BI Xenon Conversion

[Garryc]

....I was interested in getting HID BI Xenon conversion.

In theory this would convert both headlights to dipped until you put the main beam on and then both would become high beams.

Sounds like a plan - however, technically how easy would this be to actually set up???

And what electrical gadgetry would I need???

 

[Droopy Dick]

Would it?

I thought it simply replaced the normal H4 lamp so that you got HID for both dip and main beam.

If you want both on at once you need to carry out some other sort of electrical jiggery-pokery.

 

[bonox]

True Dick, however the bi xenon lamps use solenoid operated modules that change the cutoff pattern. The thing Garry is talking about is having a low and high beam output pattern in the same reflector. Ths isn't going to be as effective imo as you think it would, because the reflector is not designed for two beam patterns (high or low).

Getting both lamps to work at the same time will require feeding both lamps from the low beam circuit, with the solenoids operated by the high beam circuit.

These are two very different problems.

 

[The Sea Dog]

Forget it, won't work and will porbably give you crappy light. As has been said the individual lamps are designed for a single mode of operation. ie optimised for a single beam pattern based on a certain focal point. TBH with only the dipped upgraded to HID you'll probably find that this is more than enough, certianly I haven't felt the need to upgrade to an HID highbeam since installing the dipped. In order to have a bi-xenon operate correctly you would need to have somehting like an H4 that is designed to have both beams operated from a single lense with two focal points designed into it. I have also upgraded my 1300 Pan European to HID's and used the bi-xenon for that, in this application they work fine as the reflector array was designed for twin focal points.

HTH


Toodle Pip
PAul

 

[Droopy Dick]

I binged H1 HID conversions of both dip and main beam.

The light output is astonishing, especially when riding country roads at night on main beam ... and they can be so useful when Joe Chav in his souped-up Nova 1.2 with the 4" exhaust pipe and misaligned lights tries to drive you off the road by blinding you.

 

[Steptoe]

You'll need to find room to mount both "ballast" boxes - and hope they're supplied with a long enough "power" cable to reach the light units.

You'll see what i mean if you try it