No no, thank YOU. Seriously these lights are amazing and such a great safety upgrade. I’ll feel much safer driving my family and young kids at night because of this.
I've never heard anyone describe stock V70R headlights as "weak", if you had the true xenon bulbs that came from factory you technically had the highest lumen rated headlights ever produced in a factory vehicle. That being said they do start to seriously lose their power because of the nature of xenon bulbs over the course of their lifespan but they're only about $100 each to replace.
The lights look Amazing! you will need to do a slight adjustment as they are pointing too low. especially the passenger side. park your car on a leveled surface 25ft away from a wall, and adjust the lights to be shinning at least 20-24 inches (knee height) from the ground. I can send you a photo of my adjustment i did on my 1998 Volvo V70 (scored jewel headlights from an 03 C70 as it is a much needed upgrade), as I have also just redid my headlights and added projectors to them.
This. You think you're happy now? Adjust them correctly and you'll love them even more. I personally retrofitted my 04 C70 Jewel headlights with projectors and dual high beams, it's the best.
He had them adjusted very poorly beforehand as well. My S80 headlights (non HID) are fantastic for being standard halogen... do miss the projectors I had on my 850, though.
Looking great, I did a similar mod on an A4 in the past. Just a suggestion : you can have your low beam much higher than that at almost 90 degree because you're riding low. You won't blind incoming traffic because the cut off is pretty sharp. I rarely had to use my high beam.
Killer show and tell @ShiftingLanes! Your content is great and you are such a like minded true community member! My VR is the 'lowly yet loved' daily for me as well. Subbed for sure! Keep it up!
In Europe, xenon lights are required by law to be automatically load adjusted. That means that if you load the trunk / boot with some weight, the lights will automatically be adjusted down, so the lights will produce much less glare to oncoming vehicles. On my V60 / 2012 model, the xenon projectors also turn with the wheels on turns. The original xenon headlights are set up with bi-xenon lamps and an extra halogen high beam reflector with a 65W H9 lamp. I am very satisfied with the light output of those. Also the complete light assembly is very easy to remove. It is fastened with two plastic pins and one cable connector. Very service friendly. I don't know the rules about what is allowed in the us, by the way.
I can be wrong but HiD have no homologation --> are illegal. So in case of accident, you can get no money from insurance company.... In my Volvo C30 I've replaced Hid to PHILIPS H7 12V White Vision in refreshed lenses. Could you measure lux in you setup?
Based on this video I ordered these in a DIY kit. I did have to add some shims to adjust the height of the lights so the adjusting screws would actually have some room to dial them in. It took me about 5 - 6 hours to get them done but the look great and are a significant upgrade from the factory reflectors. Thanks to HIDprojectors.com and especially Tom for being very responsive to any questions I had when installing them. I can provide pictures of the install and finished result if anyone is curious.
Do you have Tony's contact? Just bought the DIY kit myself and would love to get some questions answered as it's my first time doing anything headlight-related and I'm honestly quite nervous. What did you use for shims? Any pics of the shims or them in place? Thanks!
I always hated the "sportier" headlights for s60 and v70n. These looks sooo much better. What would look even better is if you would get halolights around the projectors. ^^
@Gregson, which bulb (Yeaky 4500K, Yeaky 5500K, Yeaky 6500K, 4300K, or 5000K) did you pick and why? Also, did you pick a shroud? And to be clear, did you send the whole original assembly to HIDprojectors.com and they returned it to you with the projector installed or did you open the assembly yourself and installed the projector yourself?
Looks great man!!! Even though my headlights actually work quite well cuz my bulbs aren't crap and are adjusted properly. I'm still gonna have this done to mine. More for the looks since my R is becoming a summer only car and is light 24/7 here in AK in the summer
@@ShiftingLanes oh I know it's a good upgrade lol. Not high on the list right now. Want to get her resprayed and hoping I'll be able to this fall. Then I'll start other cosmetic upgrades. But needs some maintaince items done before any cosmetic work is done
@@jesselamarche-wehling5482 Whats up my brotha in AK with the only Sonic VR! Glad to see ya around the community! Hope the lugs are working out ok!!! Been lookin at this setup as well!
I've always loved the V70R, and have enjoyed following this build. I recently acquired a C30 T5 with Polestar tune, and hope you can answer me this: when I shut off the engine, what am I hearing that hums for another 30s or so? Is there some little electric oil pump that runs for a bit to aid in turbo cooling, or is it something else? Thanks for sharing your Volvo love!
Thanks for watching! It could be a number of things. On my VR the fans stay on for a while when the car is hot. Sometimes there is humming from the engines that could be pumps of some kind or cooling measures elsewhere. I'd just ask your local mechanic :)
I think the low beams should end at about 50 meters / 150 ft away from the car on level road, not perfectly horizontal, because it will make too much glare if aimed too high. Roads are not completely flat, and the car moves a bit up and down when in motion.
Interesting project, but not for me. I have a V70R and a P2 S80 with factory HID's. As others have said, the factory HID's on your car were dying and badly aimed. I have first hand experience with this because I had the same situation and was living with it with the S80, until I bought the cheapest V70R in America for $1500 which had perfect HID's. The back to back comparison sold me on regularly changing HID bulbs. I completely understand your desire to customize your car and it does look much different. Unfortunately I could never do the conversion due to the legalities of headlight illumination in my area, nor do I feel I need the extra light. All in all, a solid, innovative project and if you ever want to return the car to stock, it's probably pretty easy to do with another set of factory HID housings.
Almost all headlights can be retrofited with projectors, all p3 cars with xenon/HID already have projectors except for kinetic trim ones which have reflector halogen atleast on s80s and v70s. But you could swap projectors in in the HID ones too
@@rikardandersson7288 but the hardware is quite different than the halogen one, I just to find out the lens for the p3 style just for nothing. I really wish they have it, or the p2 lens can fit in.
@@xantor_ Nice a V70R! I first had a V70 D5 with xenon projector headlights. Really terrible! almost no visibility. now I have a V70 2.5T AWD. with xenon reflector headlights with D2R instead of D1S and you're doing a lot better, but I was probably just unlucky with those projector lamps
SNABB Performance sells an induction kit. Viva Performance has their do88 kit as well. Solid community seller and proven products. Love my Snabb setup on my 04 VR.
My headlights in my R are awesome...I use different bulbs from OE, though. I mean, I'm not saying this wasn't a worhty upgrade. I think projectors are the way to go with HID. Volvo's implementation was certainly weird. The high beams were really trash, but if everything is lined up properly, you don't really need them. Well, around here you don't.... I installed higher lumen HID bulbs in a 5000k color, so it fairly matches the OE shade. I then manually adjusted the aim of the reflectors. I rarely use my high beams in my R now. Just getting to the end of the video now. I wonder if your lights were adjusted right. The old shot, they were pointing VERY low.
Factory lights in my VR are really good as well (I've owned many cars) they aren't the best but they do their job. I live in the middle of nowhere in AK. Where its dark all the time in winter lol and there's no street lights on the 300 mile section of hwy between Fairbanks and Wasilla lol. But good bulbs and aimed properly they actually do really good.
Damm Dude!! I just just done another night drive down to London in my 2004 Volvo S40. I have known about this for a while as I have had it four years b don't do much night driving. The headlamps on low beam are totally unfit for night time
It does seem to be a big difference in brightness, but your road comparison looks like your original headlights are out of adjustment aimed just a few feet in front of your car. Again at the garage doors. The old professor
No wonder the stock us headlights suck, the eu spec ones have an extra highbeam light where the us spec ones have the daytime running lights, the eu xenon/hid also raise the lowbeam but more to aid the separate highbeam light than to actually be the highbeam itself
Yea US lights blow chow. I’ve seen the euros and they are solid. But these are better than both as far as light projection down the road. The illuminates a lot more.
@@ShiftingLanes yes retrofits are always better, i dont know about us but atleast here in eu on 07/08 models you could get the ABL lights, i think it stands for active bixenon light which basically is factory projectors that turn with the steering, these also have a separate highbeam light
@@rikardandersson7288 100% correct. The EU lights are worlds better. I do like the look of these better than the stock US or EU spec lights. Gives the car a meaner front look I think.
@@ShiftingLanes The Xenon lighting of my 2007 V70 with lenses is terrible, despite the lenses the light is not good. But I'm not really happy with Volvo's lighting. I recently drove a 2023 V60 and the lighting was decent
Why would you ruin the car like that and yes its brighter you have better performing bulbs and btw if its not stock whit HID lights the light will not go up and down and will shine to bright for the cars in the other lane
It’s not ruined, it’s better in every way, including looks. And the rest of what you said is 100% false. This is road legal, within light tolerances, and does not blind others. Full retrofits rarely blind other drivers because it uses OEM functionality and specs.
@@ShiftingLanes if that is the way why do you think HID whit original setup have a level senor on the front wheels and the light goes up and down whit the road becos among, HID lights is about 3000 lumens when halogen is about 1500 lumen it may not be illegal in your country but it is in mine
"The low beams are just good as the high beams were . . . " I don't know if these will blind your fellow traveler, sure hope not. Am so sick of being blinded by even factory lights from Toyota and a few others and screw all of these lifted trucks with even more ridiculous setups. Driving at night is awful anymore because of captured imploded stars guiding them.
So you want to blind oncoming traffic? This is one category I’m not happy about.. lights that blind me when I’m driving. Sorry dude, I don’t like these…. The stock R lights are perfect as they are- use the brights if you have issues.
do you have the HID or normal halogen lights ? I'm pretty happy with the factory hid in my v70 (reflector, not projector). Also - at least in Poland and I suppose in whole EU you cannot retrofit HID if you didn't have them from the factory (or more specifically it's pain in the ass because you need the autoleveling system not present on non-HID lights).
I also have a 07 v70n with reflector xenons, both headlights are replaced so now its good enough, before they were faded and dull from uv damage like almost all of the 05 onwards p2s
We are so happy to be a part of this amazing build!
No no, thank YOU. Seriously these lights are amazing and such a great safety upgrade. I’ll feel much safer driving my family and young kids at night because of this.
ShiftingLanes there... I just watched your stupid face for 15 minutes. Hehehe! J/k, G Dawg.
Whats the cost on these?
vermont Vermont check them out here:
www.hidprojectors.com/collections/volvo
I've never heard anyone describe stock V70R headlights as "weak", if you had the true xenon bulbs that came from factory you technically had the highest lumen rated headlights ever produced in a factory vehicle. That being said they do start to seriously lose their power because of the nature of xenon bulbs over the course of their lifespan but they're only about $100 each to replace.
J K i have the europe spec HID bixenon on my V70 2.5t 2004 and they are really bright. Can’t complain at all.
What a massive difference! And that cutoff looks so good.
Right!? It's incredible.
The lights look Amazing! you will need to do a slight adjustment as they are pointing too low. especially the passenger side. park your car on a leveled surface 25ft away from a wall, and adjust the lights to be shinning at least 20-24 inches (knee height) from the ground. I can send you a photo of my adjustment i did on my 1998 Volvo V70 (scored jewel headlights from an 03 C70 as it is a much needed upgrade), as I have also just redid my headlights and added projectors to them.
This. You think you're happy now? Adjust them correctly and you'll love them even more. I personally retrofitted my 04 C70 Jewel headlights with projectors and dual high beams, it's the best.
He had them adjusted very poorly beforehand as well. My S80 headlights (non HID) are fantastic for being standard halogen... do miss the projectors I had on my 850, though.
@@Bowden57 that's what I did on my. Check my instagram slow_v_70
I was purchased at the beginning of January V70R, basically because of your videos.
Awesome! So glad you've joined the family. And thank you so much for watching :)
Looking great, I did a similar mod on an A4 in the past. Just a suggestion : you can have your low beam much higher than that at almost 90 degree because you're riding low. You won't blind incoming traffic because the cut off is pretty sharp. I rarely had to use my high beam.
I just did this with my 2007 Mercedes e550. Threw 8000k HIDs in. Huge improvement. Want to do this to my 850 Turbo too
I wonder if those type of headlight will fit on 2007 XC70
Killer show and tell @ShiftingLanes! Your content is great and you are such a like minded true community member! My VR is the 'lowly yet loved' daily for me as well. Subbed for sure! Keep it up!
Thanks dude! 👊🏻 thanks for the kind words. Hope you enjoy all the content and stay tuned for some BIG stuff this spring
In Europe, xenon lights are required by law to be automatically load adjusted. That means that if you load the trunk / boot with some weight, the lights will automatically be adjusted down, so the lights will produce much less glare to oncoming vehicles.
On my V60 / 2012 model, the xenon projectors also turn with the wheels on turns. The original xenon headlights are set up with bi-xenon lamps and an extra halogen high beam reflector with a 65W H9 lamp. I am very satisfied with the light output of those. Also the complete light assembly is very easy to remove. It is fastened with two plastic pins and one cable connector. Very service friendly.
I don't know the rules about what is allowed in the us, by the way.
I can be wrong but HiD have no homologation --> are illegal.
So in case of accident, you can get no money from insurance company.... In my Volvo C30 I've replaced Hid to
PHILIPS H7 12V White Vision in refreshed lenses. Could you measure lux in you setup?
The OEM lights had HID reflectors. So HIDs themselves are homologated.
Based on this video I ordered these in a DIY kit. I did have to add some shims to adjust the height of the lights so the adjusting screws would actually have some room to dial them in. It took me about 5 - 6 hours to get them done but the look great and are a significant upgrade from the factory reflectors. Thanks to HIDprojectors.com and especially Tom for being very responsive to any questions I had when installing them. I can provide pictures of the install and finished result if anyone is curious.
Do you have Tony's contact? Just bought the DIY kit myself and would love to get some questions answered as it's my first time doing anything headlight-related and I'm honestly quite nervous. What did you use for shims? Any pics of the shims or them in place? Thanks!
I always hated the "sportier" headlights for s60 and v70n. These looks sooo much better. What would look even better is if you would get halolights around the projectors. ^^
Amazing look! Great job!
I'm a voLvo guy, I got a S60, and watching from UK
I got a 940 wagon and watching from Finland
First thing I did with mine. Halogen headlights are still the best.... Just need to keep the
lenses polished and buy decent bulbs.
I wanna do this with my SR!! I HATE the oem units
Maybe brighter. But I think original look way better.
@Gregson, which bulb (Yeaky 4500K, Yeaky 5500K, Yeaky 6500K, 4300K, or 5000K) did you pick and why? Also, did you pick a shroud? And to be clear, did you send the whole original assembly to HIDprojectors.com and they returned it to you with the projector installed or did you open the assembly yourself and installed the projector yourself?
Looks great man!!! Even though my headlights actually work quite well cuz my bulbs aren't crap and are adjusted properly. I'm still gonna have this done to mine. More for the looks since my R is becoming a summer only car and is light 24/7 here in AK in the summer
Thanks Jesse! Do it dude. Such a good upgrade.
@@ShiftingLanes oh I know it's a good upgrade lol. Not high on the list right now. Want to get her resprayed and hoping I'll be able to this fall. Then I'll start other cosmetic upgrades. But needs some maintaince items done before any cosmetic work is done
@@jesselamarche-wehling5482 Whats up my brotha in AK with the only Sonic VR! Glad to see ya around the community! Hope the lugs are working out ok!!! Been lookin at this setup as well!
Do you have any error messages in your instrument cluster after the installation?
I bought Devils Eye Dark to my v70n T5, they are great and beautiful
Does their website replace your glass lenses if you want them to?
I've always loved the V70R, and have enjoyed following this build. I recently acquired a C30 T5 with Polestar tune, and hope you can answer me this: when I shut off the engine, what am I hearing that hums for another 30s or so? Is there some little electric oil pump that runs for a bit to aid in turbo cooling, or is it something else? Thanks for sharing your Volvo love!
Thanks for watching! It could be a number of things. On my VR the fans stay on for a while when the car is hot. Sometimes there is humming from the engines that could be pumps of some kind or cooling measures elsewhere. I'd just ask your local mechanic :)
Damn you need to raise it up more. It's angled too low to the road. Should be able to see straight ahead.
I think the low beams should end at about 50 meters / 150 ft away from the car on level road, not perfectly horizontal, because it will make too much glare if aimed too high. Roads are not completely flat, and the car moves a bit up and down when in motion.
Wow that looks nice.
You didnt even have the bulbs for high beams before... You just had the xenon to rise up.
Is it possible to do something like this if i live in europe?
So nice! I have to change the lens on my v70r.. Where did you buy them? I can't find... The headlight upgrade is knocking on the door..
There's a link in the description
They look amazing! But you should’ve taken out the orange reflector for the euro look
I have a regular v70 with the xenon headlights and i think they're pretty good. I think v70r has different headlights if you think they were so bad.
US had different spec than euro. The US ones are trash.
ShiftingLanes oh ok
My S40 R design headlights are awful, i need these
Get in touch! I bet you Tom can build
You something.
Have you measured the beam output before & after?
Haven’t but I’m not going to. Mostly because I can’t. Haha. Honestly it’s a massive difference. I’m pissed I hadn’t done it sooner.
ShiftingLanes I honestly didn’t think the P2R headlights were that bad - my P1 is glorious at night but the projector housing probably helps (xenon) 🧐
@@jonathancahill9861 Are you in the US or elsewhere? US got different lights and they suck.
Interesting project, but not for me. I have a V70R and a P2 S80 with factory HID's. As others have said, the factory HID's on your car were dying and badly aimed. I have first hand experience with this because I had the same situation and was living with it with the S80, until I bought the cheapest V70R in America for $1500 which had perfect HID's. The back to back comparison sold me on regularly changing HID bulbs. I completely understand your desire to customize your car and it does look much different. Unfortunately I could never do the conversion due to the legalities of headlight illumination in my area, nor do I feel I need the extra light. All in all, a solid, innovative project and if you ever want to return the car to stock, it's probably pretty easy to do with another set of factory HID housings.
You still gotta aim then. Id move then up more and level them.
will there be a recap of this? just ordered and refered to you :)
Nice! What recap are you looking for? Sort of a follow up video on how I like them?
@@ShiftingLanes yes, something along those lines
Will it possibly work with an S80?
Need more volvo
does this work on p3? - Volvo s80t6 AWD
Almost all headlights can be retrofited with projectors, all p3 cars with xenon/HID already have projectors except for kinetic trim ones which have reflector halogen atleast on s80s and v70s. But you could swap projectors in in the HID ones too
@@rikardandersson7288 but the hardware is quite different than the halogen one, I just to find out the lens for the p3 style just for nothing. I really wish they have it, or the p2 lens can fit in.
Would this fit a V70 D5 from 2006 too?
Yes my friend
@@fatmonkehh I now own a V70R so It now fits anyway :D
@@xantor_ Nice a V70R! I first had a V70 D5 with xenon projector headlights. Really terrible! almost no visibility. now I have a V70 2.5T AWD. with xenon reflector headlights with D2R instead of D1S and you're doing a lot better, but I was probably just unlucky with those projector lamps
@@fatmonkehh aren't projectors better than reflectors?
I have question where u get the tube silver tube from the turbo to intercooler I have a 05 Volvo s60r
SNABB Performance sells an induction kit. Viva Performance has their do88 kit as well. Solid community seller and proven products. Love my Snabb setup on my 04 VR.
@@astonmartinzz thank you
My headlights in my R are awesome...I use different bulbs from OE, though.
I mean, I'm not saying this wasn't a worhty upgrade. I think projectors are the way to go with HID. Volvo's implementation was certainly weird. The high beams were really trash, but if everything is lined up properly, you don't really need them. Well, around here you don't....
I installed higher lumen HID bulbs in a 5000k color, so it fairly matches the OE shade. I then manually adjusted the aim of the reflectors. I rarely use my high beams in my R now.
Just getting to the end of the video now. I wonder if your lights were adjusted right. The old shot, they were pointing VERY low.
The old shot was because I was lowered and the system just pointed them down. Doesn’t make up for them being dim as hell.
Factory lights in my VR are really good as well (I've owned many cars) they aren't the best but they do their job. I live in the middle of nowhere in AK. Where its dark all the time in winter lol and there's no street lights on the 300 mile section of hwy between Fairbanks and Wasilla lol. But good bulbs and aimed properly they actually do really good.
Also you can tell his bulbs were old and bad (pass one was completely the wrong color) and were not adjusted properly.
Damm Dude!! I just just done another night drive down to London in my 2004 Volvo S40. I have known about this for a while as I have had it four years b don't do much night driving. The headlamps on low beam are totally unfit for night time
It does seem to be a big difference in brightness, but your road comparison looks like your original headlights are out of adjustment aimed just a few feet in front of your car. Again at the garage doors.
The old professor
You need to adjust those because your cut off is way too close.
Where did u get the new glass
You can find it around. I believe Viva Performance offers it.
ShiftingLanes i went skandex and fufilled my euro glass dreams
The projectors are not in the same position in the headlights either, or atleast it looks like that @7:33
Optical illusion. They are aligned. I saw that too, but they’re fully aligned.
Ah okay, they look awesome and they're not just something that looks better but actually is atleast 4 times better.
No wonder the stock us headlights suck, the eu spec ones have an extra highbeam light where the us spec ones have the daytime running lights, the eu xenon/hid also raise the lowbeam but more to aid the separate highbeam light than to actually be the highbeam itself
Yea US lights blow chow. I’ve seen the euros and they are solid. But these are better than both as far as light projection down the road. The illuminates a lot more.
@@ShiftingLanes yes retrofits are always better, i dont know about us but atleast here in eu on 07/08 models you could get the ABL lights, i think it stands for active bixenon light which basically is factory projectors that turn with the steering, these also have a separate highbeam light
@@rikardandersson7288 100% correct. The EU lights are worlds better. I do like the look of these better than the stock US or EU spec lights. Gives the car a meaner front look I think.
@@ShiftingLanes it sure does 👍
@@ShiftingLanes The Xenon lighting of my 2007 V70 with lenses is terrible, despite the lenses the light is not good. But I'm not really happy with Volvo's lighting. I recently drove a 2023 V60 and the lighting was decent
The same opinion as JK, and i don't like the looks sorry personal , new xenon "good quality" bulbs are perfect in the oem housing
I’ve fitted 100w bulbs 👍👍🇬🇧
i found just putting in LED headlights in stock housing is good and cheap
Should of did the amber side marker delete
I like it actually. More OEM spec
Euro spec is better my friend has us import sr he’s headlight compeer to euro is a big different.
I'M WILLING TO BET THE REASON FOR THE CRAP FIT OF THE RIGHT HEADLAMP IS BECAUSE YOUR PREVIOUS WRECK DAMAGE WASN'T REPAIRED QUITE CORRECTLY.
bro that is not an air box that´s a whole f pool
Why would you ruin the car like that and yes its brighter you have better performing bulbs and btw if its not stock whit HID lights the light will not go up and down and will shine to bright for the cars in the other lane
It’s not ruined, it’s better in every way, including looks.
And the rest of what you said is 100% false. This is road legal, within light tolerances, and does not blind others. Full retrofits rarely blind other drivers because it uses OEM functionality and specs.
@@ShiftingLanes if that is the way why do you think HID whit original setup have a level senor on the front wheels and the light goes up and down whit the road becos among, HID lights is about 3000 lumens when halogen is about 1500 lumen it may not be illegal in your country but it is in mine
@@Energyswe The projectors are installed in the original reflectors which ensures the factory levelling still works! Cheers
"The low beams are just good as the high beams were . . . " I don't know if these will blind your fellow traveler, sure hope not. Am so sick of being blinded by even factory lights from Toyota and a few others and screw all of these lifted trucks with even more ridiculous setups. Driving at night is awful anymore because of captured imploded stars guiding them.
Nope! These are 100% road legal and not nearly as bright as most new OEM HIDs or LEDs
So you want to blind oncoming traffic? This is one category I’m not happy about.. lights that blind me when I’m driving. Sorry dude, I don’t like these…. The stock R lights are perfect as they are- use the brights if you have issues.
You talk too much 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks like shit really!
The rambling is giving me anxiety please breath when you talk it makes me not watch the entire video
No
I have a V70n 06-07 and the headlights isnt very good..Sorry for my english, Im from Sweden :)
do you have the HID or normal halogen lights ? I'm pretty happy with the factory hid in my v70 (reflector, not projector).
Also - at least in Poland and I suppose in whole EU you cannot retrofit HID if you didn't have them from the factory (or more specifically it's pain in the ass because you need the autoleveling system not present on non-HID lights).
I also have a 07 v70n with reflector xenons, both headlights are replaced so now its good enough, before they were faded and dull from uv damage like almost all of the 05 onwards p2s
@@psychollek Normal halogen.
@@rikardandersson7288 Svensk? från halvljus till helljus är det inte stor skillnad tycker jag. Besiktningen klagar inte, men jag tycker det är skit ;)
@@Green-Olle japp svensk, har extraljus på min så har inte ens testat bara orginal helljuset sen jag bytte till nya strålkastare 😂