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That's the best troll line ever !!

Yes, if its an export Jeep - they come with Hella H4s. I think the US models have a sealed beam unit, but I wouldn't swear to it. Enjoy - you know you can get the screensaver for your computer too :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

As IF I don't have it already.

Excellent ; a wise choice.

May I recommend the "dressing your kitty cat up as a frog" kit as described here ? Only 3800 yen plus tax.

Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

According to the manual the new jeep cherokee (liberty) has H7 bulbs - I hope it's right as I bought some blue ones a while ago I haven't got around to fitting!!

Could be, my knowledge of Liberty's is limited. AK, where are you located out of interest ?

Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

About as far away from you as I could be..................Eastbourne, right on the south coast of England.

I bought the bulbs, and since I have looked under the bonnet I can't figure out how to get to the back of the lights without removing them which means removing the grill as well......................that's why I haven't changed them!

Angela

Are you allowed to use blue bulbs there?

Over here in Canada, they are for off road use only. They are not street legal. The parts counters even had big warning signs for a while.

Mike

AK wrote:

All the posh cars have them over here as standard - BMWs, Mercedes etc so I presume they are

Those aren't blue lights, those are a special system that uses different wiring and stuff I think.

The blue lights are coated and over watted to give a 'pretend' BMW look.

Mike

Those are HID lights, unlike the familar incandescent lamps that make light by heating a bit of wire until it glows, HID lights are an enclosed-arc light -- like a mercury vapor street light. There's two electrodes in high-pressure envelope of various gasses and an external ballast that gives it a high voltage spark to strike the arc and then settles back to a lower, regulated voltage to keep the light output steady. The lamps tend to be bluer than incandescent lamps and you get much more light out of them at the same amperage load.

Here's a good article on them:

1. USATODAY.com - Bright lights, big controversy

The wattage increase is needed to compensate for the light lost to the blue filter. If I put a baby blue-colored filter over an incandescent light I'll cut the actual output by better than a third.

Personally I hate those "pretend" lamps because they tend to flash colors as they approach. At night, out of the corner of my eye, it looks like an emergency vehicle.