Ibiza Cupra Headlight Bulb Upgrade??

[cu51pra]

i can get the kits for £150 from a friend of mine

 

[h17och]

if you hunt around you can easily get them cheap enough! had mine 6months and no probs so i wouldnt worry about buying cheap ones!

HoocH

 

[cu51pra]

didnt yours fail the mot through h17och?

 

[h17och]

it did! i had the rong bulbs, long story, got correct bulbs and all is good

 

[Rick-24]

why wat bulbs did u have in when it failed on da mot?

 

[dj_bigfella]

any of you guys got the ebay link for the HID kits you've bought??

cheers

 

[rob1]

i noticed at the start of the thread it said it was easy to change a bulb on the cupra, when i tried changing my side light it was a nightmare. As i was determined not to take the battery out to get to the bulb cover i ended up even losing my metal clip for the cover DOH!

where was a going wrong?

 

[h17och]

we said headlight bulbs...you said sidelight bulbs....thats where your going wrong! side lights are a pain in the bom

 

[cuprabaz]

it did! i had the rong bulbs, long story, got correct bulbs and all is good

How do you mean wrong bulbs? Fitment or K rating??

I got 8000k.

 

[cuprabaz]

Baz's 8k HID's

 

[Essex_Cupra]

If i remember correctly its H7!

Drop down menu on the left.. click on it and scroll down to Osram Products - H7.. select that. The Silver Star bulbs then appear at the top!

H7 OSRAM Silver Star

50% brighter than standard lights.

Cone of Light up to 20m longer.

5 star rating

Road legal

£23.76 pair

These the correct ones for headlights or should i be buying the H1's?

 

[acidstrato]

H1 are the full beam bulb iirc

 

[PhilW]

H7 is main beam.

H1 is full beam

H4 is fogs

w5w is sidelights.

 

[Essex_Cupra]

I ended up with the Phillips £25.00 don't rate them at all unless i've fitted them wrong even vans have better light than me! 1 doesn't look perfectly straight so i'll re-do that and see if it makes any difference!

It wouldn't be because i put the pins from the bulb in the wrong connections would it?

 

[Mr Cupra]

Err... I think you'll find HID are High Intensity Discharge lamps... Completely different to Xenons.
dun-bri.com

 

[JIMYU]

these are my 10000k HID's for comparison:

Not bad for 60 notes!!

 

[Adam R]

i have had a Hid kit in my car for quite a while now. NO headlamp melting of any sort. i have the 6000k's brought from HERE. they look brilliant and i honeslty dont know how people cope with standard bulbs any more.

to be honest aswell i have 120W main beam bulbs (only when off road ) and they dont make a darn difference to the lighting in front of the car, i just raise the adjustment slightly and they are perfect!

 

[JIMYU]

the 10000ks are very good and a massive improvement over standard, but they're not as bright as 6000k's...but they are a pretty colour lol

haven't had any flashes from other drivers or police attention.

 

[ian_cupra]

i only paid 65 quid for some new HID's 8000k. best 65 quid i've spent i think

 

[Sharky_82]

Paid £71 for mine - 10 days later and 2 hours of labour -

very nice!!