100 watt bulbs

[jackster150]

hi
has anyone replaced there bulbs with 100 watt bulbs h7 and h1 if not give me your thoughts asap thanks

 

[kenny-cupra]

i would watch out with 100watt bulbs as these draw more current and could started melting the wiring for the lights , these are my thoughts

 

[OFI]

Pretty sure they're illegal too...

 

[Balf2k]

Don't do it mate, as said, will put more strain on the wiring causing meltdown (I had 100w bulbs in my Fiesta XR2i.... only for one night / you could smell the plastic melting lol).

 

[cordobabrendy]

Go HIDs instead, less than half the draw and twice the light.

 

[jamie paton]

getting my hid's fitted on monday night and led white sidelights as well. woohoo

 

[jackster150]

ok guys take what say many thanks
where abouts in or around glasgow has anyone sourced the hids and cost please cheers

 

[cordobabrendy]

Prices are dropping like a stone mate, check out ebay even the cheapies are worth a punt at around 30 quid, if one breas just order another set and you have a load of spare parts just in case then.

 

[jackster150]

jamie where did you source your touran wiper assy from mate and cost

 

[jackster150]

Prices are dropping like a stone mate, check out ebay even the cheapies are worth a punt at around 30 quid, if one breas just order another set and you have a load of spare parts just in case then.

hids ar not just bulbs are they you need to purchase something else do you mate

 

[cordobabrendy]

hid kits include bulbs,harnesses and ignitor/ballast units, its all plug and play too with no real wiring knowledge required.

 

[OFI]

You mean you need something like these http://www.h-dev.co.uk/index.php?cPath=78_120&osCsid=398fb538b6391f41ecc3e58a27ce6c7c

Although they are for 200sx's I don't know what the fitment is for Leons

 

[jackster150]

just came across this site

www.xenonshop.co.uk

 

[cordobabrendy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Xenon-Hid-Con...ryZ72235QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

something like these but without the rediculous postage.

 

[OFI]

Ooh good just made a nice little list of fitments

Main Beam = H1
Dipped Beam = H7
Front Fogs = H3
Stop/Tail = 7528
Fog Rear = 7506
Reverse = 7506
Front Indicator = 7507
Rear Indicator = 7507
Side Indicator = 2827

If the dipped and mains are seperate bulbs which do you replace with HID? just dipped right? and i'm guessing that 8000K looks liek the best to go for as the rest look quite blue...
Not that i'm even thinking about changing mine as i've only driven it in the dark once so far

 

[cordobabrendy]

8000 is blue, 6000k is more white than blue, less than 6k goes orangey, more than 6k and it starts going blue then higher again like 10k+ is purple.
Also note that light travels less distance above 5000kelvin so 8000k's wont shine as far as 6000k kits.

 

[jamie paton]

jamie where did you source your touran wiper assy from mate and cost

i just went to my local vw garage, cost about 20 quid if i remember, everyone else will tell you to go for the fabia one but i wanted to be a bit different. plus i couldn't find any skoda dealers near me

 

[jamie paton]

6000k is the way to go on hid's so i'm told anyway. 4300k is pure white and has the most light 6000 is white with a hint of blue and any higher than that ir going on bluey purple and will attract the police more. h7 for dipped on the leon , but no point in getting high beam cos the dipped is so good you never use high.

 

[jackster150]

hi jamie
ordered my rear fabia wiper today will be in stock wednesday, hopefully get it fitted asap as my old one does a fair bit of skipping across the window

 

[Balf2k]

Just for reference, heres my Leon with the 6000K Hids, you can see they are a 'lot' whiter than the fog lights yet don't look too blue, just a slight hint of it I think (I also have white LED sidelight bulbs - this is a must if you get HID's otherwise the sidelight bulbs look really really yellow)