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Where to buy HIDS

turbo009

Red Lightning
Jun 15, 2008
2,596
1
Grimsby North East Lincs
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This is where i fitted mine
 

cupra_poolie

Active Member
Oct 25, 2008
93
0
Hartlepool
ive tried plenty of different sidelights and im struggling to find something to match the power of the HIDs, you'll have to let me know what there like mate
 

Fl@pper

Back older greyer and less oilier but always hope
Jun 19, 2001
12,368
25
Gloucester
bought mine off a uk supplier

cost £10 more than diane but 2yr warranty and arrived next day - worth the little extra tbh
 
Dec 6, 2008
612
0
Shropshire
The kit arrived today, did briefly install one of the lights to test it but will fit them properly tomorrow after work so I can set the beam up aswell.

Here are 2 pics of the ballasts next to my iphone as a comparison.
as you can see the slimline ballasts are quite small so shouldnt be too hard to locate.
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arge

Starting to mod...
May 22, 2008
99
0
Hook, Hampshire
The kit arrived today, did briefly install one of the lights to test it but will fit them properly tomorrow after work so I can set the beam up aswell.

Here are 2 pics of the ballasts next to my iphone as a comparison.
as you can see the slimline ballasts are quite small so shouldnt be too hard to locate.
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Those look like a good buy ! what do ppl think ?

could you post some pics when installed and a view on how good they are ?

thanks
 
Dec 6, 2008
612
0
Shropshire
Sorry for the delay folks.
I havent taken pics of the front of the car with the lights on as they dont fully represent the lights, they tend to look glary on the camera, also there are a lot on here already.

I did read an article that was linked to on here saying how there was a lot of additional glare etc that was shown on a headlamp beam tester but I was unable to find a picture of HID's on a beam tester, so I have a pic of one of my headlights in the beam tester and also against a wall.

When I first fitted them I was unsure whether to keep them, by the 25 minute drive home I was quite sold, then I drove 110 miles and back down the motorway wednesday to pick up some wheels and I was sold. The lights seem to light up all 3 lanes of the motorway if your in the middle lane, I also notice that road signs are reflecting back my lights in the distance as opposed to the cars in front of me yet the lights arent shining high or dazzling.

When I first fitted the lights and for the first day, the majority of the times I switched the lights on one wouldnt light up and id have to switch the switch back off and on then they would be ok, since wednesday evening this has been ok.
I did contact the seller who advised I take it to an auto electrician to get the voltages of my lights checked and my battery checked, I did this myself and fed back to them, the seller is a little dismissive in his replies so i'm not sure how the years warranty will pan out should I have a failure.
I also have a problem whereby when I turn on the lights my aux input goes very crackly, if i switch off the radio and switch it back on then its ok. I think this is more down to me cutting a corner with the earth connection for the aux kit itself or a radio fault as this was randomly happening before fitting the lights.

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