Roo lite 220 HID upgrade

[MUMSRIG]

Dragging up an old post... How are these going Samo? I've put a good quality HID kit in the Prado headlights and was thinking of getting some cheaper slim line ballast kits for the spots. Was thinking of doing the same as you as in buying the H3 style, drilling and fitting...

Any dramas?

Cheers

Mitch

[samo]

was another fleaby job, under $50 delivered 6000k, ie it was a full new kit with ballasts and globes. all i did was swap ballasts, took all of 5 min. haven mounted the ballasts properly yet, when i do i will get a few photos.cheers samo

[Noobie]

Piggy made me

[samo]

well i just changed the ballasts over to a 55w and what a difference, quicker ignite time and a hell of a lot better light, very happy now. cheers samo
35watt

55watt

[samo]

well after having them in for a week or so i must say im more then happy with the light, it just takes a bit of getting used to, i was used to the yellowish colour of the halogen lights but now im used to the white light and its heaps better, still going to upgrade to the 55w in the future. cheers samo

[sparksy]

That looks like a good spread of light, easy on the eyes.
I heard that to go to 55w all that is needed is to change the ballast, the lamps are the same.

Wayne

[samo]

its xr5 richo, i finifhed putting them and and took them for a test
std prado high beam

35w HID with high beam

reasonable happy, thought it would be a bit brighter, if i was get some more i would at least get the 55w or higher. cheers samo

[Richoson]

Hey Samo

Is that a Turbo XR6 in the background of the photos...nice. FORD First On Race Day

Regards, Richo.

[mudboy]

How have these gone, I put the 55wt hids I to my ipf's and they are brit. I was thinking about converting my lightforce ones over but not as easy, I think it is a similar setup as the roo lights.

Regards,
David

By the way, I hate the autocorrect with my iPad, it stuffs what you want to say right up

[mudboy]

How have these gone, I put the 55wt hids I to my ipf's and they are brit. I was thinking about converting my lightforce ones over but not as easy, I think it is a similar setup as the roo lights.

Regards,
David

[samo]

well there is a generic adaptor you can use (they are about $22.50 each) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....:X:RTQ:AU:1123. i didnt use the adaptors i used the samo approach. drill out the four rivots and pull out the original mount, pull the globe assembly out untill you are left with the mount, grab a 13mm drill and drill the guts of the mount out enough so the globe is a neat fit, i had to cut the plugs off the hid globe to pass the wires straight to the back of the light, when you fit the globe into the mount use some superglue or 5 min araldite generously to fix globe to mount, see pics




fix the mount back into the light post with rivots and solder or crip the plugs back on the end of the globe wires. cheers samo

[sparksy]

Samo
Whats the adaptor they speak about when fitting HIDs to roolights? Its just that the original globes you show look the same as the globes in my Cibie lamps.

Thanks
Wayne

[samo]

well had an hour to spare this arvo anh had a little play
this morning std prado high beam with roo lite 220 halogen 100w globes

halogen globe

HID globe

back together

i will wire up the ballasts when i get a change. cheers samo

[samo]

well the kit arrived today, looks pretty good, its actually a 6000k kit 35 watt, and it works as well (thats a bonus). time to fit over the weekend. cheers samo

[craigm]

i will let you know in the next few weeks, specs are 4300k, 35 watt and 3200 lumens. cheers samo

Thanks Samo. The link I originally opened up didnt show me the entire page as it hadn't opened up completely so I couldn't see the specs (Can now)
Great price! (less than a 3rd of the price I paid and that was a good price) It will be interesting to see the quality of the product.