HID Bulbs

[cupralooks]

Hi All I have seen loads of threads for HID conversion kits, but I am not sure on 2 thinks:

1. What bulbs do I need so that they will fit my car?? H7???

What are these 6000k, 9000k???

What has everyone got??

Cheers

Alex

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Most people have the 6000k ones mate

 

[cupralooks]

Most people have the 6000k ones mate

How blue are 6000k??

What have people done for their side lights??

Cheers

Alex

 

[Myki da Pyki]

There pretty blue from what ive seen mate. The 8000k are more towards purple than blue.

And side lights they've been using leds but would have to be white ones as blue isnt legal of course

 

[cupralooks]

What are the ones that are really white like on the mercs??, that you can see on the motorway from miles away??

Cheers

 

[Myki da Pyki]

The lower the number the whiter they are so a 4000k would be what ur after

 

[cupralooks]

So are they all the same brightness or the whiter you go the brighter they are??

Are you able to get high and low beam for our cars??

Cheers

Alex

 

[Fl@pper]

the whiter or 'lower' the number the better in principle as it is allowing a fuller of spectrum of colour and hence full brightness

the higher numbers lose the white hence being more blue /purple etc but are in fact dimmer to a degree

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Yeh its brighter the whiter they are mate. To get them for both high and low beems you'd need 2 kits mate

 

[cupralooks]

But on my car the main beam and the low beam are all in one bulb

 

[Fl@pper]

sounds like you need a H4 kit - ibiza 1.4 ye ?

theres 2 kits usually too choose from

bi-xenon which is HID for both low and high beam filaments and is usually more expensive as its effectively 2 kits

low hid/halogen high which is a dual filament but only the low beam is hid cheaper too

depends how often you really use high beam in all honestly

 

[cupralooks]

Yes its a 1.4 so I need H4.

I live in the country so use high beem all the time at night.

So do I need 'bi-xenon' then if I want both high beam and low beam??

 

[Fl@pper]

So do I need 'bi-xenon' then if I want both high beam and low beam??

ye if you want the top dog then both elements HID or bi-xenon as sometimes described just double check the small print to make sure before you buy as they can be dearer the double ones

you'll see descriptions like this to avoid :

H4 HID Conversion Kit
Single low beam kit. This Kit comes with 2 ballasts, 2 HID light bulbs, wiring harness, screws, and other necessary hardware needed for installation. Easy installation with instruction manual

heres a pic with the different types so very simialr to look at


this is the sort of thing your after - looking about they have dropped price too so are not that much more anyway

H4 (H/L) HID KIT (6000K)
Package Contents:
• 2 bulbs (H4 High / Low - Bi-Xenon

is the sort of thing your after - looking about they have dropped price too so are not that much more anyway

 

[cupralooks]

ye if you want the top dog then both elements HID or bi-xenon as sometimes described just double check the small print to make sure before you buy as they can be dearer the double ones

you'll see descriptions like this to avoid :


heres a pic with the different types so very simialr to look at


this is the sort of thing your after - looking about they have dropped price too so are not that much more anyway

H4 (H/L) HID KIT (6000K)
Package Contents:
• 2 bulbs (H4 High / Low - Bi-Xenon

is the sort of thing your after - looking about they have dropped price too so are not that much more anyway

Is this what I want???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=350022115234&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=022

Cheers

Alex

 

[Fl@pper]

*With BIXENON Kits, the bulb Extends & Retracts to switch between HI and LO Beams.

spot on from whats written there ye and a bargain too - might order some and box em up for the one dark day the Hotrod appears on a road -

*edit* only 1 kit - so ill leave em to you as ill be retired by the time i need some

 

[cupralooks]

spot on from whats written there ye and a bargain too - might order some and box em up for the one dark day the Hotrod appears on a road -

Well you might as well, they are bi-xenon for £50.

Cant really complain about that

What hotrod are you building??

What lump are you putting in it??

Chevy V8 would be wicked with a supercharger

 

[Fl@pper]

Well you might as well, they are bi-xenon for £50.
What hotrod are you building??
What lump are you putting in it??
Ch*vy V8 would be wicked with a supercharger

1 - 1927 ford model t roadster
2 - Rover v8 to start off but building a 4.0 tvr block up at moment TSC
3 - should be a swear filter added for that word

a TVR 4.0 with 2 of em should be fun too

been offered a 540 ali big block ford complete but i think nearly 20k is a bit steep for one of my scrap rods

 

[DaNnY_LaD]

look in my advata my hids are 6000k

 

[cupralooks]

look in my advata my hids are 6000k

They look rather bright, Do you find the HIDs much better??

Is it easy to adjust them as you dont want to go around blinding everyone??

 

[DaNnY_LaD]

yup 100% better yeh u cn adjust them