A few of you know that awhile back I purchase some replacement headlamps off the japanese model liberty GT bp5/bl5. The difference is that they have HID bi-xenon headlamps over there like the ones provided on our 07 model.
The install didn't go too smoothly, first issue was that the plug didn't fit into our aus spec wiring harness. So we had take the plug off the aus spec lights and use it on the jap spec lights, luckily this didn't involve much rewiring (with only change was that the yellow and red wire had to soldered together as our aus spec wiring harness has 5 wires going into it instead of the jap specs 6). The pins were also easily removed from the plugs.
Second issue was that the aus model does not having the wiring for the self leveling motor, this has not been fixed yet and I am sourcing some wiring. I can purchase the 07 wiring but it is like $90 each side.
Without the self leveling, the lights still work however and can be manually adjusted. First test on the road without adjusting headlamps, the lights lighted up very far, probably double the standard lights and a lot wider with a silverish tinge rather than being blue like the audis/bmws.
After adjusting a bit lower coz an oncoming car hi beamed me. woops, the lights are probably 50% further than standard now and wider as well. Its been a great improvement over standard, in the end it costed me about $1450, I know I could of purchased some HID kit from ebay for around $500 but its always good to have OEM stuff. If I can also sell the aus spec lights which sell for $800 each from Subaru, the price is not that bad afterall.
Heres some pictures if your curious of whats the difference
poor car
the lamps
the ballast
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