Randomfry Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Whipped in a set of 10000k hid bulbs over the weekend. Also changed the full beam h7 bulbs to "hid matching bulbs" although they don't match Before After (with full beams on) After (with dipped beam on) Quote
Vik54 Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Have you had it out at night yet......is there a vast improvement on the dipped? I find the dipped a bl**dy nightmare Quote
Randomfry Posted March 8, 2010 Author Posted March 8, 2010 Ermm not a huge difference to be honest. I just prefer the colour. If you want they brighter you could change the bulbs from 35w to 55w but i'm not sure if you have to replace the ballasts for that. Quote
Number86 Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Where did you get the bulbs from dude? I fancy something a little whiter. 10k is a bit blue I reckon though. Im not sure how good the pre facelift lights are. But does anyone find the HID's on the 06's to be @*!#. I'm really not impressed with mine at all. They look the part, and are better than halogens, but not by much. I think changing he ballasts would be an expensive affair as well EDIT: I should add, increasing the colour temp will only reduce the brightness. Not increase it. Quote
Randomfry Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 I got them from xenonshop.com. £50 for the HID replacements, the H7 bulbs and postage. Quote
marzman Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Nice mate, much better. I've got 8000k and they're pure white, and match my custom LED's perfectly Quote
Number86 Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 8k looks great in that picture. But I think anything over 6k and you're bordering on ricer. Headlights shouldn't be blue, or purple. Like so: and stolen from another forum: 3000k - 2800 lumens 4300K - 3200 lumens 6000K - 2600 lumens 8000K - 2200 lumens OEM HIDs are usually around 4300k. Quote
UNABASHED Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Am I correct in thinking that the normal lights are D2R's, the side lights are 501's and the full beams are H7's? Also, I have an 03 import, how easy are these to fit? Quote
marzman Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Am I correct in thinking that the normal lights are D2R's, the side lights are 501's and the full beams are H7's? Also, I have an 03 import, how easy are these to fit? Yes yes yes and not easy! Bumper off job to change the headlight bulbs. Also, do u definitely have hid's as many jdm's had them disabled for the sva. Quote
UNABASHED Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Am I correct in thinking that the normal lights are D2R's, the side lights are 501's and the full beams are H7's? Also, I have an 03 import, how easy are these to fit? Yes yes yes and not easy! Bumper off job to change the headlight bulbs. Also, do u definitely have hid's as many jdm's had them disabled for the sva. my lights are pretty lame tbh, which is why I was thinking of the upgrade of bulbs. I will be removing the bumper this weekend anyway to fit some mesh so I'll check then - if the HID's have been disabled will the ballasts etc still be there to use and what lights will they have used in the place of HID's? Quote
Number86 Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 It'll be pretty obvious if you've got HID's or not just by looking at the lights when you turn them on! Quote
Gervais Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 HID's are a lot sharper when they turn on and they get brighter if you watch them for the first few secs. Quote
UNABASHED Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 It'll be pretty obvious if you've got HID's or not just by looking at the lights when you turn them on! HID's are a lot sharper when they turn on and they get brighter if you watch them for the first few secs. Well that's what I thought. But my lights do not seem very sharp to me, certainly not as sharp as previous sets of HID's I've used. But when I turn lights on they do the whole warming up and getting brighter to begin with which is usually a indication of HID's? Where are the ballasts on the zed as I guess that would be the best way to find out for sure? Quote
Number86 Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 HID's warm up as you put it. Also, when starting up from cold, they almost "spark" into life. Very bright for a split second (20,000 volt ignition!), then very dim. They then brighten up and change colour over the course of 10 or so seconds. Standard halogens don't show these characteristics. They simply turn on up to full brightness within about a second. You'll also notice HIDs shut off instantly. The gas is either on/off essentially with no transition. Halogens fade off, as the filament cools, like an ordinary light bulb. No Idea where the ballasts are. Honestly though, it's easy to tell with the above, with the corresponding behaviours. Quote
Gervais Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 When I said sharper I meant what number86 said when he said they spark into life, I was just poor at describing it Definately sounds like you have them though, admittedly they are not as bright as the kit I fitted to my previous golf but I still find they are a vast improvement over halogens. Quote
UNABASHED Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I'm taking bumper off this weekend so I'll have a closer look, whatever they are they need upgrading soon! thread hijack over Quote
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