HID crimbo present

[Nath.]

or use a dremil thingy with the small grinding wheel attachment like I did

 

[Aimez]

ah I think we have a dremil thing in the garage I will have to try that, I don't want to drill lots of small holes, I already have a few small holes drilled to stop the misting of the healights, that took long enough.

 

[rashcupra]

took long enough you sure you had the drill on clockwise or on reverse! should take 2 secs to push through!

would take about 1minuite to drill a circle of holes and then file it out!

 

[CHR15B]

Use a hole saw, I got a kit on eBay fairly cheaply and it done the trick for me and another couple of local people on the forum!

Looks spot on Nath - after fitting a set to my Toledo for the first time nearly three years ago - I'll never have a car without them now!

 

[Aimez]

we had crap drill bits that didn't fit the drill properly is what the problem was. I guess I'm just being lazy after moaning about the bits taking so long to arrive I haven't fitted them! Will definetly sort someting, wll be next year now as I have to work and I feek too ill to move much today!

 

[st10587]

ok the hole you cut out is that just for the wires to go through or is that how the replacement bulb fits? does the bulb fit in the way the oem one does?

 

[Nath.]

the hole in the rear cover is just for the non OEM wiring to go to and from the ballast (high voltage power supply)

the xenon HID bulb is a h7 fitment and goes in just the same as an OEM one

the simple way to do it is like I did, here is a pic of the kit for 1 headlight
>>>>>

the red plug goes into where the old OEM bulb was, 12v wiring goes out of the rear headlight cover through your drilled hole to the ballast (high voltage power supply), then the high voltage wiring goes from the ballast back through the hole and plugs into the xenon bulb in the normal place

hope that helps

 

[st10587]

ok thats fairly awsome. def a thing ill be looking into when i get a newer more powerful ibiza! (hopefully feb!!!)

 

[Tall-Paul]

They look great, i think ill get some when my student loan come through Do they still fade when you steer whilst idling?

 

[kriso]

Do they still fade when you steer whilst idling?

Actually I would think they shouldn't do this if they are HIDs - another excuse for me to get some

 

[CHR15B]

They look great, i think ill get some when my student loan come through Do they still fade when you steer whilst idling?

I don't get that no.

Infact, the only thing I see which moves when I move the wheel at idle is the volt meter and the rev counter ever so slightly.

 

[Nath.]

well I had some spare time today to tidy up my passenger side ballast, I don't know if others have done this but maybe/maybe not, I would have thought the derv would have a bigger battery but any way here are some pics

cut a slot in the battery cover in the corner for the wiring

looks nice and tidy with the lid on

sorted out the drivers side one and made it sit a bit more square

just the dipped beam HID's with the halfrauds LED style side lights (prob look better at night TBH)

High beam looking very yellow

 

[Aimez]

Nice one, don't think there is space by my battery though but I'll go check as the ballast is cable tyed in front of the battery at the mo looks crap!
Looks like your drivers side was easy I had to injure myself putting the ballast near the wing through the smalles gap ever worrying id drop it! Diesel engine is a nightmare no space at all, I want to get LED side lights as they look rubbish at the mo!

 

[phil_monk]

Thats a pritty tidy kit, i like the way they have made it "plug and play".

 

[Aimez]

mine is the same really just I used the battery harness to be safe

 

[Nath.]

Thats a pritty tidy kit, i like the way they have made it "plug and play".

yes thanks although it was an expensive kit £139, all metal none of this plastic bulb bodys and cheep electrical connectors

a very nice kit indeed

Aimes my side lights look well cool, got them from halfrauds although they don't show up well in my pics as the camera closes down due to the HID light near by

think they show up better here on the passenger (halogen) side with camera tweeks

 

[Aimez]

yes they look really good in that pic, should I just look for LEDs 501 in halfords? Are they expensive rashcupra bought some LEDs online for £14 and they blew after a few days and I heard similar stories. How long you had the LEDs in?

 

[CHR15B]

Looks good Nath ... shame the TDI battery fills it up more or I'd have moved mines in there too!

 

[Nath.]

yes they look really good in that pic, should I just look for LEDs 501 in halfords? Are they expensive rashcupra bought some LEDs online for £14 and they blew after a few days and I heard similar stories. How long you had the LEDs in?

think they have been in there a year now, think they were about 8 quid

the thing to remember is that they are a diode and as such they need to be connected with the correct polarity (pluss and minus the right way round)

with mine they did say on the packet that you must not connect them with the wrong polarity, I made sure on mine with a test metre but maybe some people do connect them wrong at first, scratch their head for a few mins then switch them round

I can't help thinking that this is why some people have problems with flickering and only lasting a few days

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Put mine in tonight. They seem a lot brighter! Just hope they last!