Wife loves her 2015 500L, but keeps complaining that head lights, especially low beam, aren't bright enough. She commutes at night on very dark, heavily wooded back roads. Are there any good HID conversions available or other higher power light bulbs for the 500L?
Any links or sources would be appreciated.
2014 Fiat Abarth- EC V4 CAI, EC Engine Plate, EC Uni-Chip Stage 2, GFB Diverter, Koni Rear Shocks, Neu-F 28 mm Torsion Bar, RRM Lower Chassis Braces, RRM Upper Brace, RRM HP Down Pipe w/ Cat, Prometeo Red Oil Filler Cap, Craven Shorty Red Antenna, Chrome Gas Filler Door, RRM Drilled/Slotted Rotors, RRM Sport Brake Pads, Shrader Rear Seat Delete Kit, NGEN Hood Lifts, RRM Light Weight Pulley
www.Flashtechusa.com has HID kits and new LED super bright bulbs that don't require a ballast. Check em out!
Bob
2013 Abarth, Grigio, Red Caps & Stripes, 17" Black Wheels, Nero & Rosso Interior, FlashTech HID Headlight Kit, FlashTech LED Dome Bulbs, Craven Red Stubby, Neuspeed 28mm rear torsion bar, Euro Compulsion Intake Hoses, RacerFlash Products Trunk Strap, Cargo Straps and Door Pulls, ChipBox, Defi Boost Gauge. New RacerFlash Rear Strut Bar with Biposto Cargo Net Kit.
Just saw the LED foglight and the red cover that comes with it, would be cool if someone were to do a custom install for the rear mesh area where a factory foglight should've been installed...hint, hint, hint!
2013 500 Abarth/Nero metallic...traded in.
I'm OK with the stock lamps; but we really haven't given the headlights a good test on some of central Texas' ultra-dark roads. Hopefully, by the time we need replacements, someone will have a nice high-output, robust, plug 'n' play lamp for us.We've been running the headlights full time for the most part, so replacement will be sooner than 'normal', I reckon.
Current vehicles:
2020 Volvo XC40 T5 Ice Silver
2013 Volvo C70 Caspian Blue
Previous Fiats:2017 FIAT 500L Lounge 2015 500L Lounge; 1979 Strada
I installed the 500Madness 4300K HIDs a few months ago. My findings:
- Easy to install. Plenty of room under the hood.
- Looks factory. All the wiring is in the cap. Cap is much thicker than the stock one but you'd never know anything was different, or non-stock, unless you were pretty familiar with the engine compartment already.
- No codes thrown, nothing at all seems different. 500Madness says the headlight out warning should work as before.
- Lights work very well. Pattern and distribution looks about the same as previously.
- Definitely more, and whiter-looking light. It (at minimum) seems like I can see better.
Is it worth $300.? Hard to say. For me the added light and factory look are worth it. I am sure equivalent results can be gotten for under $100. but these are, truly, plug and play.
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