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Dave T

Member Since: 07 Jun 2013
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 490

Re: Boomslang

AndyTunn wrote:
Has anyone tried this upgrade relay kit? Price seems reasonable.

http://www.paddockspares.com/boomslang-per...-loom.html

It looks good value, it cost me £35 (including postage) to buy decent quality bits from Polevolt to do myself, using the list provided by someone else on here. Remember to add postage if that is all you are buying. 2015 RRS Autobiography SDV6
1994 Def 90 300tdi

31st Jan 2015 6:43am

Rosso_NI

Member Since: 09 May 2014
Location: NI
Posts: 275

1993 Defender 110 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Galway Green

Crystals with decent bulbs get my vote

31st Jan 2015 7:08am

Cupboard

Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2971

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey

If Crystals are so much better than the standard headlamps unit, why do Land Rover supply the standard one?
Most of the time there's a compromised, like brighter bulbs not lasting as long, but what is the compromise with Crystals?

31st Jan 2015 9:09am

CatherineF

Member Since: 22 Nov 2014
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 762

I guess it would probably help if you looked at the links to the 2 options my husband was referring to.

LED"s not an option as we are going to having some very expensive new seats

http://www.flatdoguk.com/wipac%2Dcrystal%2...amps%7E493

or

http://www.flatdoguk.com/xenon%2Dultima%2D...rhd%7E1021 2015 Audi Q3 Quattro S Line Plus 184 TDI Stronic
2010 90 SMC Over Land Nero Edition - Santorini Black Metallic (Now Departed)

31st Jan 2015 9:41am

jimbob7

Member Since: 06 Jul 2013
Location: uk
Posts: 2055

The "xenon" link are Crystal (copies I assume, as there's no brand mentioned??) lamps with xenon (not hid) bulbs,whereas the other link your just buying genuine crystal lamps without bulbs. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.

31st Jan 2015 9:58am

Cupboard

Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 2971

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-maintenan...non-ultima

Quote:
A top result for Ring’s flagship Xenon Ultima, which boasts 100 per cent xenon gas as well as 120 per cent more light. Consistency could have been better, but even the best sample was a step behind the Night Breaker Plus.

As with our winner, it benefited from a clearly defined beam – this made keeping to legal glare limits easy and meant the light focus could be ideally placed.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but I was planning on getting LED headlights but have had cold feet at the cost (sorry Brendan).

What I've done instead is bought this:
http://www.paddockspares.com/boomslang-per...-loom.html at £27.60
http://www.paddockspares.com/pm678-wipac-c...ralia.html at £33.49
and http://www.amazon.co.uk//dp/B00EPLCP3U for £14.66
For a total of £75.75.

That compares favourably to £500 for a set of LED headlamps, though won't be as good and will use more power. Whether LEDs are 6 times better I'm not sure, but I'd have been upgrading the wiring anyway so at worst I've wasted £50 plus a bit of time.

When I fit them next weekend I'll try and do some comparison measurements of volts to the lamps and light output measurements before and after, though numbers from a lux meter are difficult to compare as they don't take the whole beam in to account.

31st Jan 2015 11:51am

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