OzFitzy
21-06-2008, 02:15 AM
My 2000 T4 (LWB 2.5 petrol auto) has two issues with headlights.
[ 1 ] Poor output.
[ 2 ] The dip switch won't latch.
[ 1 ] It has appalling headlights. It is like having a candle in there (and reminiscent of the output found on early 6V Beetles).
Even highbeam is not up to the low-beam output of most vehicles.
High beam penetration is so bad that at night on rural roads I can only travel safely at 80kph on a road I know and 60kph on a road I'm not familiar with.
Just wondering what other have found or done to improve this.
I think it uses H7 bulbs and wonder what bulbs I should change to.
I wonder if the reflective area has gone dull?
A HID kit is probably an overkill.
[ 2 ] Also the highbeam will not latch on - although I found last night that if I first put the turn indicator on, it will latch high beam and then turn off the turn indicator and it stays latched.
Not good, but it beats holding high beam on with the flasher stalk for a one and a half hour trip as I did the first night before I found that workaraound.
In fact I found (once I got it latched on high beam) that I could leave it on and not one other driver flashed me for not dipping - so poor is the output.
At first I thought it must be a faulty relay, but my T4 doesn't use one.
So it must be a mechanical wear point in the switch.
Anyone else found this?
:(
[ 1 ] Poor output.
[ 2 ] The dip switch won't latch.
[ 1 ] It has appalling headlights. It is like having a candle in there (and reminiscent of the output found on early 6V Beetles).
Even highbeam is not up to the low-beam output of most vehicles.
High beam penetration is so bad that at night on rural roads I can only travel safely at 80kph on a road I know and 60kph on a road I'm not familiar with.
Just wondering what other have found or done to improve this.
I think it uses H7 bulbs and wonder what bulbs I should change to.
I wonder if the reflective area has gone dull?
A HID kit is probably an overkill.
[ 2 ] Also the highbeam will not latch on - although I found last night that if I first put the turn indicator on, it will latch high beam and then turn off the turn indicator and it stays latched.
Not good, but it beats holding high beam on with the flasher stalk for a one and a half hour trip as I did the first night before I found that workaraound.
In fact I found (once I got it latched on high beam) that I could leave it on and not one other driver flashed me for not dipping - so poor is the output.
At first I thought it must be a faulty relay, but my T4 doesn't use one.
So it must be a mechanical wear point in the switch.
Anyone else found this?
:(