Which Bulbs

[Jon TDI]

Fitted my HID's to my car today - they make my philips bluevision side lights look yellow!

Where's the pics then?!!

 

[H8T WP]

Ive tried tonnes of bulbs in my cupra, most sidelights i tried look yellow compared to the Xenons what are the whitest ?

these : http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=16340 ??

 

[Jace]

Ive tried tonnes of bulbs in my cupra, most sidelights i tried look yellow compared to the Xenons what are the whitest ?

these : http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=16340 ??

Yep, cant get whiter or brighter for the money .........

 

[dabcabc]

I have them - they seriously look yellow next to the HID's!

I'll take some photos after work tonight so you can see

 

[dabcabc]

Where's the pics then?!!

As promised!

Here's just the side lights on - looks white eh?

Turn the dipped headlights on

And what it's lighting (can see where the pressure washer has "cleaned" the floor hehe)

Yet when you look at the bulbs, the sides suddenly don't look so white..

The side lights are Philips Blue Vision, the dipped are the cheap kit off fleabay sent over from hong kong. Nice cheap upgrade methinks

 

[Jon TDI]

HID's look nice & bright.
Did you get any problems from the the cars electrics (they don't like retro fitted HID kits)?

 

[dabcabc]

I put the power through a couple of relays so the high startup draw doesn't cause any issues, however as there's no drain on the light wiring it's displaying the "bulb out" warning light on the dash. Looking at the HID relay wiring diagram posted elsewhere on this forum, I can see I've wired it ever so slightly differently, with the power tripping the relay going back into the wiring circuit rather than on to a ground, so will have a play at some point and see if that solves it.

Otherwise I can always use VAG-COM to change it so it think it's running Xenons from factory and get rid of the warning light. It's not caused any problems with the lights/flickering or going out.

 

[H8T WP]

well, i just got these for my fog lights !

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XENON-H3-SUPE...ryZ72235QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

for a fiver its worth a try.

 

[shuikit]

I'm about to ask a stupid question and I apologise!

Does changing the bulb affect the alignment? I had to go through the hassle of going back to the dealer to get mine aligned properly already and don't particularly want to go back again!

 

[Donnyboy]

Ive tried tonnes of bulbs in my cupra, most sidelights i tried look yellow compared to the Xenons what are the whitest ?

these : http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=16340 ??

I found these to be a better match for the xenons than the blue vision 501's. Got them free with my H1 Blue visions for the main beam.

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/product.php?productid=16339&cat=597&page=1

 

[Jon TDI]

I'm about to ask a stupid question and I apologise!

Does changing the bulb affect the alignment? I had to go through the hassle of going back to the dealer to get mine aligned properly already and don't particularly want to go back again!

You shouldn't need to get them aligned.....................unless you knock something seriously out of place.

 

[wheelwright]

I'm about to ask a stupid question and I apologise!

Does changing the bulb affect the alignment? I had to go through the hassle of going back to the dealer to get mine aligned properly already and don't particularly want to go back again!

It's possible you have put the bulb in at a slight angle, have a look side on[from
outside the car ] at the headlight and you will be able to tell if the bulb is sitting correctly.

The bulb should be central to the shield in front of it, not pointing up or down.