Installed HIR's (1 Viewer)

[SR.GRINGO]

For anybody thinking about getting these--they are a mod worth doing. I have had them in for a week now. The low beams provide nice even lighting--the high beams are great. With the standard desno Toyota light my IPF fogs out shined the stock lights---not the case with the HIR's.

 

[Doc]

Yep, glad to have mine.

 

[e9999]

huge thread on this at the time of the latest group buy...
with pros and cons

 

[Doc]

There were con's?

 

[Rookie2]

For anybody thinking about getting these--they are a mod worth doing. I have had them in for a week now. The low beams provide nice even lighting--the high beams are great. With the standard desno Toyota light my IPF fogs out shined the stock lights---not the case with the HIR's.

Do you feel there's a significant light increase between the stock lows and the HIR's? I upgraded to 60W hellas's, but don't notice much increase in the lows. The highs (upgraded to 80W) are a different story. Notice a significant improvement there.

Thanks,
Rookie2

 

[SR.GRINGO]

Do you feel there's a significant light increase between the stock lows and the HIR's? I upgraded to 60W hellas's, but don't notice much increase in the lows. The highs (upgraded to 80W) are a different story. Notice a significant improvement there.

Thanks,
Rookie2

Rookie2,

The stock lows had a bright spot in the center--to the left and rigt of center they were pretty bad in my opinion. The HIRs deliver a nice even bright light---they are a huge improvement from stock---

 

[Heffenoche]

Do you feel there's a significant light increase between the stock lows and the HIR's? I upgraded to 60W hellas's, but don't notice much increase in the lows. The highs (upgraded to 80W) are a different story. Notice a significant improvement there.

Thanks,
Rookie2

I agree with Gringo, big improvement over stock lows, not night and day, but a significant improvement. The improvement on the highs didn't appear to be as significant but still good enough that I would do it again. The stock highs were pretty go IMHO.

 

[whodat]

how much dinero are we talking? linky?

 

[mot]

FAQ on lighting, by Cary:

d) You can upgrade to HIR bulbs, which are best described by the God of Lighting, Daniel Stern as:

The new bulbs are not some tinted or overwattage version of 9005 and 9006,
but rather employ a relatively new technology called HIR, Halogen
Infrared. The mechanical dimensions of the bulb are all virtually
identical to the 9005 and 9006 bulbs, but the bulb glass is spherical
instead of tubular, with the sphere centered around the filament. There is
a "Durable IR Reflective" coating on the spherical glass. Infrared = heat,
so the coating causes heat to be reflected back to the filament at the
center of the sphere. This causes the filament to become much hotter
(producing more light) than it can by passing electricity through it,
*without* the shorter life or greater heat production that comes with
overwattage bulbs (to say nothing of overwattage bulbs' incompatibility
with stock wiring.)

Here's the comparison:

Low beam stock: 9006, 12.8V, 55W, 1000 lumens
Low beam new: HIR2, 12.8V, 55W, 1875 lumens

High beam stock: 9005, 12.8V, 65W, 1700 lumens
High beam new: HIR1, 12.8V, 65W, 2530 lumens

So you're looking at nearly 88 percent more light from the low beams and a
grand total of 137% more light (49% of which from the high beam units, 88%
of which from the low beams, which may be wired to remain on with the high
beams) on high beam. The beam pattern will not change, but there will be
considerably more light within the beam pattern.

Now, it's not a problem to use HIR1 in any high beam that takes 9005. High
beams are by definition difficult to make too intense. If there's anyone
in front of you to object to glare, you should be using LOW beams. There
is a low-beam HIR bulb, but it must be used with discretion. The HIR2 (low
beam bulb) produces 1875 lumens. That's about 88 percent more light than a
9006, so it must only be used in low beams that have, as part of their
design, excellent control of upward stray light. If the low beam pattern
doesn't have a sharp horizontal cutoff at the top of the beam, if there's
appreciable upward stray light above horizontal, you will produce
excessive glare and get excessive backdazzle with HIR2s.

These bulbs are spendy - $39/ea - but their cost is worth considering in
context: Any number of companies will charge you more than this for a
tarted-up 9005 or 9006 with blue colored glass (PIAA comes to mind) that
doesn't produce more light and has a very short lifespan.

The HIR bulbs have a double-wide top ear on the plastic bulb base, this is
to comply with the law requiring different bulbs to have different bases.
The extra-wide plastic top ear is easily trimmed or filed to make the bulb
fit your headlamp's bulb receptacle. Once that's done, they go directly
into the headlamp, and the existing sockets snap on.

It should also be noted that HIR bulbs have a much longer life expectancy than hi watt bulbs, in fact they are equivalent to stock wattage bulbs with the 55 watt HIR having a 1000 hour expectancy and the 65 watt bulb having a 275 hour life expectancy.

More information on the HIR bulbs can be found at:

www.gelighting.com/na/litlib/h...techsheet1.html

There are three places that HIR bulbs can be obtained (at least that we have been able to find). They are:

a. You local John Deere Dealer. They are available under part # is AH162232 and the price each was $28.55. Note that these are only low beam replacements, no high beam is available and you will have to trim the tab as described above.

b. Order them from www.danielsternlighting.com for $39 each. He stocks both the low and high beam bulb. These bulbs also required tab trimming.

c. Order the IPF version from www.sleeoffroad.com for $55 each. They stock both the low and high beam and require not tab trimming.

e) You could seek out an convert to the factory E-code lamps for approximately $550 and have the ability to run quality hi-watt bulbs. I have no more information than this on the E-code lamps for a Landcruiser.


Cheers,

Mot

 

[cary]

I should amend the FAQ, but there is now a guy who sells them at www.hirheadlights.com for $29 each with the tabs pretrimmed. He also sells them on Ebay, search for 9012 or 9011 HIR.

Cary

 

[e9999]

the con for me was that it did not make much difference at all.
(Could have been that I had good bulbs already?)

 

[gregc]

Are you guys with HiR's getting brights flashed at you more often? This is on my list of spring projects, that's the only thing I'm concerned about....

e9999: do you have the wiring harness upgrade?

-G

 

[Kalawang]

the con for me was that it did not make much difference at all.
(Could have been that I had good bulbs already?)

What I hear about them is that you should see with HIR what you already see with normal, but better not farther and without blinding opposing traffic. However, Ive seen them on the road and those white lights draw attention even if they don't actually glare. I think those drivers get flashed more often because people think they are getting glare even if not.

White lights always seem to be brighter even if they don't have the candle power.


Kalawang

 

[reffug]

Maybe it hasn't been stated in a while. If that is the case I apologize for a lack of diligence. But this forum has awesome archives so try the search function..........

Damn thing actually works..........