Burgy

Hey my wife is getting me some new headlights for my Bday and I'm trying to decide if I should go with the Rampage H4 Headlamp Conversion Kit, and the IPF H4 Headlamp Upgrades. I posted links to both of them below. Has anybody out there ran these? Trying to find out which is a better route to go, and if I will need to upgrade the wiring harness.

http://www.quadratec.com/products/97009_501.htm

http://www.quadratec.com/products/97017_1600.htm

Tural

i'd go with IPF. it has a ton of good reviews and I personally don't like the clear lens look on an XJ.

MATT 87 CHEROKEE

I did a good deal of looking for reviews and decided to go with the rampage

ltlgreenXJ

just my 2 cents: i went with a Hella H4 conversion from Q-tec, and i gotta say, they work great, have had em since the spring.

and i'm a sucker for german parts, even on my xj.

MATT 87 CHEROKEE

Ya the hellas have great reviews they would have been my second choice do they actually say hella on the lenses?

91 limited owner

Stick with glass lens, So you don't have to buff out the fading/yellowing plastic ones.

Burgy

Do the Rampages have a plastic lens?

jmm0122

You might want to check into these as well. I have heard nothing but good things about them. I just got a set and will be installing them as well as upgrading my harness in a few days.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-01...item4ce8f6e309

Burgy

Well I got the Rampages in the mail today. The lenses are glass, and they look amazing. I also purchased a H4 HD harness upgrade. I tried the headlights without the harness at first just to see how it looked. It was a huge improvement, but I wasn't satisfied. I went ahead and installed the harness and hooked everything up. I was blown away by the improvement. The regular low beams are like a night and day difference. I'll try to post some pics soon, but I'm really glad I went with the Rampages over the IPFs, the clear lenses matches my XJ much better, and match my Hella Fog Lights nicely!

MATT 87 CHEROKEE

I got my rampages today also, big difference so how big is the difference between just the rampages and the upgraded wiring if its big I will make my own wiring harness

Burgy

Yeah it made a big difference, the harness I got was only 18.99 here is the link

http://www.eautoworks.com/product-eA...com-189849.htm

Here is a link to a guy who has before and after picks with the rampages and the harness

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/r...-bulbs-942352/

Here is a link to an install of the harness

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/r...me-you-954057/

My only concern with the harness is that it does not come with an inline fuse, so I'm thinking I might have to rig one up for it.

Svrider

I bought a set of "Racing Gears" head lights that are the h4 conversion off of a ford probe from a pull apart for $10. And then another set from a Honda civic at pull apart for $5. Ive seen them on ebay for $30 including the shipping. they work just fine for me. brighter then my stock headlights. they have glass lenses

if you go with these make sure they are glass, they have a plastic version too that is cheaper i had em on my integra and they were crap

Irongrave

burgy thanks for the links. I'm looking to do this both to mine and the GFs XJs here soon

ltlgreenXJ

if you're still curious, yes, i does say HELLA on the glass lenses.

Burgy

I drove on some very dark country roads tonight and was very satisfied with the visibility. I feel like the brights should be a little brighter. I might have to upgrade to a nicer bulb than the GE's that came with the kit. Maybe a sylvannia hyper-white or a hella bulb. Still a drastic improvement over the stock bulbs.

Also, I spoke with an Chrysler engineer about the lack of fuses and the use of fusible links on the wiring harness. Since the harness is a 100W kit, and the bulbs are only 55w/60w he said it shouldn't be a problem. He advised that if I was really worried about it just splice in a 10 to 15 amp fuse, but still utilize the fusible links connected to the battery.

I guess that's what you get for a $19 harness kit, but it beats the $100+ of the IPF harness.