it might be do-able for a nooby like my self &#55357;&#56833;

Arctic2 · Nov 24, 2014

prepared the rear back box by sparing it with zinc paint, hopefully fitting it tomorrow, also gave the existing clamp a good spray with plus gas again hopefully helping it to release easier Arctic2

Arctic2 · Nov 24, 2014

thizzlemania91 said:
Sorry names Tony btw. That looks great thoo, Im gonna give her a try this coming up week. I think it might be do-able for a nooby like my self &#55357;&#56833;

Hi Tony.
good luck with doing it as I say not an hard job cheers Arctic2

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