anyone running HID lights in a R
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d2wul
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i got the 6000k they look good at nite, got them off fleebay for 60 quid
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wolvogtir
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I got some 6000k in mine too, they look sooo kool at night, as long as the beam setting is ok then no MOT issue's although to be road legal you should have headlight washers and self setting beam ie of suspension.
For decent light output, you don't want to go any higher than 6000k for the colour temperature. In a lamp housing that is not designed for HID light output, you'll get a white light with the 6000k kit. If you go any lower on the colour temp scale, you'll start to get a yellower light output.
If you do a search, I posted up a link to the kit I bought last year. They are a true bi-xenon kit that gives you HID dipped and high beam, not the usual HID dipped beam and halogen high beam.
The kit was £109 all in from a UK based ebayer who also parts for the kits.
I had 90/100w halogen bulbs previously and obviously they were bright but, they're nothing in comparison to the HID kit. As the light is white as well, you'll see even more detail on the road.
Paul
If you do a search, I posted up a link to the kit I bought last year. They are a true bi-xenon kit that gives you HID dipped and high beam, not the usual HID dipped beam and halogen high beam.
The kit was £109 all in from a UK based ebayer who also parts for the kits.
I had 90/100w halogen bulbs previously and obviously they were bright but, they're nothing in comparison to the HID kit. As the light is white as well, you'll see even more detail on the road.
Paul
Read my post mate....GTiR_Spin said:
And to add, the kit I got uses a solenoid (all built into the bulb assembly) to move the bulb in and out, to change the way the lense focuses the light. So, you don't get any loss of light in the dip to full beam transition.
You will see no difference in the way the lights operate, they all use the stock light switch and dip/full control.GTiR_Spin said:
Paul
I've got some Hid's and they look the dogs swingers at night. As for being legal, I read recently that it's nothing to do with the actual bulbs being illegal, it's the lens, to make them legal you must get a lens that is specifically designed for the bulbs, something weird like that.
forgive my stupidity, but do GTIR headlights have reflector housings or something? HID's are something I have wanted to look into for the car for a long time, but supposedly putting HID's into headlights with reflector housings is a bad idea (too bright or distracting for oncoming traffic?)??
GTiR_Mic
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I got ming form the Xenon Shop for £180 delivered they cover Low & High Beam, put them in my Evo.
Mic
http://www.xenonshop.co.uk/
Mic
http://www.xenonshop.co.uk/
Davie Houston
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I have them fitted to my R and they are the dogs dangly bits!!
I got mine from www.HIDS4U.co.uk.
And the kit is a bi-xenon one so you get dipped and full beam HID light.
The kit should have been £150 but through another forum i use we had a 40% discount set up so my kit was £89 delivered next day!!!
Straight forward fitment also - was all plug and play too.
They also come with a 2 year warranty with this mob too.
I got mine from www.HIDS4U.co.uk.
And the kit is a bi-xenon one so you get dipped and full beam HID light.
The kit should have been £150 but through another forum i use we had a 40% discount set up so my kit was £89 delivered next day!!!
Straight forward fitment also - was all plug and play too.
They also come with a 2 year warranty with this mob too.
That's right mate. They won't measure light output at MOT time, just where the beam pattern is aiming. The same would be true if you got pulled over by plod, and one of the inspection unit officers checked the car over....Garef said:
Exactly mate. Any light housing/optics designed for halogen bulbs, simply won't function correctly with HID lights due to the 3 fold increase in light output. This will result in spikes in the light pattern on the road and/or extreme glare for oncoming traffic.CanadianR said:
You'll notice that cars fitted with HID lights, usually utilise projector type housings/optics (like a minature fish bowl). These have a piece of metal inside, that is shaped in a distinct way, to cut off the light output at a pre-defined height, as well as the internal shaping of the optics.
When I fitted my kit, I needed to lower the beam on the O/S/F just about a qtr of a turn and it's been fine, not flashes from anyone. Because of the sheer amount of light on the road, you'll not notice the difference in the slightly withdrawn beam pattern.
I left the N/S/F as it was and it lights up road signs from miles away but, again, if I sit behind a car, at a decent distance, the beam pattern height is still way below where it would cause glare in the rear view mirror. In fact, it's usually half way between the bumper and bottom edge of the rear window.
Paul
Davie Houston
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A will get some pics up of my ballasts, their about 4" x 3", so very easily hidin in the inner wings, no probs at all.
tenfoloten
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have you got pics about R with xenon kit?