'06 KLE headlight fixed!!!
Evening all,
Spent a couple of hours this arvo fixing my KLE's shortcomings after converting to a HID setup.
As you all will be aware the '06 model has indepenant lights, one for low beam and one for high. For the princely sum of $15.85, which purchased some wire, heatshrink and a relay (I had some wire cutter/strippers and solder/soldering iron and various connectors lying around) I converted the independant lights to a genuine hi/low beam setup.
This is due to the number of homicidal/suicidal kangaroos in my neck of the woods at present, especially after dark, and the latent warm up time of HID globes.
Basically the fix is done by tapping in to both the high and low beam circuits and inserting a relay which runs power directly from the battery (fused) to the low beam once the high beam is switched on. I figure that the draw from a single 55W globe is not so much less than 2x 35W HID's since they only draw 2W each once warm.
Tested it tonight and it worked like a beaut.
Might take some pictures and draw some mud-maps if anyone is interested....
Cheers
Ian
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