Volvo headlights

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(03-14-2016 )kryten Wrote:  

(03-14-2016 )sbtrucking Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 )kryten Wrote:  sbtrucking - those will be an improvement over the stock type bulbs. Having said that they cost about 2 1/2 times as much and will last about 1/2 the time as a stock bulb. I put a pair of these in late last March or early April and even leaving the lights off and running as much as possible on daytime running lights both of these were burned out by December.

doc - the DOT problem is something I had forgotten about when I installed the LED bulbs. I might have to rethink this.

I hope they last me to december for $50 and then I can upgrade to led or hid,
I heard even the cheap h9 are brighter then best h11s out there, they just have a shorter life and not sure if the extra heat from 65w
will couse problems.

A video for installing HID (bi xenon) kit in Volvo. The kit in the video used the HID bulb for both low and high beam and deactivates the factory high beam. I'm thinking this would be an inspectors wet dream on a road side inspection. I think the later kits have the ability to retain the factory high beam. Also keep in mind few if any of these kits are DOT legal so see what DRISX wrote a couple of posts ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beF8ShmNlo4

The maker of the HID kit http://www.deepspacelighting.com

I installed this kit in my 2013 670 and I love it. Huge difference from stock lights and is the best $450 I've ever spent. Two thumbs up and I recommend to anyone with a 2014 and older VNL.

HID kits are illegal in non-projector housings. The stock VNL headlights have projectors (although they are terrible) and get cloudy internally. Which is why the kit comes with new projector housings. There is a clear "light line" with little to no glare above that line. If the headlights are adjusted properly, you won't piss anyone off and is perfectly legal.