R32 Gts-t, Crap Lights From Stock?

[GTAAAH]

Basically if theres no street lights around i really struggle to see. All is dark. Almost mooshed a wombat the other day, but saw it just in time. My lights seem to be pointed down alot but idk if that makes sense, because when i put high beams on there aimed up nicely. So yeh, will i be able to just adjust my lights or will it be beams to, (off the top of my head im pretty sure its 1 unit and aiming beams up any higher = illegal) or will i have to grab some new globes for it? Or is it a sealed unit and will i have to buy new lenses to? Thx

Oh yeh its a r32 gts-t

[kjb_r33]

Low beams are adjustable independent of high beams, there is 2 adjustment screws which adjust low bean only.

[GTAAAH]

ahh true, ill have a look tonight, roughly where are they?

[Fixxxer]

I thought mine were pretty crappy too, and I was told that 32 GTST headlights are pretty poor from factory. They also run the power through the switch in the dash, rather than the usual relay, which means more resistance and less voltage getting through to headlights.

You have the option of changing to a brighter (whiter) light, these are available at any of the car accessory stores, ie., autobarn, supercheap, repco etc... I just got standard replacement headlight bulbs (H1 - 55W) for my 32 and even they seemed brighter than the old ones I had in there, but there were options to go 30% brighter, and 50% brighter at the store aswell, for a little bit more money. Make sure you still get 55W globes as higher watts does not generally mean it's a brighter light, and will melt fuses and connections in a r32 (trust me I know from experience).

Still brighter than that you start to head into the 'blue tinge' type headlights which are probably brighter again, but a fair bit more expensive.

Fixxxer

[GTAAAH]

Madness, ill go check it out, was hoping it was just a matter of replacing the bulbs but thought i might need entirely new units or something.

Thx

[julion]

I have the exact same problem. let me know how you go!! I try to deal with it, but it can be a pain in the ass. bought a new bulb and no change.

[cowie165]

Marcus/Ronin09 is fed up with his lights like most R32 drivers. Here's what he's doing about it:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=93963

[mad082]

blue headlights are harder to see with than yellow. don't go any blue'r than the narva arctic blue, or phillips blue vision (crystal and diamond vision bulbs aren't legal). also the blue vision are only as bright as a standard bulb, and crystal and diamond vision aren't as bright. i have driven a car that had diamond vision bulbs as high beam bulbs and they were absolutely crap. they were really hard to see with.

i use the blue vision and find them a bit hard to see with in the wet (r33). i'm going to put them as my highbeams and get some +50 for my low beam.

[GTAAAH]

Ahh true, ive heard that the blue were illegal in some shades as well, so i probably wasnt going to steer that way. Was going to try find something white. That said i think ill skip on the Honda Accord Light install as well, that guy's crazy.

[mad082]

most really white lights are still illegal.

it goes yellow-white-blue in the colour range.

my mate has the crystal vision and they are a white light, but aren't that bright..... and aren't legal. the blue lights are only good in the fog as they shine through, rather than reflect (i saw a 4wd or fishing show one day where they were testing different spotties in the fog and the blue were much better).

the +50 are going to be the brightest. the other option you have is to rewire the system so it uses a relay instead of running the power through the switch. but that would be a pain of a job, and might not make a difference.

[GTAAAH]

yeh that sounds like a fair pain in the arse, i guess ill go with the +50 then, thanks

[Haysey]

Get some Xennons, wasnt there a group by back a little while ago, that will fix your problem

Got the 32 projector style headlights?