HID question!

[C11PRA DC]

Hi all,

Just purchased a 6000K (H1) HID kit for the Ibiza!

Question though!

As it has separate dipped/main beams, if the dipped are the HID's, will switching to main and back cause failure/damage?

IIRC switching to main beam switch's off the dipped and I am worried the HID's won't like it! or there will be a delay!


Cheers!

DC

 

[m0rk]

there is....

currently I just never feel the need to use main beams

though I've got to just work out what rewiring I need to do for constant low beam

 

[C11PRA DC]

there is....

currently I just never feel the need to use main beams

though I've got to just work out what rewiring I need to do for constant low beam

Is it still possible to flash! - ie for indicating to on coming traffic, letting people out of side roads (I'am good like that!) etc.

I'am rubbish at creative wiring so would be interested in any solution you may find!

Cheers!

DC

 

[C11PRA DC]

Also would permanent dipped combined with HID main not overload the wiring? hence the reason its either one or the other as standard!


Cheers!

DC

 

[Grunter]

do you know the wattage of the new unit main and dip?

just had a look through the wiring diagram and the feed for the main and dip pass through the same contactor in the light switch, the flash position is fed direct from the battery which is why it doesnt burn out when you flash.

you could fit a relay that takes its feed from the red/yellow wire at the dip/flash switch, takes its switching feed from the white/black wire at the same switch and gives its supply to the yellow wire.

red/yellow = batt +
white/black = + supply from light switch
yellow = + to dip beam via fuse1/fuse2

This would allow you to run dip continuously without damaging the lighting switch, still need to know the power rating of the new unit though to get the correct relay.

A side effect of doing this is that the headlamp adjustment is also fed from the dip and will now be able to be adjusted whenever the lights are on as opposed to just on dip as before

HTH

 

[Czechboy]

Trust me, once you will have the HIDs installed and aligned properly you will hardly ever switch to high beam. Secondly, when you want to flash people, its only your high beams that flash as the low beams don't get turned on for flashing. And finally, the constant low beam won't do the wiring any bad as the HIDs actually use less current then normal filament bulbs do. Its just the start up that uses lots of current (hence why peoples dials die for a second when you turn on the HIDs) but a relay will sort that problem out.

Mig

 

[crezz]

after buying new bulbs and them blowing on me within 2 weeks im thinking of going to hid's. where did every one get theres to?

 

[Roelích]

They're kinda illegal by the way.

 

[crezz]

i thought they were but, its justed pi$$ed me off that i only just upgraded my bulbs and they blew within 2 weeks

 

[Czechboy]

They're kinda illegal by the way.

By far the best illegal mod I've ever had. Personally I got them professionally aligned and never had any problems with the law in the year I had them on the valver. And you could see sooooooo much better in the dark. In fact they were so good I'm getting a set for the polo (even tho I said I'm not going to modify a single thing on it )

where did every one get theres to?

www.mydepots.com

take about 10 days to deliver

Mig

 

[crezz]

im in disbelief now, i took the bulbs that i thought were blown out and the filiments are still intact?? all the metal fitment has gone purple? looks like they have got hot. any ideas?

 

[Mckellar]

its kind of catch 22 with HID's
I've seen people installing a main beam HID kit and thinking they were dipped, and getting pulled.

I picked my car up in feb this year, installed them in the beefeater carpark the day i got them for driving home and never even been warned about them, and passed an MOT with them (although the mot station aligned them for me for free)

When HIDs are on, you wont use main beam, even on the dark back roads.

Re: flashing oncoming traffic, with low beam HID u can stick flick the stalk and it will flash, a yellow light compared to a crisp white/tinted blue light as you will be used to.

Ive had HIDs on both my ibizas, best "sensible" mod ever.

 

[crezz]

did you need to install a relay for the beeza's? some say you might?

 

[Czechboy]

When HIDs are on, you wont use main beam, even on the dark back roads.

Re: flashing oncoming traffic, with low beam HID u can stick flick the stalk and it will flash, a yellow light compared to a crisp white/tinted blue light as you will be used to.

+1

Problem is that I've gone from HIDs to crappy angel eyes which just so happen to be LHD and are running on some cheap ass bulbs. I'm driving blind as a bat, I even managed to miss my home sliproad due to not seing it

 

[crezz]

if i were to get a hid conversion would i just want the dipped? i hardly use full beam now as it is?

 

[CraigW]

In fact they were so good I'm getting a set for the polo (even tho I said I'm not going to modify a single thing on it

Its one of those things, once you have got the modifying bug you cant stop and just cant help yourself. Even if you say to yourself and promise yourself that you aren't going to modify.

I wasn't going to modify my Ibiza when I got it. I swore to myself I wouldn't, all I can say is that didnt last long.

 

[C11PRA DC]

Ok decided that I will fit these!

Question though! - Do the ballasts generate heat and is it necessary that they are mounted using the metal brackets they come supplied with/in?

As I don't want to drill any holes (other than the back of headlight) Iam thinking of not using the bracket and just using the double sided adhesive pad and zip ties! - but Iam worried about heat!


DC

 

[MarkW]

I'm baffled how people fit these to the ibiza's as the headlights are sealed with the wiring? DO people rewire the loom into the light or what?

 

[Czechboy]

I'm baffled how people fit these to the ibiza's as the headlights are sealed with the wiring? DO people rewire the loom into the light or what?

Easy, one connector goes to the wire that normaly plugs to the back of your normal bulb, the second goes to the headlights earth (little brown connector at the bottom right, really close to the bulb). Job done

Mig

 

[MarkW]

Yeah, but the bulb is sealed? Well on mine its sealed? There is a little black plastic cover that seals over the connector going into the bulb? Cannot see how you can get any wire into there without opening it up to condensation?