HutchGlanzaV
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Came to a total of just over £50 so still isn't too bad in guess. Some sites are charging £100 plus!
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yeh same here, haven't seen them for less than €130
kellygt
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The lower the K the whiter the light they produce if you go up the scale they become more blueish its pretty simple to understand all you need to do is find the kit that corresponds to the bulbs in your car and there pretty easy to install and I wouldn't recommend buying them E bay ones all you have to do is make up your mind what kit you want the ones I had were xenon hid on the low beam and trust me you didn't need a high beam they were that good the high beam was just a normal bulb anyway but you can get ones with xenon hid on the low and high beam
td04 project:)
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great thread boys, was driving home 2nyt and one of my hid's have kicked the bucket so if it turns out to be the wee converter box thing thats gone i will be getting some from your link wes
great thread boys, was driving home 2nyt and one of my hid's have kicked the bucket so if it turns out to be the wee converter box thing thats gone i will be getting some from your link wes
no prob, they do replacement parts fairly cheap also!
dan_ep82
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agree with AdDaMan im affraid, it is impossible to focus hids correctly unless used with a projector lense
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dan_ep82
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just for Anyone interested:
Vehicles equipped with HID headlamps are required by ECE regulation 48 also to be equipped with headlamp lens cleaning systems and automatic beam levelling control. Both of these measures are intended to reduce the tendency for high-output headlamps to cause high levels of glare to other road users. In North America, ECE R48 does not apply and while lens cleaners and beam levellers are permitted, they are not required;[33] HID headlamps are markedly less prevalent in the US, where they have produced significant glare complaints.[34] Scientific study of headlamp glare has shown that for any given intensity level, the light from HID headlamps is 40% more glaring than the light from tungsten-halogen headlamps.[35]
Lack of backward-compatibility
The arc light source in an HID headlamp is fundamentally different in size, shape, orientation, and luminosity distribution compared to the filament light source used in tungsten-halogen headlamps. For that reason, HID-specific optics are used to collect and distribute the light. HID burners cannot effectively or safely be installed in optics designed to take filament bulbs; doing so results in improperly-focused beam patterns and excessive glare, and is therefore illegal in almost all countries.[38] Moreover, most developed countries enforce the ECE Regulation requirement that HID headlamps be equipped with lens cleaning and automatic headlamp self-levelling systems, which usually are absent on vehicles not originally equipped with HID lamps.
Vehicles equipped with HID headlamps are required by ECE regulation 48 also to be equipped with headlamp lens cleaning systems and automatic beam levelling control. Both of these measures are intended to reduce the tendency for high-output headlamps to cause high levels of glare to other road users. In North America, ECE R48 does not apply and while lens cleaners and beam levellers are permitted, they are not required;[33] HID headlamps are markedly less prevalent in the US, where they have produced significant glare complaints.[34] Scientific study of headlamp glare has shown that for any given intensity level, the light from HID headlamps is 40% more glaring than the light from tungsten-halogen headlamps.[35]
Lack of backward-compatibility
The arc light source in an HID headlamp is fundamentally different in size, shape, orientation, and luminosity distribution compared to the filament light source used in tungsten-halogen headlamps. For that reason, HID-specific optics are used to collect and distribute the light. HID burners cannot effectively or safely be installed in optics designed to take filament bulbs; doing so results in improperly-focused beam patterns and excessive glare, and is therefore illegal in almost all countries.[38] Moreover, most developed countries enforce the ECE Regulation requirement that HID headlamps be equipped with lens cleaning and automatic headlamp self-levelling systems, which usually are absent on vehicles not originally equipped with HID lamps.