HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE LIGHT OUTPUT FROM A DEFENDER ..... IT IS MISERABLE ..

LOOKING ROUND THE FORUMS I SEE A POPULAR CONVERSION IS TO FIT A HALOGEN REPLACEMENT LENS UNIT INSTEAD OF THE POOR SEALED BEAM UNITS. THEN CUT THE FEEDS FOR THE MAIN BEAM AND USE IT TO POWER A RELAY WITH A DIRECT FEED FOR THE HEADLIGHTS INSTEAD OF USING THE LOOM. THE THEORY BEHIND THIS IS THAT YOU ONLY GET AROUND 11VOLTS USING THE LOOM AND WHEN YOU USE A RELAY WITH A DIRECT FEED FOR THE LIGHTS YOU GET 13 - 14 VOLTS.

MORE POWER EQUALS BRIGHTER LIGHTS AND YOU ALSO PROTECT THE LIGHT STALK IN THE CAB .......

NEW THOUGHTS AFTER TRAWLING THE NET

I would not run Halogen through your existing wiring. Firstly you negate some of the benefits through voltage drop and you will eventually burn out your switches. You can buy a specific headlight relay. They are effectively two relays in one (one for high, one for low) and have built in fuses. Simple to connect, just cut the two wires running to the headlight (high and low beam wires) connect the switch side to the activating side of the relay and the headlight side to to output side of the relay. Run a power lead to the BATTERY and your done.

Part No. RTC4615K from paddocks

UPDATE

LIGHT MOD HAS BEEN COMPLETED THIS WEEKEND

NOT HAD CHANCE TO ROAD TEST THE MOD AS YET BUT I HAVE FITTED THE HALFORDS SUPER BRILLIANCE BULBS ALS. I ORDERED THE LIGHT UNITS ABOVE, THEY WERE DELIVERED BY PADDOCKS NEXT DAY. 2 TWIN FUSED RELAYS NOW RESIDE TO THE REAR OF THE N/S LIGHT UNIT. A TOTAL OF 12 METRES OF WIRE WAS USED, A VERY TIDY JOB.

WE TOOK THE DEFENDER OUT FOR A RUN LAST NIGHT, A POOR EXCUSE TO TEST THE NEW HEADLIGHT CONVERSION ..... THE VERDICT .... THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST MODIFICATION YOU CAN DO ON YOUR DEFENDER TO IMPROVE THE POOR STANDARD LIGHTS .... THAT IS IF YOU HAVE THE OLDER SEALED BEAM UNITS.

COSTINGS

HEADLIGHT UNITS AND DELIVERY = £34.00. HALFORDS SUPER BRILLIANCE BULBS = £12.00. 12 METRES OF 17AMP WIRE £6.00. ASSORTED CONNECTORS AND 2 X FUSED RELAYS = £10.00.

A COMBINED TOTAL OF ABOUT £62.00 AND IT TOOK AROUND 5 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSION.