To HID or Not to HID

[depresion]

Has anyone got main as well? (I know they don't flash well). What is the bulb size for the main beam?

 

[fr-tdi]

u have pm guiness

 

[Guinness]

np matey replied to. Anyone else want the ebay item I bought was :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160196953304

 

[depresion]

Well I have Family in Geatshead so I may order some then pop up and let you cut your hands again.

 

[Matty.]

how come from HIDs4U its £250 but on eBay as Guinness posted... its like £50 odd?

is it a different kit or what?

 

[mhill]

all about quality i would guess

 

[Guinness]

yep, they arnt OEM quelity but, they are good non the less and my MOT centre aligned them fine. They are much much better though.

 

[RichieRich]

after i get paid i might get some to im used to my hands being cut lol

 

[Matty.]

would i be better just getting them from HIDs4U? then they are proper & legit etc

 

[RichieRich]

im considering going for the auto bulbs direct ones but at double the cost but they are digital ones? but all are not fully legal anyway unless u have light washers....

 

[mhill]

What is the diference between digital ones then? sounds like sales crap to me, how can a light source be anything but digital! Its either on or off!!!

 

[RichieRich]

the ballast is digital or somthing

 

[mhill]

surely all ballast's are digital though

 

[Guinness]

tbh a cheap kit is as good as any other kit really. Long as the light pattern is ok and light is an ok colour then Im not botherd. TBH £200+ for HIDS is mad, you might as well retro fit some from seat for that price

 

[Nath.]

digital

sounds like sales crap to me, a ballast is just a fancy high voltage power supply, not too different from an old fashioned ignition coil

anyone ??

 

[mhill]

exactly my point, Digital is on or off analogue is a varying fluctuation.

 

[kriso]

You can get ballasts known as Electrical ballasts, as opposed to magnetic ballasts. This is the same distinction between digital and analogue. The 'digital' ones use solid state circuitry as opposed to steel plates etc used in analogue ones which have been around for decades. They have a higher frequency output so less flickery and more efficient. TBH I dont think you would notice much difference when used in a car - they are less noisy too (not that you would notice).

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

not too different from an old fashioned ignition coil

anyone ??

Yerp! And I'm on 19!

Got one on my 1989 Mini.

 

[Nath.]

Yerp! And I'm on 19!

Got one on my 1989 Mini.

proper mini's are well cool, I have owned 6 of them in the past and 2 of them were quite spicy

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

proper mini's are well cool, I have owned 6 of them in the past and 2 of them were quite spicy

Ooooo! Tell! One of my mates has just put a 2.0 8v Vauxhall lump in his Mini!

Was in one of the latest Mini mags! I want to stick a Yamaha R1 engine under my bonnet. Apparently you have to put them in backwards to fit under the bonnet. And then change 7 reverse gears into 7 forward gears!