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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Oh, and I cleaned it again and felt the need to pose:
 Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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26th Jan 2020 4:07pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ha ha, small world. Thanks for that
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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27th Jan 2020 12:24pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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You just have to take a pic of the landy when clean and a good pose there LRA
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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28th Jan 2020 9:07pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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After reading about them in THIS THREAD, I bought a pair of LED H4 bulbs from Classic Car LED's, which arrived in a very nicely packaged box:
Click image to enlarge These are designed to closely mimic the physical characteristics of a regular H4 bulb with two sets of LED's positioned in the same way as halogen filaments, so as to work correctly with the headlight reflector. Unfortunately, the first set that I received were faulty in that they were wired backwards internally, meaning that the LED's for main beam lit when dipped was selected and visa versa. After a brief email conversation with the proprietor of Classic Car LED's, they were swapped for a new set, which I've now successfully installed. The photo's below are from the original installation, but the process is exactly the same. The bulbs are a neat piece of engineering and are adjustable for different types of headlights. A set of simple instructions are included, as well as the necessary Allen key. In practice, mine were already set up as recommended, but it's worth checking that the grub screws are tight as it's easy to change the alignment when fitting the heat sink later. Click image to enlarge With the headlight removed, fitting the LED bulb is exactly the same as a standard H4, with the exception of needing to unscrew the large alloy heat sink from the rear: Click image to enlarge Then the rubber dust shield is added, which fits neatly over the end of the bulb: Click image to enlarge And finally the heat sink is screwed back into place: Click image to enlarge The LED bulbs each have a separate control box or 'driver', which must be secured behind the headlight. I chose to do this by drilling two 7mm holes in the plastic wheel arch liner and using a large-cable-tie to hold it in place. The driver has a two connectors: one for the existing three pin headlight wiring and one for the rear of the bulb. I decided to capture the existing wiring with the cable-tie securing the driver to prevent it bouncing around loose behind the headlight: Click image to enlarge The only variation when I installed the second set of bulbs was that I covered the holes in the wheel arch liner with a piece of duct tape and then introduced a slit to thread the cable-tie through, which reduces the capacity for crud to enter. With the driver secured as shown, the connector to the headlight was ideally placed to make it easy to attach it: Click image to enlarge And finally, with the bulb in place: Click image to enlarge Just about visible in that last picture are the two 'wings' that shield the outermost sets of LED's, directing their light to the top of the headlight bowl to generate the dipped beam pattern. The inner unshielded LED's illuminate the whole bowl to create main beam. After fiddling around with the adjusters to get the best alignment, I'm pleased with the results. The dipped beam pattern is perhaps a little variable immediately in front of the vehicle but you soon get used to it. Main beam is very good and because the light is crisply white, it illuminates much better than regular halogens. I may now have to do something about the relatively yellow sidelights, though 
Click image to enlarge Beyond the light output, these bulbs have an added benefit of a much lower current draw than halogen bulbs and so should also prolong the life of the headlight switch. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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2nd Feb 2020 10:11pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Will be interesting to see what you can find to replace the yellow side lights and i see the grills are back on
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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5th Feb 2020 8:44pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ah, no that picture was taken during the first attempt with what turned out to be faulty bulbs. This is what it looks like at present:
Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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5th Feb 2020 9:09pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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I had a bit of a field trip to the New Forest yesterday and managed a couple of photo stops under a moody sky:
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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5th Feb 2020 9:11pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Nice to see the grills are still off and looking at the pic with the grills on, imo i think off does look better
You can see the led headlights are allot brighter in the pics above 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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5th Feb 2020 9:31pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A few minor bits and pieces today involving lights. First job was to fit some ferrite rings to the headlight wiring as the recently fitted LED bulbs were causing radio interference:
Click image to enlarge I bought a pack of 20 in various sizes and needed the second to largest to encapsulate all three wires to each headlight: Click image to enlarge Whilst at the front, I also fitted some LED sidelight bulbs as the original yellow ones looked faintly ridiculous (and faint) next to the headlights: Click image to enlarge The bulbs I used were these, again from Classic Car LED's, which are the same colour temperature as the headlight bulbs: Click image to enlarge https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/products/...&_ss=r At the rear, I fitted a ferrite ring to the high level brake light wiring, which I'd converted to LED some time ago: Click image to enlarge I can only assume that my recently fitted JVC head unit is more sensitive than the original Alpine, as the interference that this light caused has only been noticeable since the swap. Finally, I fitted LED bulbs to the fog and reverse lights: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge The bulbs, which are designed to mimic the 21w filament originals, once again came from Classic Car LED's: https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/collectio...21w-glb382 Over all, I'm very pleased with the results. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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18th Feb 2020 10:14pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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The other thing that I did today was take the Land Rover for it's MoT:
Click image to enlarge It passed eventually, but not before I rectified a stupid mistake! In my rush to fit the ferrite rings to the headlight wiring, I'd inadvertently re-fitted one headlight 90 degrees out, so the beam pattern was vertical instead of horizontal  Fortunately, ten minutes with a screwdriver in the car park saved my blushes. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 19th Feb 2020 7:58am. Edited 2 times in total |
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18th Feb 2020 10:53pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7904 
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Interesting reading about the ferrite rings. We've slowly lost radio signal and can now only seem to get Kiss FM which is not ideal. I'm not sure it is a LED light issue as the radio worked fine initially but it might be worth trying the ferrite rings if they work and are inexpensive? James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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19th Feb 2020 5:51am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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The rings aren't expensive - £13.24 for a pack of twenty in different sizes from eBay. However, a slowly deteriorating signal suggests a corroding earth connection, which won't be fixed by a ferrite ring. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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19th Feb 2020 8:04am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7904
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That's what I thought, but thanks for the reply.
James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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19th Feb 2020 8:21am |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Great she passed the MOT Darren
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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20th Feb 2020 8:26pm |
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