Hella Rallye 4000i Xenon / HID

A few weeks ago I installed a set of Hella Rallye 4000i Xenon on my Tacoma. They are 35 watts HIDs. Both are the "flood" beam pattern.

Basically, the light spreads super wide and down the road over 300 meters (1000 ft). This is perfect as auxiliary driving lights around where I live.


I haven't tried them much so far because we're just starting to get early sunsets around here. From my initial tests, the actual light output is exactly as advertised. No hot spots either, just a super even, super wide light beam with good throw.

One thing I was worried about going with HIDs was the warm up time. My initial impression is that that's really not an issue at all in real life. From cold, they take about 3 to 5 seconds to come to full power. Then when dimming for oncoming traffic, they come right back on instantly.

I've previously had the "regular" Hella Rallye 4000 halogens in a "euro/driving" beam on my previous truck. They used 100w bulbs. They were OK, but I always wanted a bit more spread. Also, my previous truck (F-150) had a pretty heavy duty alternator and power consumption was never an issue. With my little 4 cylinder Taco, I wanted to be a bit more conservative. Those HIDs are WAY brighter than the halogen Rallye 4000.

The installed lights are shown bellow (with the white plastic rock guard and with the clear one, ready for action).

I can report later on how the lights perform in the long run if there is any interest.

 

Also, those lights are rather bulky because of the integrated ballast, so make sure you have enough room to mount them. As explained in another thread, I had to get an extension welded on my light bar to make them fit.

 

yea they are some nice lights. but most around here wont spend that kinda money lol.

 

I'm not saying everyone should buy them. It all depends why you put auxiliary lights on your truck...

Up here, we get up to 18 hours of night time during the darkest part of winter. We have tons of large sized wildlife on the highways too: caribou herds, elks, moose, bisons, etc. A good set of lights is cheap insurance if you compare that with hitting a 2200+ pounds bison.

Also, have you looked at the price of the light bars some TW members put on their truck? I guess it all comes down to priorities and intended usage.