Bi-Xenon in Suzuki Alto 2015 - Customer Review

A new car, at least you may expect the lighting to be good, but nothing is less true. Bad lighting and night blindness, not a good marriage if you ask Andrea. After some online research, Andrea came to us for advice and made her choice for xenon lighting.

Suzuki Alto xenon: why have you chosen for a xenon kit?

I bought a beautiful Suzuki Alto in 2015, but I did not even notice the lighting, because I thought it would be good for a new car. But after a few rides in the dark I felt everything except safe. And because I'm night blind, I do not see that much with the standard halogen lamps, so I thought I'd buy a xenon kit because I read a lot of good stories about it.

How was the installation of the Xenon kit?

According to Hilox' specialist, it was just a piece of cake. Getting the old lamp out and new lamp in. I was on my way home again in 30 minutes.

Pro Installation tips: installing H4 Bi Xenon

With some H4 headlights, the cover is exactly against the lamp with the 3-pole plug. In this case, use our deeper sealing caps. This Suzuki has got rubber caps with a diameter of 75mm. This allows you to close the headlight again with a water proof seal. Additionally, the connection is a piece of cake, to make it even easier, you can unscrew the H4 Bi xenon lamp cover to make it easier to mount in the headlight. Place the foot of the lamp with a hat in the headlight, then turn the xenon lamp in.

What you should know about H4 Bi-Xenon

The Suzuki Alto has H4 headlights. In an H4 headlight, low beam and high beam come from one lamp. A regular xenon lamp only has one light source, so for H4 headlights there are special Bi-Xenon lamps: one xenon lamp that handles both low beam and high beam. When you switch to high beam, a small mechanism in the lamp changes the position of the light source, so the same lamp gives the high beam light image.

The H4 Bi-Xenon lamp in the Hilox range

The H4 Bi-Xenonlamp Hilox Evolution is the H4 Bi-Xenon lamp in the current range. According to the product information:

• It gives 4200 lumen per lamp at 35W.
• It has an advanced UV protection shield and an anti-UV quartz tube.
• It works on 11 to 30V and can be used for low beam, high beam and fog lights.
• It has double shielded wiring.
• The stated lifespan is 3200 hours.

What a xenon kit consists of

A xenon lamp does not work directly on the 12V of your car. A xenon kit therefore consists of the xenon lamps and ballasts, which provide the high voltage needed to ignite the lamp and keep it burning. Xenon also needs a short warm-up time before it reaches full strength. When you plan a xenon kit, check where you can mount the ballasts, for example near the headlight. Replacement ballasts are available at xenon ballasts, and complete sets at xenon kits.

Installing H4 Bi-Xenon step by step

1. Mark the light/dark cutoff of the standard halogen lamps on a wall or garage door.
2. Remove the rubber cap and take out the H4 halogen lamp.
3. Unscrew the cover of the H4 Bi-Xenon lamp, place the foot with the hat in the headlight and turn the xenon lamp in.
4. Connect the lamp and the ballast, including the 3-pole plug, and mount the ballast in a dry place.
5. Close the headlight with a deeper sealing cap if the standard cap does not fit. This Suzuki uses 75mm caps.
6. Switch on low beam and high beam and compare the light beam with your marking.

After installation, have the light beam checked and make sure your car still meets the APK requirements. If in doubt, ask the RDW or your inspector. The Hilox product information states that this xenon lamp has no ECE approval and is intended for circuit and private terrain use only.