It is a direct swap except the frames in which the headlight sits need to be filed a little bit.
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Finally, completed the long pending headlight upgrade for my Thar.
Need to Upgrade:
- During night drives on 2 lane highways, heavy vehicles never use their low beams by default. We had to slow down and strain ourselves to pass them.
- On 4-lane highways, the stock lights were manageable for driving, but when we asked for a pass from behind, the stock lights were very dull on the rearview mirrors of the vehicle front.
These were the main reasons for the upgrade.
List of options I shortlisted:
- LED bulbs instead of stock halogens: Light just scatters too much and there is no proper throw during high beam (light just spreads)
- Minus lights, King Kong lights: All these were mostly made in China and somehow did not appeal to me with the lighting performance.
- Use higher wattage bulb with relay setup: I did not want to add additional wiring/setup and was looking for a direct swap.
- Hella / Lightforce lights: The lighting performance was good but not that cost-effective. (Almost made up my mind to go for this option)
Finally, I came across lights from STEDI (a few articles are already there in our forum and one of my friends strongly recommended them)
Options available in STEDI – Homage / Iris chrome / Carbon Black series.
Chose Homage series as it gives the highest beam distance among the 3 [353m Vs 235m Vs 235m, respectively]
The homage series gives the highest throw in both high and low beam modes.
For more technical details – link.
Fitting:
It is a direct swap except the frames in which the headlight sits need to be filed a little bit. Did the fitting at my friend’s place. The technician helped with aligning the lights as well.
Note: These pictures were captured with some lights nearby and not in a fully dark area.
The next upgrade will be a light bar!
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