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What HIDs to buy?

Gooner_Mike

Teaching the kids
Jan 20, 2008
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Only interference is for the first couple of seconds as they warm up really. Tend to notice it if you start to lose signal for a station too! I think the standard FM and AM receiver in the stereo is a bit crap anyway.
 

Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
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DERBY
Hi lads am a little new to the forum
as i have just bought a cupra r like the car alot should av bought 1 years ago
just quick question i was thinkn of buyin hid kit something like the 10000k for my folg lights
wat do u think to the 10000k?
 

Altech

Ibiza PD170
Oct 3, 2007
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London
Hi lads am a little new to the forum
as i have just bought a cupra r like the car alot should av bought 1 years ago
just quick question i was thinkn of buyin hid kit something like the 10000k for my folg lights
wat do u think to the 10000k?

Hi mate. I don't think 10000k are legal for road use. Most people only fit hids to their dipped beam aswell. Some fit hids to their high beam but i've never heard of someone fitting hids to their foglights. A lot of people opt for 6000k or 8000k as they have a more oem look
 

Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
106
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hi mate, yeh i have h3 bulbs in my foglights so i have ordered 10000k for the fogs
asked the seller if they would fit he said yes
but he said they may be illegal but i want to know how blue are they going to be lol :confused:
 

Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
106
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oh ok. u see am after like the blue is light what u find on the police vectras as mine h3 hids will be fitted into projectors so they might look ok jus hope der not tooo bluee want a little bit of white lol
 

Nath.

The Gentlemans Express
Jan 1, 2006
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EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE
I have had both 4.3k and 6k

I much prefer 4.3k, especially in reflector style lenses


Here here

With the factory fid ones the blue comes from the projector lens splitting the light into different colours like a rainbow and not from a coloured bulb or 10k HID.

This is why factory fit ones only look blue from strange angles and not just solid blue all the time.
 

Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
106
0
DERBY
Here here

With the factory fid ones the blue comes from the projector lens splitting the light into different colours like a rainbow and not from a coloured bulb or 10k HID.

This is why factory fit ones only look blue from strange angles and not just solid blue all the time.

so does that mean that my projectors will just be a solid blue???
i hope not that wernt the look i was looking for lol :doh:
 

Nath.

The Gentlemans Express
Jan 1, 2006
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Yeah, the aftermarket HID's will be a constant colour once warmed up and 10k will be quite blue.

IMO you are better off with a constant white (4.3k) so much better than the yellow that they make your high beam or fogs look like.
Factory fit HID's are normally 4.3k with proper progector lenses and that's what splits the light and gives the raindow colours.
 
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Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
106
0
DERBY
Yeah, the aftermarket HID's will be a constant colour once warmed up and 10k will be quite blue.

IMO you are better off with a constant white (4.3k) so much better than the yellow that they make your high beam or fogs look like.
Factory fit HID's are normally 4.3k with proper progector lenses and that's what splits the light and gives the raindow colours.

thanx mate am going to have to sent them back :cry:
another thing am looking to remap my car any recomendations?
 

Altech

Ibiza PD170
Oct 3, 2007
1,996
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London
This is what my car looked like as standard with H7 Halogen bulbs

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Here's what it looks like now with a HIDS4U Pro+ Kit fitted (8000k H7R Bulbs)

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From the outside they don't look much different, but from a driving point of view they light up the road much better than the halogens
 

Cupra r 225bhp

GREY LCR 225
Dec 16, 2008
106
0
DERBY
This is what my car looked like as standard with H7 Halogen bulbs

P1010450-1.jpg


Here's what it looks like now with a HIDS4U Pro+ Kit fitted (8000k H7R Bulbs)

P1010455.jpg


From the outside they don't look much different, but from a driving point of view they light up the road much better than the halogens

ow right so they are 8k yeh? they do luk nice but am after more of a bluer light so maybe 10k might be okay but i will try them see how it goes
mate do u know any place in midlands that does remaps?:shrug:
 

st10587

i only brake for cake!!!!
Oct 4, 2007
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how u doing mate?
yeh thanks for that some1 else recommended them am gona av to call them and get booked in, but it tooo icey at the minute power is no use loll
but thanks for ur help:funk:

i love mine now its been remapped, so smooth and powerful now compared to what it was. i can highly recommend them and i will use them again when its time for stage 2;)