The Ford Endeavour 3.2 Titanium – Built Tough

[Sharpshooter]

Additions 2 - Digital Tyre Inflator, HUD and LED Light Bar

Digital Tyre Inflator: The replacement of my previous tyre inflator was long overdue as it lacked auto cut-off upon reaching the desired pressure and had a very slow inflation rate (used to take close to 4 minutes to inflate the tyre of Pajero Sport from 20 PSI to 32 PSI). Got the MotoMaster Heavy Duty inflator which features auto-shut off once the set pressure is reached. It comes in a nice sturdy box and connects directly to the battery. The coiled air hose is 5m long and the wire itself is close to 3m long. Being twin-cylinder, the inflation rate is very fast and it took less than a minute to inflate the Endeavour's tyre from 24 PSI to 32 PSI.


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AG, 1) this inflator will fill normal air. so wont the nitrogen filling you do lose its smoothness? 2) when you do a proper refill, if you fill nitrogen, is it enough to just top up with nitrogen or must you vaccum out the old air (i would not do a vacuum) and 3) do you observe a significant diff with nitrogen (I cannot comment as I went in for a much better tyre and nitrogen on the same day and the smoothness took a quantum jump, but cant say due to which factor)?

 

[bhvm]

very nice best of both worlds approach. I can also see White has far more glare while Yellow has more useful Light on the road. also the beam height is different for both (can see on Yellow curved wall) perhaps due to side by side position of Led chips. the Yellow will.definitely help in foggy weather. was the install a DIY?

 

[A.G.]

1) this inflator will fill normal air. so wont the nitrogen filling you do lose its smoothness?

That is correct but Nitrogen filling did not lead to any smoothness - it just altered the effect of temperature. With air, I observed 1 Psi rise for every 3 degree C and with Nitrogen, it takes 5 degree C.

2) when you do a proper refill, if you fill nitrogen, is it enough to just top up with nitrogen or must you vaccum out the old air (i would not do a vacuum)

Tyres should never be subjected to vacuum. The purge function of Nitrogen system just brings the air content to least possible value of normal atmospheric pressure.

3) do you observe a significant diff with nitrogen (I cannot comment as I went in for a much better tyre and nitrogen on the same day and the smoothness took a quantum jump, but cant say due to which factor)?

Apart from different reaction to temperature, none.

very nice best of both worlds approach. I can also see White has far more glare while Yellow has more useful Light on the road. also the beam height is different for both (can see on Yellow curved wall) perhaps due to side by side position of Led chips. the Yellow will.definitely help in foggy weather. was the install a DIY?

Due to the install position, the White LED is on top of the Yellow LED causing the slight difference in cut-off. Sourced the bulb from AliExpress and installed them myself.

 

[Sakthivel Rajendran]

Installing the Dual colour Fog Lamps

The Fog Lamps in the Endeavour are H8 35W bulbs. Due to the insufficient Low Beam, using it with the Fog Lamps was the only option. However, the mix of White and Yellow light looked pretty bad both from inside and outside. Changing the bulbs to white was simple but during Fog & rain, white light is useless.

Got the Dual coloured 35W LED bulbs which have both White & Yellow LED. By default they turn on to White colour and if they are turned off and back on within a short duration, they turn Yellow. This has given the best of both worlds - more light from from 35W LED with White light from Fog complimenting the White light from Low beam and the Yellow light is still available incase the weather changes plans.

Installing them was a bit of a pain. Though the connectors are exposed, the space between the fender lining & the bulb is just enough to manipulate the connector and bulb. Lying down on the floor to access the bulbs is the only option as doing by touch & feel was not easy.

The Package
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The Bulb
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Original Fog Lamps
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Left Original - Right LED (White)
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LED (White)
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LED (Yellow)
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I am of the opinion that the normal beam is quite adequate but high beam seems to be inadequate. Any plans to upgrade the high beam with led or Philips xtreme vision? . Any non Ford installation will make the warranty invalid if in case you opt for any electrical / electronic warranty.

 

[A.G.]

I am of the opinion that the normal beam is quite adequate but high beam seems to be inadequate.

I find the Low beam to be quite inadequate but that is my personal opinion.

Any plans to upgrade the high beam with led or Philips xtreme vision?

Had tried LED but the high beam bulb mounting is close to the periphery of the dust cover making it impossible to fit any thing else apart from standard size bulb.

View of the high beam mounting


The Xtreme vision or Night Breaker Unlimited are more of an eyewash as I could not find perceivable difference when I used them in Pajero Sport. Moreover, more heat and shorter lifespan means I would skip them.

Any non Ford installation will make the warranty invalid if in case you opt for any electrical / electronic warranty.

Yes, I am aware of it and Ford can even void warranty for smaller things like painting the front & rear skid plates as had been reported by other owners. Still, I would take my chances rather than compromising on safety in any way at night.

 

[Sakthivel Rajendran]

I find the Low beam to be quite inadequate but that is my personal opinion.
Had tried LED but the high beam bulb mounting is close to the periphery of the dust cover making it impossible to fit any thing else apart from standard size bulb.

View of the high beam mounting
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The Xtreme vision or Night Breaker Unlimited are more of an eyewash as I could not find perceivable difference when I used them in Pajero Sport. Moreover, more heat and shorter lifespan means I would skip them.
Yes, I am aware of it and Ford can even void warranty for smaller things like painting the front & rear skid plates as had been reported by other owners. Still, I would take my chances rather than compromising on safety in any way at night.

You have made a bold move. Even I was interested in upgrading the bulbs but concerns related to warranty took me back. Even I had the same experience with the front and rear skid plates / protective moduling painted in silver color. Even small stone chippings tends to peel off the paint and when I tried try to rub it hard, again there is a tendency to peel off. So I have decided to do vinyl wrapping in the same color.

 

[A.G.]

Sharing a few pics of the lights in action

Stock HID Low Beam


Stock HID Low Beam + LED Fog (White)


Stock HID Low Beam + LED Fog (Yellow)


LED Fog (White)


LED Fog (Yellow)


Stock High Beam


Stock HID Low Beam + Stock High Beam


Finally the LED bar which has been wired in such a way that the White Spot beam turns ON when only the Low beam is ON, the Amber Flood beams at the extremes turn ON when only Fog lamps are ON and with the High beam, the entire LED bar turns ON. However, with both the Low beam and the Fog lamps turned ON, the LED bar is disabled irrespective of whether the High beam is ON or OFF. This control logic enables the operation of the bar from the existing switches and control stalks.

The pictures of lighting effect of LED bar could not be captured as the ISO levels of the camera changed dramatically when the LED bar turned ON there-by making it look inferior than stock lights in pictures

Couple of pictures of LED bar in action (ignore the ghost image of the LEDs in the windscreen)

LED Bar Spot beam with Stock HID Low Beam


LED Bar Flood beam with LED Fog (White)


LED Bar Spot with LED Fog (Yellow)

 

[Iron Rock]

Happy Advance Diwali sir, your neighbourhood doesn't need sun anymore

 

[A.G.]

Happy Advance Diwali sir, your neighbourhood doesn't need sun anymore

For night travelling, the setup has boosted confidence several notches but the setup on the Pajero Sport was better due to LED bar position being closer to Low beam bulb height.

 

[Chetak]

Am I the only one who finds it tough to digest that a 3 million INR vehicle needs deep packet owner inspection to get something as basic as headlights right?

 

[Iron Rock]

For night travelling, the setup has boosted confidence several notches but the setup on the Pajero Sport was better due to LED bar position being closer to Low beam bulb height.

Sir you have committed the dual sin of selling SFX and PS - Kaun maaf karega aap ko sir ? (Who will ever forgive you! ) - Not me!

 

[Sakthivel Rajendran]

Am I the only one who finds it tough to digest that a 3 million INR vehicle needs deep packet owner inspection to get something as basic as headlights right?

Engineering flaws do happen whether it is a small or premium car, it does happen. We have to accept it and look out ways for improving / overcoming it .

Ford has come up with led bulbs for Endeavor, though it isn't available nation wide. It should be available in the coming weeks & have inquired about those led's and planning to install it soon in my Endeavour.

 

[roby_dk]

Engineering flaws do happen whether it is a small or premium car, it does happen. We have to accept it and look out ways for improving / overcoming it .

Ford has come up with led bulbs for Endeavor, though it isn't available nation wide. It should be available in the coming weeks & have inquired about those led's and planning to install it soon in my Endeavour.

Hi,
Please update once you have any update with the LED bulbs for Endy. I have changed my High beam bulbs and fog light bulbs to OSRAM night breaker and Philips crystal vision but still feel they are not adequate.

 

[Sakthivel Rajendran]

Hi,
Please update once you have any update with the LED bulbs for Endy. I have changed my High beam bulbs and fog light bulbs to OSRAM night breaker and Philips crystal vision but still feel they are not adequate.

Surely I will keep you all updated. Both these bulbs are of no use but Philips led with led bar will have a significant difference and also do check your low beam focusing with Ford. The auto leveling motor has a tendency to get mis-aligned but most owners fail to notice it. If the focusing is properly aligned then you will notice some difference and by the way which variant do you own and is it sync 2 or 3?

 

[A.G.]

Am I the only one who finds it tough to digest that a 3 million INR vehicle needs deep packet owner inspection to get something as basic as headlights right?

Unfortunately it is becoming the norm as even the Fortuner with the LED lights has left many owners with bad taste. I suspect the problem to be with our norms as even the Low beam of the Pajero Sport was set quite low.

Sir you have committed the dual sin of selling SFX and PS

The sin of selling the SFX was are forced upon because of NGT.

Ford has come up with led bulbs for Endeavor, though it isn't available nation wide. It should be available in the coming weeks & have inquired about those led's and planning to install it soon in my Endeavour.

Great news, I just hope FoMoCo allows the retrofitment and doesn't deny it for one reason or the other. I don't think Low Beam HID can be changed with LED though as the ballast for the same is integrated in the light itself.

I have changed my High beam bulbs and fog light bulbs to OSRAM night breaker and Philips crystal vision but still feel they are not adequate.

After changing the bulbs, did you get any error on the vehicle scan?

The auto leveling motor has a tendency to get mis-aligned but most owners fail to notice it. If the focusing is properly aligned then you will notice some difference and by the way which variant do you own and is it sync 2 or 3?

The auto leveling motor issue was resolved and is unheard of in the current batches. Yes, properly aligned lights will surely help. Mine is with SYNC3.