Which HID Kit to buy?

[LEE69]

H7 yeah plug and play you just need to drill the case you remove to accept the grommet on the loom for the HIDS.

 

[DannyC87]

yes plug and play and yes h7 for dipped beam, h1 for main beam.
lee beat me to it!

 

[CupraCal]

so pretty much like the previous set i had. ive PM'd you also LEE69

i wasnt too keen on the HID's i got fromEbay a while back, they where the 8000k H7's but wernt bright at all. n e ideas why

 

[CupraCal]

haha.. got some new lights for the side lights also which i might at try to swap over tonight. as above very sceptical about going back to HID's as they wernt bright at all and quite dangerousdriving back at night with not much light :S

 

[volvic]

i wasnt too keen on the HID's i got fromEbay a while back, they where the 8000k H7's but wernt bright at all. n e ideas why

that's because you purchased the 8k set. the higher up the range you go, the less light you'll throw on the road to see. Only reason people buy in the higher range is to get more of a blue hue, or the extreme get purple ones.(12k)

4300k is the best for actual driving and looks better than the blues anyway.
(4300k being the closest to day light than any other range)

 

[AdamRoutley]

the higher the number, the less bright they get..between 4300k and 6000k is about the brightest i believe

 

[CupraCal]

ahhhh ok i shall have to see if i can get a cheap set of 4300K's then. if anyone has a set pelase let me know cheers

 

[markgb]

Anyone got a link for the 4300?

 

[LEE69]

Just type 4300k hids into ebay.

 

[Nutkin]

theres a company who do em for £37.99 delivered.

 

[big eck]

I would NEVER use diane shop again lol

Got ripped off by them

 

[volvic]

taken from spudis's previous thread:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SUNSTAR-HID_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
search the shop for the slim ballasts, will be easier to fit. i think its on the 2nd page

whichever you go with, dont pay more than £45 for the kit delivered

 

[JU5 2 SLY]

I've read a few posts on where to get ur hids from and finally decided to go for hids4u - 2yr warranty, uk based (better customer service i hope if anything goes wrong *fingers crossed*) and that a few people on scn have had problems with ebay ones. But that obviously doesn't mean that everyone will have problems. So i fancied spending the extra cash for piece of mind plus i got a £40 discount through a discount code, so all in all i'm happy and just waiting to fit them.

 

[Mackers]

I would NEVER use diane shop again lol

Got ripped off by them

i second that, both myself and a mate ordered a set at the same time,........ mine lasted 3 hours his about 6hrs, sent them back recorded delivery (cost of £58) just to send them back, they still (4months later) claim they still not had them, hmmmm, stick to UK peeps
HID's DIRECT in manchester little bit more but any problems and they can't do enough to help you (apparently), altho mine are ok, just need the money back off diane shop

 

[AdamRoutley]

i too got done by dianne shop, i had them in for 3 weeks..and one ballast kept failing. didnt bother sending them back as i couldnt be bothered with the hassle..but this new set from a different shop seem the biz!

 

[StokieShinobi]

Got my 4.3K's in - very impressed not as "HID Look" as I thought however. Wanted them looking like Beemers / Mercs HIDS do - but mine seem a lot whiter. Perhaps I should have got the 6k's

Look a lot better than standard though so happy

 

[LEE69]

I have just replaced my 8k bulbs with 6k far brighter and the signs have lost a lot of the blue i shone them up with, still a very small tinge though.

 

[StokieShinobi]

So is it just the bulbs that need changing to convert from 4.3k to 6k for example - dont need to buy a whole new kit?

 

[LEE69]

Yeah just the bulbs £15 from ebay and take about 2 weeks to come from China

 

[StokieShinobi]

Ace will get some 6k's now - will be nice to see the difference between the two. Everybody with 6k's wish they had 4.3's. I have 4.3's and wish I had 6k's lol - so I'll get both