Frustrated with 'xenon look' bulbs!!!!!

[Rawibizafr]

I have been through 4 different sets of bulbs. I have had:

Ring Sportz Blue
Grant 8500K 'blue' look bulbs
Ring xenon max
MTEK bulbs

All of these I have tried fitting to my ibiza and they have a slight white light but they still have the yellow light that you get with ordinary bulbs! Does anyone know any brand of bulb which will give a true HID look?
I have thought about a hid kit however really don't want to go down that route.
Would appreciate any advice!

 

[mankyboy]

I bought TriPlus bulbs.

They look great, but most importantly they work great. Far better than the standard bulbs, which weren't much better than a candle ....

I replaced all 4 headlights & fogs - much safer when driving at night ot low visability.

Listed as 3,850k colour temprature - only problem ( if it matters to you ? ) is they're 100w !

I bought them off eBay years ago - can't remember how much, but they weren't dear.

Here's the manufacturers website - www.triplus-euro.co.uk

 

[Seat-Ibiza-jake]

Just get HID's

make sure they're Canbus so you don't get any error's.

I bought mine from ebay they were £44.something

fitted them well in about 30/40 minutes. Job's a good un.

 

[Dsgfr11]

Ultra power bulbs are your friends

 

[Big-Pete]

23quid, for my HIDS 6000k slim balast 55w. well worth it.

 

[Rawibizafr]

Cheers guys. I am starting to edge towards buying a HID kit!

 

[adamb87]

ultra bulbs were good for me also

 

[jaybro187]

pete if you recall i bought the same hids as you but have since removed them for my mot and prob gonna put back in, i cant get them to line up proper on the floor it seems to cross over and leave a line in the middle, any joy to sort it? or how did you get yours done

 

[Big-Pete]

pete if you recall i bought the same hids as you but have since removed them for my mot and prob gonna put back in, i cant get them to line up proper on the floor it seems to cross over and leave a line in the middle, any joy to sort it? or how did you get yours done

erm

i just bought em.

and installed em where the bulbs where. no messing about, but then i have a boc, with H7 bulbs :/

been fine since i had the car been in since feb and caused 0 probs. touch wood!¬

 

[minnnt]

Yep, go for the HID's mate. £23 delivered, fitted in about 15 minutes. And I have zero skills with stuff like this.

You could always go the other way and fir the yellow rainbow bulbs.

 

[5DRBLK]

I bought HIDs also,

One of the best things I have ever done to my car, look great, and give amazing visability,

I went with some H7R's in the hope that they would stop the glare, but sadly, the coating that makes them a H7R comes off quite easily!

 

[BobbyT]

Yep, go for the HID's mate. £23 delivered, fitted in about 15 minutes. And I have zero skills with stuff like this.

You could always go the other way and fir the yellow rainbow bulbs.

Got a link please?

 

[jaybro187]

erm

i just bought em.

and installed em where the bulbs where. no messing about, but then i have a boc, with H7 bulbs :/

been fine since i had the car been in since feb and caused 0 probs. touch wood!¬

ive got the 1.4 5dr sport and bought the h7s. do i need the h7rs?

 

[Ben-ibizaFR]

Yep, go for the HID's mate. £23 delivered, fitted in about 15 minutes. And I have zero skills with stuff like this.

You could always go the other way and fir the yellow rainbow bulbs.

Do you have to make a hole in the light dust cap to allow the HID wiring loom in or can you leave it intact ? And still maintain a gd seal another way ?

 

[Big-Pete]

Do you have to make a hole in the light dust cap to allow the HID wiring loom in or can you leave it intact ? And still maintain a gd seal another way ?

i made a hole in mine, and theres a rubber seal around it.

 

[Ben-ibizaFR]

what is the light beam like ?

 

[Big-Pete]

what is the light beam like ?

its bright, and cut off is the same as halogen

 

[minnnt]

Yep, 25mm hole cut, push the wires through, clip the cover back in place and job done.

 

[Ben-ibizaFR]

So truly no going back to standard should you wish. Boo

 

[DEAN0]

So truly no going back to standard should you wish. Boo

I bought a pair of covers for £5 from the local breakers - the car they came off had two smashed lights ( along with a trashed front end )

Go buy a set before you do the HID mod so you can easily go back.