As most of you know, I got some Lightforce 240's converted to HID from here:
http://off-roadlights.com/xcart/prod...cat=257&page=1
Well, unfortunately I got one of the ballast wet when cleaning the engine bay and fried it. I contacted Dick (the owner of off-roadlights.com) and he was more than helpful and offered to replace the ballast for free.
I also came across this: http://www.retro-solutions.com/55WD2SKIT.html
I decided it was time to upgrade the lights. Dick was offering to replace the bulbs himself, however, he constructed the lights to a great detail and made changing the bulbs to a 30 second operation. So anyways, I decided to take some pictures....
Camera settings:
Nikon D300
5 second shutter speed
f/8.0
ISO 200
Click on picture for larger image
Here's the 35 watt HID spot pattern
55 watt HID spot pattern
Both 35 and 55 watt spot beam side by side
35 watt HID wide pattern
55 watt HID wide pattern
35 and 55 watt HID wide pattern side by side
Both 55 watt HID spot pattern
Both 55 watt HID wide pattern
Here's a picture of the 55 watt HID bulb with a shutter speed of 1/8000 of a second with an f/stop of 8.0 (for those of you who don't know cameras, that lets in VERY little light)
All I can say is that these lights are the brightest thing I've ever seen. (With the sun coming in a close second)