Headlight upgrade
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I also thought this, ended up doing same as my last two cars and getting the extreme brilliance from halfrauds on BOGOF which seems to be a permenant offer. not too expensive, and slightly brighter than standard!
Osram Nightbreakers are pretty good, better than the OEM crap! They're doing me for now untill i upgrade to HID's.
It really is no hassle fitting HID's. Done mine in 20 mins and cant recommend them enough.
Really is minimum hassle to fit HIDs.
One of the biggest jobs is finding a place to locate the ballasts. Apart from that it's pretty much plug and play
been there done that
learn from my mistake, go for hids!, its very simple! and about £10 more than good blubs (£40) got mine from hids4u on ebay
took about 10 secs to drill the plastic cover, and the rest is dead simple (i.e. plug and play)
I wish now i didn't go for the 6000k, as at most angles they look blue, however, some angles they look white. it think i'll try the 4300k ones when these go, but had them ages and have been fine
also, its safer to drive as you can see so much more!
learn from my mistake, go for hids!, its very simple! and about £10 more than good blubs (£40) got mine from hids4u on ebay
took about 10 secs to drill the plastic cover, and the rest is dead simple (i.e. plug and play)
I wish now i didn't go for the 6000k, as at most angles they look blue, however, some angles they look white. it think i'll try the 4300k ones when these go, but had them ages and have been fine
also, its safer to drive as you can see so much more!
Ye i've got the extreme bulbs from halfords just now.
Well from what you're all saying its easy peasy!
Although i did hear that the headlight height adjust in the car becomes defunct?
Can you set the height yourself or do you need to take it to the garage?
Well from what you're all saying its easy peasy!
Although i did hear that the headlight height adjust in the car becomes defunct?
Can you set the height yourself or do you need to take it to the garage?
Don't buy 4300k, they are as yellow as standard halogen bulbs! I replaced my 6k for the same reason as you but then the 4300k were rubbish so I put the 6k back in
To clear a couple of queries up:
1. Fitting HIDs doesn't stop the headlamp adjuster from working, mine works perfectly.
2. 5000K is the pure white light that you're after.
1. Fitting HIDs doesn't stop the headlamp adjuster from working, mine works perfectly.
2. 5000K is the pure white light that you're after.
I too thought HIDs would be a pain in the ars to fit. But to be honest it was just as easy as swaping a normal bulb!
i think im gonna get myself a set of HIDs soon. heard Hids4u is the best place so will probably give them a try.
think i'll go for the 5000k as i'm not overly keen on the blue look. will also get the xenon look side bulbs as well to match. from looking at the headlights it doesn look much harder to fit them than it does to change the bulbs any way.
is it a bit of a pain to fit the ballast then?? Do you need to water proof it in some way as well?
think i'll go for the 5000k as i'm not overly keen on the blue look. will also get the xenon look side bulbs as well to match. from looking at the headlights it doesn look much harder to fit them than it does to change the bulbs any way.
is it a bit of a pain to fit the ballast then?? Do you need to water proof it in some way as well?
I've got 6000k and mine aren't blue. I think it also depends on quality of bulbs you get with the kit more than anything!
Personally I just cable tied mine securely, making sure non of it touches metal (as apparently this can short circuit it or something). Also any exposed wiring I just wrapped in leccy tape
p.s. where abouts in Chester you from mate?
I've got some of them, they're rubbish, not a patch on some I got from Motor World for the LC TDi. Wide spread but not very far.
Thinking of finally going HID. Will see.
I've got 6000k and mine aren't blue. I think it also depends on quality of bulbs you get with the kit more than anything!
Personally I just cable tied mine securely, making sure non of it touches metal (as apparently this can short circuit it or something). Also any exposed wiring I just wrapped in leccy tape
p.s. where abouts in Chester you from mate?
sounds dead easy then in that case.
I live in Hoole and work in the city centre. How about u?
My ex-girlfriend used to go to Bangor Uni. More years ago now than i care to remember though!
sounds dead easy then in that case.
I live in Hoole and work in the city centre. How about u?
My ex-girlfriend used to go to Bangor Uni. More years ago now than i care to remember though!
Yeah it really is easy as it sounds! I was expecting it to take me over an hour like the instructions said & what others have said. But I was done in 15mins
Ah cool, I'm not in Chester itself just outside in small village called Huxley if you know it? (close to Tattenhall & Tarporley). What you driving? I don't see many Leons round Chester!
Yeah it really is easy as it sounds! I was expecting it to take me over an hour like the instructions said & what others have said. But I was done in 15mins
Ah cool, I'm not in Chester itself just outside in small village called Huxley if you know it? (close to Tattenhall & Tarporley). What you driving? I don't see many Leons round Chester!
not heard of Huxley but know Tattenhall & Tarporley.
bought a black 03 LCR last weekend so should now start seeing it around. Needs a good clean mind!!
that was one of the things that appealed me to the cupras, never really see that many around. was either gonna get that or a CTR but see loads of them around.
That won't change! Cleaned mine Sunday about 3-4pm, went for a drive and came home about 8pm, needs a wash!
not many people have heard of Huxley, tiny little place out in the country!Similar threads
