Ford ranger candle power

[Dman2]

Headlights on my 66 plate ranger are pathetic
What`s best to replace them with??

Cheers

 

[Wombat]

Four candles

 

[Nearly]

@UTV Products

I know you can afford. I've just sent you some money.

 

[Cowabunga]

Headlights on my 66 plate ranger are pathetic
What`s best to replace them with??

Cheers

Check that they are aligned properly at their highest setting. Had a new spring the other day but the MOT the week before [don't ask!] and the spring seems to have raised the arse end up and the lights are now pathetic. They were quite adequate before this.

This is the second time that after an MOT the lights have come back adjusted ridiculously low at its highest setting. For those that are unaware, the height is driver adjustable electrically within a certain range on some Ranger models. That range is manually adjustable.

 

[cosmagedon]

My discovery 4 lights were border line dangerous so I've fitted the cheapest HID kit I could find on Amazon and it's transformed them

 

[Sid]

My discovery 4 lights were border line dangerous so I've fitted the cheapest HID kit I could find on Amazon and it's transformed them

Great for those roadside breakdowns

 

[cosmagedon]

Great for those roadside breakdowns

It had a new engine just before the lights so should be good for a while

 

[Robt]

Lights on these and some disco 4’s are halogen projector and as said are awful! You can now get very good led bulbs to fit. How legal they are is questionable though. I’d get some good led spots wired into high beam via relay. Then you can look like a proper murder and blind anyone that dares to drive at you with full beams on! They won’t do it twice!

 

[Lakesdigger]

Lights on these and some disco 4’s are halogen projector and as said are awful! You can now get very good led bulbs to fit. How legal they are is questionable though. I’d get some good led spots wired into high beam via relay. Then you can look like a proper murder and blind anyone that dares to drive at you with full beams on! They won’t do it twice!

I don't know which bulb fitment they will be (assuming h4) but led replacements for halogen tend to be longer and so don't got the reflector in the headlight correctly. Easiest upgrade and cheapest is bulbs, Osram nightbreaker are a good like for like swap which are still legal. Won't completely transform lights but do make a difference provided lights are correctly adjusted to begin with.

 

[tullah]

Lights on these and some disco 4’s are halogen projector and as said are awful! You can now get very good led bulbs to fit. How legal they are is questionable though. I’d get some good led spots wired into high beam via relay. Then you can look like a proper murder and blind anyone that dares to drive at you with full beams on! They won’t do it twice!

If they decide to retaliate then you might not be able to do it again.

 

[Robt]

I don't know which bulb fitment they will be (assuming h4) but led replacements for halogen tend to be longer and so don't got the reflector in the headlight correctly. Easiest upgrade and cheapest is bulbs, Osram nightbreaker are a good like for like swap which are still legal. Won't completely transform lights but do make a difference provided lights are correctly adjusted to begin with.

The latest and good quality LED bulbs fit fine now in projector headlights . But yes, try osram night breaker or similar. Only downside is they only tend to last about 12 months before they blow

 

[Lakesdigger]

The latest and good quality LED bulbs fit fine now in projector headlights . But yes, try osram night breaker or similar. Only downside is they only tend to last about 12 months before they blow

Had nightbreakers in tractor headlights and pickup both for over 5 years now, not changed any yet.

 

[Robt]

I had night taker in my first discovery 4. They blew every 10-12 months. But they may be a discovery thing!

 

[Nearly]

Built in MOT reminder?

 

[ollandroverman]

I had night taker in my first discovery 4. They blew every 10-12 months. But they may be a discovery thing!

Not a Discovery thing...I've fitted Night-Breaker bulbs to `lots of different cars over the years and they only last 1 to 2 years if you do lots of night driving

 

[Sid]

It had a new engine just before the lights so should be good for a while

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[Poorbuthappy]

Headlights on my 66 plate ranger are pathetic
What`s best to replace them with??

Cheers

Glad its not just me. Every autumn I keep trying to brighten up the lights only to find they were already on full beam. Get used to it over winter, only to go back to doing it after a summer of not needing lights much.
It's not adjustment either, as they're no better with a load. Just no power to pierce the darkness.
Also 66 plate.

 

[Cowabunga]

I don't know which bulb fitment they will be (assuming h4) but led replacements for halogen tend to be longer and so don't got the reflector in the headlight correctly. Easiest upgrade and cheapest is bulbs, Osram nightbreaker are a good like for like swap which are still legal. Won't completely transform lights but do make a difference provided lights are correctly adjusted to begin with.

They give a whiter light and some higher power versions are illegal on-road. A massive issue with high power white light halogen is that they don't last anything like the originals. Expect not much more than a year's use before they fail. Good quality halogens, and other bulbs such as the 'long life' ones factory fitted to my old 100 Series Land Cruiser will last up to and more than 200,000 miles and 20 years. In fact my LC only ever had the two brake lights changed during that time period. Perfectly good halogen headlight, but not quite as bright as the ones fitted to my previous 80 series.

For what it's worth I find the Ranger's standard halogen light perfectly good when they are properly adjusted. That doesn't mean that they are the best headlights available on any vehicle, obviously they are not. The LCD dancing lights with active matrix dipping on my previous Volvo XC90 turned night into day.

 

[Green&Steam]

If your ranger has H4 bulbs try looking on Amazon, under Auto light NOVSIGHT H4
super bright, cool white(pack of 2)
X0017N8PPT.
Fitted some on an old L200 which had halogen bulbs before
you’re talking Night& day the difference and they fitted straight in

Think they did them in other bulb fitment type as well
Single-light and double(high/low beam)

 

[Lakesdigger]

They give a whiter light and some higher power versions are illegal on-road. A massive issue with high power white light halogen is that they don't last anything like the originals. Expect not much more than a year's use before they fail. Good quality halogens, and other bulbs such as the 'long life' ones factory fitted to my old 100 Series Land Cruiser will last up to and more than 200,000 miles and 20 years. In fact my LC only ever had the two brake lights changed during that time period. Perfectly good halogen headlight, but not quite as bright as the ones fitted to my previous 80 series.

For what it's worth I find the Ranger's standard halogen light perfectly good when they are properly adjusted. That doesn't mean that they are the best headlights available on any vehicle, obviously they are not. The LCD dancing lights with active matrix dipping on my previous Volvo XC90 turned night into day.

Osram nightbreaker are still 60/55w so road legal as far as I'm aware.