Cheap HID's

[Czechboy]

Well I have spent 3 hours fitting mine. Took so long because I wanted it to be a proper OEM style job. So now on the left side of the engine bay you can't see even a single wire, and on the right you can just about see the top of the ballast peeking out from behind the battery. OK job to do but taking out and putting back the Air Filter unit in the 2.0 16v engine is a NIGHTMARE.

Anyways, onto the lights. All I can say is WOW. When I did a comparison one normal light and one HID, it looked like one of the headlamps had a dead battery. Visibility is awesome and loving having a crisp clear light ahead of me rather then a yellowy road. THE best £60 I have ever spent on a car

Will try and post up some pics.

 

[cordobabrendy]

Any pics of the wide angle 12v led 501's in action?

 

[Nathanio]

Good job guys. Has everyone had their headlights aligned after the install though?

 

[RobM]

I had mine checked and was told they were a bit low if anything, which I find hard to believe. Will get them checked again when my car goes in for it's service.

 

[Nathanio]

Good man, thats the one stipulation with fittings HIDs; you have to have your headlights aligned or you will be flashed and be blinding people! You have been warned

 

[RobM]

I couldn't agree more! Just watching the way the light shines on the road and the back of other peoples cars highlights that fact. On setting 0 in the cabin light adjuster (i.e. normal, highest position) the light is fine when you're on a flat stretch of road, but as soon as you go up a slight incline or a bump or something, you can see the light rises quite a lot. So having it down on level 1 seems the best idea for me at the moment.

 

[Czechboy]

How much did the alignment cost you guys??Because I'm not too sure I'd want to be paying £15 for it as I might as well use the Guide posted earlier and align them using that.

Cheers

 

[Czechboy]

K, just phoned up my local garage and they said that if the adjusters move freely (will have to check), then its £6.50. So might as well do that and have the peace of mind that its been done properly.

Mig

 

[RobM]

For that sort of money it's well worth doing I think. Better safe than sorry and if you can avoid blinding oncoming traffic, well, that's always a bonus

 

[bentaw]

hmmm looking good

 

[RobM]

Let me know if you're in the Southampton area any time and I'll give you a demo mate.

 

[bentaw]

always in the southampton area mate i live there i am off work all of next week so any time next week mate, you can have a demo in a 300lbs ft monster too if you want

 

[RobM]

Sounds good to me! Will have a think about what days I'm free and I'll drop you a PM. Will have to be an evening, obviously, to show the lights off properly.

 

[bentaw]

sounds good mate

 

[Czechboy]

Had them properly aligned now and the visibility is even better. Sooooo chuffed with them . But there is one slight problem. As I switch them on (from cold),because they need an initial 45000v, my cluster dials shake/switch off a for a second and then work as normal. But the trip counter as well as the clock reset them selves. Weird as for example my head unit doesn't loose its memory.

Mig

 

[nick-barnes07]

ordered a set of e bay bosch ones , from honk kong , £85 , and they are real easy to fit , they retail for over 350 in england , the item number is 200079999621.

 

[Dennis]

Simple questions first what builbs are in the S1 Leon H1 or H7?

Second, all those with HID please dip them when you are behind an Elise, standard dips are a pain HID's ouch I'm blind.

Oh and never have your fogs on unless seariously foggy, you o not look cool but I'm sure poepl on har don't do that

 

[RobM]

Bulbs for the Mk1 Leon is a H7 for the main driving beam. If you check out the HID Info stick post at the top of the forum it lists all the bulbs and what fitment is needed.

And yes, fog lights with no fog isn't big and it isn't clever... it makes you look a plank!

 

[Cupra Ross]

ordered a set of e bay bosch ones , from honk kong , £85 , and they are real easy to fit , they retail for over 350 in england , the item number is 200079999621.

Thats exactly the same kit as our mydepots kits. Could have saved yourself £20 mate.

They're labelled Bosch or sometimes Hella. In reality, I doubt they've ever been within 100 miles of a Bosch or Hella factory.

Here's the price conversion for today's kits from mydepots:

$95 for the kit and $32.37 shipping.

127.37 US Dollar = 65.29183 British Pound

Interbank rate +/- 0%

Median price = 0.51253 / 0.51262 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.51155 / 0.51162
Maximum price = 0.51372 / 0.51379

 

[RobM]

The MyDepots ballasts have 'Hella Technology' on them so they are probably just the same as the eBay ones. I think you'll probably find that most of them come from the same manufacturer anyway, there can't be THAT many places in the far east that make them!