Land Rover Defender L663 Headlight Options + Headlamp Upgrades LED / Premium / Matrix - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In this video we look at what headlights are available for the Land Rover Defender L663. We look at the part numbers / removing the headlights and if premium headlights will work in the base model etc. This is part 1 of a 2 part video !
Here is a link to the part number spreadsheet..
docs.google.co...
Super late Boom! Was at a horse show all day!
On start up we go main beam then dip as it were, this is on the auto setting
Your right about the costs being higher as more LED components are added. I’ve got a Jag XE HSE. I had a pheasant hit the headlight a week or two ago which fully took out the unit although remarkably and despite the fact that at least half of the bird was still wedged in what remained of the light unit most of it still worked - maybe an advantage of rows of LED’s over a single bulb. The shocking bit was the cost £1970 incl VAT. I paid it as a claim off the insurance would probably have cost more in the long run over a number of years. They are definitely brighter but just watch your pocket if one goes!
We are now selling the headlight glass for most of the later Land Rover models and they have been selling really well - they are not easy to change but save a lot of cost and reduce the environmental waste - it should be law that headlight lenses can be replaced by design !
The USA just this past week FINALLY approved full Matrix LED lights for use.
Yes i hear this has been a while coming !
Many thanks for so many excellent presentations putting so much light on the Defender
The Headlights flat beam is to comply with regulations when driving abroad in continental Europe, or visitors driving to the UK without the need to modify their headlights.
However its downside is when turning on unlight narrow roads and into entrances leaves one turning into a black unlight foreboding void, if my Defender was equipped with the fog lights these would turn on when one negotiated such an unlight tight curves, junctions and entrances.
Therefor a video for upgrading the Defenders by fitting original Land rover Fog lights would go down well
Thanks Rob Oakey - Germany and UK
Hi Rob - the corner visibility is very poor on the Defender and this is something we are looking at improving - i did not know the fog lights act as cornering lights - that is interesting. Full marks for your pun in the first line !
@@L663 the turning visibility without fog lights is the worst I experienced since 15 years. A solution to retrofit the original fog lights or add third party fog lights would be fantastic!
The USA has or is about to approve the use of the matrix style lights in cars sold here. If and when that happens it would be a great upgrade.
Canada has arrived and (as the owner of a Mercedes) there is evidence MB Canada is retro unlocking the matrix leds to eu standard (or you buy an unlock usb online from some bloke in Russia). MB US is still not doing this. Sure LR forums will follow suit
Simon the LH headlight has the control module as you stated, this also activates the fog lights when the headlights are on so the relevant one illuminates when you turn left or right.
Yes i am studying the wiring diagram now - both headlights have CAN High and CAN low and LIN - the extra wires on the LH seem to be height sensors.
Mine came with the premiums. Must be the first time ever we got something in South Africa before the US. I find the adaptive lighting works better on highways, than suburban roads. But it still works quite well.
Hi Grant - all the review of the adaptive lighting are good !
Interesting, mine came with premium but I found that on auto setting the high beam was distinctly poor with no real distance penetration. So much so, I had a lazar lightbar fitted. Much improved and a cheaper than the matrix option.
Great video - looking forward to the follow-up when you have checked to see if you can get the Matrix version fully working.
One other suggestion for a video is to retro-fit the mains socket in the rear for those vehicles that did not have this option fitted as standard.
To get them to work, you have to do a software change. A guy in Cali is offering the service but you need to go. He will change the lights and update.
Simon…the beam pattern on mine is “Flat Beam” so that when you drive abroad, you do not make any changes as the car will adjust them not to dazzle oncoming traffic whichever side it is on. Also, I get light as soon as I start the car and have the large circular drl’s but I believe mine are the Matrix version. Interesting….Onwards to Part 2🤔🤔🙂🙂🙂
I think if you can figure out how to activate matrix headlights - you will have a lot of americans who would be excited to buy these from you. There is for sure a company in california doing software hacks on things like this.
I probably will not dig too deep into the software changes... may upset my friends at Land Rover .. we just do this for R&D purposes !
I have LED Matrix on my HSE X-Dynamic and they are pretty amazing. In fog you get to see the beams turning on and off. I can’t fault them at all. If you can get them they are worth it!!
It would be good if i can upgrade and demonstrate the technology...
Permission to ask what color is the front right tail lamp cable?
Another great video Simon
I have the matrix lights on mine, they are amazing. Came with the first edition spec.
As.you have said the ability to consciously know when not to glare at on coming vehicles is very clever, it automatically detects the amount of ambient light and selects between dipped and full beam and then adjusts the spray of light as on coming traffic appears.
Simon
As I understand it, headlight washers are only required for HID lights
This is something i need to check on.
Reminds me of the days of selling Disco3/4 headlights and taking them apart with hair dryer heat to remove the amber reflectors
The glue they use now is much better ( at being glue ) and does not soften in the over... I think they should be make it law that headlights should be repairable... sort of "right to repair" legislation.
@@L663 I made a fortune back in the car so I agree with modding LRs
Hi Simon, I have matrix led lights on my P400e (just showing off now) but to activate the matrix option there is a setting in the pivi pro to turn on that feature, so you will definitely need to upgrade the software if you want to add them to your vehicle. I can take a picture and send it to you if it helps, Also your explanation on how they work is stop on they have vertical strips that turn on and off as cars come in the opposite direction you can see it happening as you drive along. At low speed or in urban environments they are on dip beam when you drive faster and in a darker environment they go to high beam automatically and stay on all the time just cutting parts of the beam when a car comes in the opposite direction.
My dream defender ❤❤❤
I have a 2020 P300 SE with premium LED headlights - the pattern of mine is identical to your LED premium lights, which includes the strange dark dot/circle on both lamps. Just to say, there wasn’t dirt or anything wrong with the premium LED you tried. Very interesting video.
Glad you enjoyed the video - that dot is kind of odd - could it be for the camera system to see the cars beam pattern location - a sort of a marker ?
Interesting that RHD & LHD have different lamp units. Peugeot full self levelling LED headlights put out a flat beam that needs no adjustment for which ever side of the road you drive on. But, they are expensive, £1100 a unit.
Great R&D and entertaining as ever. Talking of lights, I’m ready to pull the trigger on V3 of those reversing lights, if these are still up for further enhancements 🤓
Have you looked into a loom for the headlight, similar to the rear light looms you make, so we can break into the high beam wiring for some laser lights in the front grill? I don't want to chop the wiring up for it, as laser say to do.
Hi Paul - the plan is to do this via CANbus
Crazy Prices for those headlamps should be about £300 max it's a piece of glass and some LEDs and a driver ????? £1500 ? They are nice though !! Have you seen the ones for Disco 4 that mimic the Defender ones ? Actually look quite good.
Hello sir , my defender headlight not brighter at all , if I want to upgrade to new headlight with laser projector I need programming ECU too ?
Great explanation, abbreviated words are good if you know what they stand for In the first place.
i wish the premium works by just plugging it in! i will order it right away 😆
Hi Simon , great video with options of head lights , interesting that the right has more pins than the left I like your headlight protector covers , I been looking for something similar for a late D4 . Regards mark
Another great informative video. I'm always eager when I get a notification that you've posted something. Maybe Mrs Powerful's strategy is merely to allow a budget that will guarantee you're out of the house more. I'm intrigued about CCF manipulation - maybe for another time!
Great video! Could you also check if the premium LED headlights (not matrix) work plug and play, or if they cause any errors?
Hi Johnny - I only had the RH premium but purchased one on ebay for the LH so i will try the premium upgrade next - this will be PART 2.
Then PART 3 will be the LED matrix !
@@L663 Great, thank you very much! I'm already looking forward to part 2!
@@L663 Hi Simon, would also be great to know how the manual headlight range control (little dial next to the screen brightness dial - only at cars with the standard LEDs) reacts to the premium LEDs which have auto headlight range control
I have a 2020 Defender 110 S with the LED headlamps and I’m trying to put in the Premium headlamps, but when I put in the Premium headlamps the beam is very very dim so I was wondering if that has to do with the amps required to power the Premium headlamps I’ve the LED headlamps like you were saying. What can I do to get the Premium headlamps to work properly? I’ve been dealing with this issue for months and would really appreciate your expertise and advice how to get this problem resolved! Keep up the good work and thank you for all of your great, informative videos!
Best,
Dalton
The car software needs to be updated to make this work. You need to find someone who can access the car software to make the changes.... there are companies the specialise in Land Rover Retrofits that can do this for you. Where are you based ?
@@L663 okay awesome! I’m located in Tampa, Florida!!! Have any ideas on where to go here?
Do you know of anybody in Canada that can do this sort of upgrade?? @@L663
Hopefully at the end of your endeavours you will see the light!!
Do you also have a part number spreadsheet for a discovery sport 2019- or can you explain how you can find all the compatible parts numbers
Sorry we have not looked at this yet
very enlightening
Illuminating as ever !
Can you add a cold climate pack or parts of it such as the heated washer jets?
Have you been raiding the v8 parts bin again? When did you sneak in the alcantara steering wheel? Should have made a video, - do the controls all work eg heated wheel etc? Kept that quiet!
Yes still trying to get the paddle shift working !
We have done the video on changing the steering wheel !
Well spotted
Still waiting for the model 3 assassin rear bumper video :,)
Simon, huge fan of your videos. I just switched out my LEDs for the Premium LEDs (not matrix) and while the lights work I’ve noticed the signature DRL is quite dim. Is this normal or is there any programming involved?
Thank you!
You do need to change the CCF files if you change the lights
Hello Simon, Hope your well.
Don't know how to reach you.
So , I have the land rover defender S model unfortunately headlights are base model which I really dislike, I was looking to upgrade them to Premium or Matrix. Land Rover said it is not possible to upgrade the headlights which is quite disappointing, may I know how you managed to purchase your lights and install them.
Yes it is of course possible to upgrade the headlights - and the Matrix LED ones are excellent.
You need the new headlights ( we have them on our website for RHD ) and then you need the car software updated - this is a bit of a black art ! There are companies that can do this - depends where you are located ? google LR retrofits....
@@L663 Sure, ill check out your website now. Might be hard to find someone that can update the software here. Also some people mention that if we play with the electricity of the vehicle we lose warranty on the car... don't know if that is true :p I'm located in Saudi Arabia
@@rayanchaaban6234 Yes you need to find someone in Saudi that can do the CCF updates....
What are you using, to play with the CCFs? Has GAP updated their range? Or something else?
GAP have not developed a tool for the new architecture - there are other ways we are looking at - for R&D only
Another good video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
When the side light stops working on driver side is there anything you can do with it our is it a new head light 😂🫣🤔🤔🤔2020 first edition 😊
I guess you have the Matrix LED lights - is it the signature strip that has stopped working ? - the sort of circular strip light part of the headlight ?
I would approach the dealer and ask them to replace this under warranty ? you could strip the headlamp down to see what the failure is ? we sell the lens and rear casing to reassemble if you can fix it. I wonder if you can swap the control box from the LH to RH lamp ? it may be control box ( but i doubt it )
@@L663 led circle and two square bits at the side every thing else on lights work just that one side light
@@johnmclean6686 Did you see this video - may give some insight
ua-cam.com/video/rP9O-Qjw_wA/v-deo.html
@@johnmclean6686 around 13:24 you can see there is a connector to this area of the lamp
@@L663 brilliant will have a look at it and see if it’s got wet or loose.🙏👌
Fantastic work, can I ask if the indicators flash normal or fast flash ?
I thought you got the fast flash when you went From low to mid headlights.
Hi - I will make sure i test this for part 2
@@L663
👍 can’t wait for part 2
Hi, I have purchased the premium lights to replace the base led
They have come without ballast. Do you know if the ballast on the base is compatible with the premium?
Hi - the ballasts are easy to remove but they seem to have different codes for the different lights - i did try swapping but they dont work
For your reference here are the codes from the lights i have here
L8B2-13E005-AB LED Headlights
L8B2-13E005-AA LED premium headlights
L8B2-13E005-BB LED Matric headlight
Just being pedantic but they are not Ballasts anymore they are Led Drivers probably constant current.
Ballasts where for HID lamps.
Seems to be a great car for pulling birds😁
I can assure you that it is not the car... its me !
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Woo hoo first.
Is this your first first ! congratulations and thanks !
how can I tell if I have premium led or matrix led ?
You can look at your setting menu on Pivi or you can give me your chassis number and i can check - its a good question as its not easy to tell looking at the car !
@@simonjefferson thanks you for responding, the vin number is the same as chassis number ?
@@aziztoon3 yes
You can see these part numbers on my matrix here
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRJCtEMdbYQaG42ognEAvEDnFTLRMs1eE9ZlPHcIWdjsghNWv_InmH5iPS0An4Ubr6g6xlek__Gy8-J/pubhtml
Fine Vintage! lol