Clive. Get on with it man for goodness sake. We can't leave the house until you get this done and posted!
Clearly under some pressure to update this thread... Here goes.
As stated, had to spend all last week in Istanbul, so not much input to the upgrade from me, unfortunately. But..., my friendly, dutiful and well capable helper Cris at the office stepped in and here's the status to date...
First he found one of the plastic mounting tabs had broken in transit, not a big deal, some plastic cement and a small reinforcement plate bonded on cured that.
Next he sourced a set of 4 H1 xenon HID power packs and bulbs, for the dip and mains. The plan and the units, favour single dip bulbs in the inner driving lights part of the unit (not dip and main like the OEM) and main beam bulbs in the outer main part of the unit.
I'd already decided that the side light would remain just that, and not become a turn indicator as Carl has done on his.
So, the next step was to wrap the units to protect against scratches. These are obviously plastic lenses, not glass like the OEMs, so some protection was called for IMO. Down to the local wrapping shop went Cris, lamps and camera in hand...
The wrap is as good as invisible, and there's no "open" ends that would likely peel back over time, he did a good job on them.
The OEM lights in action, prior to removal... kinda bright but the beam was always my problem. When I tried to improve it with the HID's, they were just brighter, but really all over the place. These in this photo are standard H4s...
The beams...
Not a good test at all, admittedly. Cris didn't have a good wall or fence to project onto, but you can catch the drift of a "fuzzy" pattern with no real definition.
One side fitted, the warm-up clearly visible with the "blue" appearance, one of the pitfalls of HIDs, but it's something I can live with if the beams are good.
The beams are white in operation, so no problem for me.
Both sides fitted... the Angel Eye feature in action, on side lights only
The beams... no photos against a wall, which would be more indicative, but clearly a nice bright beam and rising to the right (remember this is a LHD truck) which will illuminate the verge nicely (essential here, because road edge lines are always deteriorated or invisible on Romanian roads!)
I picked up the truck Friday evening and drove to the house very pleased with the light pattern. I had no opposing traffic complaints and I could see where I was going, for a change, both road and verge illuminated beautifully, with a crisp cut-off line at the top of the beams.
We still have to sort out the wiring for the main beams, because I want dip and main on main beam, and some relays are going to be needed to separate the circuits on main beam. I also want a light bar for main beam, which will be dash switched as optional.
All in all a success for me, a bit more still to do, but essentially job-well-done!
(thanks to my man Cris
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A quick edit here, apologies if the photos are not visible.
In daylight, the side lights look like this...
The units fitted nicely and give the truck a bit of a face lift as well as giving me more than adequate lighting, which is a big improvement. I'm happy!
thanks mate your a gentleman 
