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oh, i thought they couldnt be retro fitted to a car that wasnt designed for them originally? Might have to check up on this..
I've fitted a 8,000K HID kit to my Dads A6 (it has projecters as standard).
It does really take 20 mins to install, and you can very easily revert back to the standard lights for MOT time.
If you are converting, get some rubber rings to keep the rear cover of the headlamps sealed, the fit I've done to my dads A6 does look OEM and the results are pretty amazing!
The kit was £230, not too sure where he got them from!
It does really take 20 mins to install, and you can very easily revert back to the standard lights for MOT time.
If you are converting, get some rubber rings to keep the rear cover of the headlamps sealed, the fit I've done to my dads A6 does look OEM and the results are pretty amazing!
The kit was £230, not too sure where he got them from!
best mod i've done by far on my car, i got the Pilot H7 6000k kit from hids4u.co.uk last month and so many people have commented on them already, i wouldnt like to go any higher than 6k tho cos i think they would be too blue and not as bright/white and crisp, my mate has 8500k on his Type R and they look daft 
Where did everyone fit their ballasts?
I stood there thinking.. hmmmmm.. but used some strong double sided tape and cable tied one to the washer bottle, and the other one i cable tied to the old air feed from behind the headlight. One of them seems to be a bit intermitent starting.
On some cars after market HIDS are annoying, with reflectors that arnt designed for HIDs and the light bounces off all over the shop., i was very caucious about fitting them to my LCR, but the headlights where so rubbish that i had to.
They seem to work really well in the Leon light housing, i think becuase the reflector finishes quite far back in the housing, and becuase they are so narrow. The light pattern is quite focussed/directional.
Dont go for anything over 6000k.. if got 5000k and fire blue, but fade to a crisp white. as the kelvin number gets higher the brightness gets less, but the colour gets greater, but to be honest.. it only looks good in projectors.
Only dilemea i have no is where to fit the ballasts for the high beams.
Rob
I stood there thinking.. hmmmmm.. but used some strong double sided tape and cable tied one to the washer bottle, and the other one i cable tied to the old air feed from behind the headlight. One of them seems to be a bit intermitent starting.
On some cars after market HIDS are annoying, with reflectors that arnt designed for HIDs and the light bounces off all over the shop., i was very caucious about fitting them to my LCR, but the headlights where so rubbish that i had to.
They seem to work really well in the Leon light housing, i think becuase the reflector finishes quite far back in the housing, and becuase they are so narrow. The light pattern is quite focussed/directional.
Dont go for anything over 6000k.. if got 5000k and fire blue, but fade to a crisp white. as the kelvin number gets higher the brightness gets less, but the colour gets greater, but to be honest.. it only looks good in projectors.
Only dilemea i have no is where to fit the ballasts for the high beams.
Rob
does the remote leveling (the 1-5 rotar in the car) still work with these?
Come on peeps picys please!
Come on peeps picys please!
Cupra_Clark said:
I was considering these as they say the Pilot kit has a better cutoff and less glare, what are your thoughts on this kit?
top piece of kit mate, my mate has the £200 pound kit on his fiat coupe and he wishes he'd paid the extra £40 and got the pilot kit, the quality is better and u get water proof ballasts.
The cut off is very good also, ive not had one person flash me yet thinkin that i have full beam on, and the difference between these and the halogen bulbs is unreal, u wont regret buying them mate
and as asked above, the height adjusting rotar next to ur light switch does still adjust the xenons
The cut off is very good also, ive not had one person flash me yet thinkin that i have full beam on, and the difference between these and the halogen bulbs is unreal, u wont regret buying them mate
and as asked above, the height adjusting rotar next to ur light switch does still adjust the xenons
bry said:
I assume you mean just standard swap out Xenon bulbs.
No real differnce between these and standard bulbs. Its just they put Xenon gas in instead or Halogen. But they still use a filament.. where as a Proper Xenon HID bulb it burns as an arc in the Xenon gas. Which is much brighter.
Rob
Cupra_Clark said:my adjuster seems as quick as any other car i've had or been in
Oh on mine you twizzle the thingy and you take your finger off.. look up and they literally take 5-7 seconds to finish moving.
Rob
EDIT: ok that sounded dirty
bry said:
Nah i brought some, the looked a nice blue colour but they didnt seem any better, if anything they where worse at around dusk time before it was completleydark but was dark enough to require headlights.
Rob
9 times outta 10, u get what u pay for, just splash out and get the real thing, u'll wish u'd never bothered arsing about with "wannabe" xenon bulbs etc
if anyone wants, i'll venture outside and see if i can take some pics of my ballasts?
(bearing in mind my bro just got some fancy new digi cam and i've no idea how to work it )
if anyone wants, i'll venture outside and see if i can take some pics of my ballasts?
(bearing in mind my bro just got some fancy new digi cam and i've no idea how to work it
)
aphix said:
i would think a bit longer - want em to get wet ? i wouldnt fancy a shock off it
dont they get warm anyway ? never had guts to touch em - lol
with mk3 cupra lamps out already took about 10-15mins to actually fit em
ok, apologies for the pics, theyre not great quality but this will give u an idea of where i put my ballasts...
bit of a shaky hand with this one it seems lol....
bit of a shaky hand with this one it seems lol....
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