Replaced Headlights with Truck-Lite Knockoffs

Chris said:
Would you actually get pulled over if you ran them?
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TJ2 said:
That's interesting. What is the law says? How do they enforce the lights law over there?
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Not pulled over...but every 6 months we have a to have safety check up (WOF) and a sticker on the windshield verifying that we passed are all safe and legal.... if the lights don't meet the criteria for NZ, no sticker, so no insurance cover and a ticket if we get pulled over.:(
 
Kiwi TJ said:
Not pulled over...but every 6 months we have a to have safety check up (WOF) and a sticker on the windshield verifying that we passed are all safe and legal.... if the lights don't meet the criteria for NZ, no sticker, so no insurance cover and a ticket if we get pulled over.:(
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Man that sucks. They should encourage cars to have brighter lights in the mountains where there are no street lights.
 
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TJ2 said:
Man that sucks. They should encourage cars to have brighter lights in the mountains where there are no street lights.
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Oh you can buy really bright LED's out here but they are stupid prices because we are limited to which ones we can use.
 
TJ2 said:
Well, it's not the "bestest" investment anyway he-he.
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haha very clever...lol...I ended up getting an Auto Sparky to re-route the lights to run directly off the battery, rather than it running all over the place...I don't completely understand wiring but my lights work really well now and much brighter.
 
It's good to have relays and fuse to switch (on and off) your powerful lights. Direct wire into your battery will compromise the efficiency and longivity of your lights.
 
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TJ2 said:
It's good to have relays and fuse to switch (on and off) your powerful lights. Direct wire into your battery will compromise the efficiency and longivity of your lights.
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noooo its not 'that' direct...but its more of a direct route.
 
lol, I have known you for your craziness. :confused:
Did you follow the color code at least?
Like purple (ground) yellow stripe with rainbow dots (power), white (useless), red is extra wire and green is for fuse?
 
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TJ2 said:
lol, I have known you for your craziness. :confused:
Did you follow the color code at least?
Like purple (ground) yellow stripe with rainbow dots (power), white (useless), red is extra wire and green is for fuse?
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I'm lil bit crazy yes …. but I also don't want to be going down the motorway(Freeway) at night in a ball of fire either....I got it done professionally .lol The guy owns a beautifully restored 60's mine (also know for poor headlights) and he did the same on his Mini as he did on mine..
 
Stockli said:
My lights coating was too thick and made it hard to fit the ring but after some persuading th driver light went on ok, th passenger was easier lol.
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I ran into the same issue. I used some side cutters and snipped the retaining ring at the bottom where it's spot welded. Then put all the screws in loose and tightened them while squeezing the bottom together. Works like it was made that way.
 
TJ2 said:
It's good to have relays and fuse to switch (on and off) your powerful lights. Direct wire into your battery will compromise the efficiency and longivity of your lights.
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Not needed with the LED headlights being discussed in this thread. The TJ's factory headlights draw 55 watts which does not need a relay. The above discussed LED headlights draw even less wattage... low beams only draw 15 watts and the high beams only draw 30 watts... significantly less than what the factory headlights draw.

High power incandescent bulbs (rarely installed now) can draw 100-120 watts and those do indeed require a relay and heavier gauge wiring. Just not the above LED headlights being discussed above. :)
 
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farrier said:
One question I have about any of the brighter white lights is how are they when say your out on a trail with 20 other jeeps and the dust from hell is going, the stuff thats worse than fog is what I'm talking about, I have to turn my fog pattern nilites off and only use the yellower stock headlights to be able to see anything because the back glare is terrible
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Ditto on this. I do desert driving and have a cheap led bar (chinese) when its dusty from following cars i cannot see anything. Same thing applies to my other car which has upgraded xenon lights, i have to use the fogs to see through the dust
 
farrier said:
One question I have about any of the brighter white lights is how are they when say your out on a trail with 20 other jeeps and the dust from hell is going, the stuff thats worse than fog is what I'm talking about, I have to turn my fog pattern nilites off and only use the yellower stock headlights to be able to see anything because the back glare is terrible
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dxbtj said:
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Ditto on this. I do desert driving and have a cheap led bar (chinese) when its dusty from following cars i cannot see anything. Same thing applies to my other car which has upgraded xenon lights, i have to use the fogs to see through the dust
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Yep, that is what the fog lights are for. If fog lights are properly installed (functional, not cosmetic), they are mounted low, have a wide flat beam, and are angled down to illuminate the road directly in front, so they don’t reflect the light back from the water and dust particles. Not really a reason to not upgrade your headlights though, but more of a reason to have proper fog lights for these conditions.
 
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Do these things have some sort of glow ring around them like the new style JL LED headlights?

Also, how do you guys aim these?
 
freebo86 said:
Do these things have some sort of glow ring around them like the new style JL LED headlights?

Also, how do you guys aim these?
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No on the glow ring, you can look at post #157 in this thread for pics of the lights installed. Perhaps not the greatest pics, but they should help.

You can adjust these just like the stock headlamps by using the adjustment screws in the bezel.
 
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