FJ62 Anyone try the h4 conversion free form lights?

[lonelydriver]

Has anyone tried the 165mm (fj62) H4 e code/freeform headlights from rallylights.com?

free form
versus

parabolic conventional e code.


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NEW
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Free Form 165mm H4 Conversion Lamp.
DOT and ECE Compliant.
More Light and Better Pattern than Parabolic, and Less Expensive too

[/FONT] I had bought the IPF ones from 4x4connection because they stated it was for a lhd vehicle but once installed , the angle is towards the left not the right meaning it's for a rhd car. I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes but since everyone was saying how the ipf's were better than the hellas i took my chance. Is it worth swapping to the hellas to get the correct beam pattern?

Also should I get the regular hella ecodes or these new "free form" ones. It seems the free form ones have a clear lens but the reflectors are aluminum coated plastic which is not as comforting as metal reflectors since i'm running 80watt/100 watt bulbs.

from rallylights.com

A Parabolic lamp has a parabolic reflector. The reflector collects the light and the lens does the beam control. These lamp typically collect about 27% of the light created by the light source (bulb).

A Free Form lamp has a reflector which is a computer designed complex shape. Hella uses over 50,000 points to define this shape. The reflector does the collecting and the beam control. Some FF lamps have a fluted lens. This fluting diffuses the light and distributes the light more evenly. Free form lamps typically collect about 45% of the light available.

Sorry for the long windedness.'

Regards,
-Kevin
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[Tinker]

Search & ye shall find that Cibies are much better than Hellas. A lot if it has to do with the clarity of the glass & efficiency of the reflector material.

 

[Tapage]

I have Hella H4 system in my HJ-60 and in my HDJ-80 with good results ..

 

[lonelydriver]

I know many of you are running the normal ecode hella h4 conversions but this is a newer conversion using a free form reflector thats supposed to allow more light, Anyone try it yet?

 

[lonelydriver]

Well tonight I installed the free form hella's and..... i'm very dissapointed. The IPF's were SOO much brighter. I wish I hadn't returned them. The IPF's had a flat horizontal beam that had an evenly spread light. THe hella freeforms are more like 2 bright focused angled beams like / / . Since the free forms are both dot and E code compliant i'm assuming they are a compromise of both.

I don't know how the normal e code hella's are but hopefully they are better than the freeforms.

conclusion: free forms two thumbs down...

 

[GulfShoresFJ60]

Sorry, for the hassle. Well I guess we have an answer to your question. Sorry you had to find it out this way though. Best of luck.