Installed Stedi headlights on my Mahindra Thar: Results post upgrade

On 4 lane highways, the stock lights were manageable for driving.

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Finally, completed the long pending headlight upgrade for my Thar.

Need to upgrade:

• During night drives on 2 lane highways, heavy vehicles never use their low beams by default. We had to slow down and strain yourself to pass them.
• On 4 lane highways, the stock lights were manageable for driving, but when we ask for a pass from behind, the stock lights were very dull on the rear view mirrors of the vehicle at front.

These were the main reasons for the upgrade.

List of options I shortlisted:

• LED bulbs instead of stock halogens - light just scatters too much and there is no proper throw during high beam (light just spreads)
• Minus lights, Kingkong lights - All these were mostly made in China and some how did not appeal me with the lighting performance.
• Use higher wattage bulb with relay setup - I did not want to add additional wiring / setup and was looking for a direct swap.
• Hella / Lightforce lights - Lighting performance was good but not that cost effective. (Almost made up my mind to go for this option)

Finally came across lights from STEDI (few articles are already there in our forum and one of my friend strongly recommended)

Options available in STEDI - Homage / Iris chrome / Carbon Black series.

Chose Homage series as it gives the highest beam distance among the 3 [353m Vs 235m Vs 235m respectively]

Homage series give the highest throw in both high beam and low beam modes.

Fitting :

It is a direct swap except the frames which the headlight sits needs to be filed a little bit. Did the fitting at my friends place. The technician helped with aligning the lights as well.

Low beam:

High beam:

High Beam with Aux (Projectors with HID):

Street view with low beam:

Street view with high beam:

Note : These pictures were captured with some lights nearby and not in fully dark area.

Next upgrade will be a light bar!

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