hids, again..

[MartynFrancis]

right, now the car is sat is slowly becoming my weekend car I have a little time to play with it, and the next topic is hids.
I've looked before but I am so indecisive. eBay bargains? unknown brands? I've seen sunwolf hide on eBay. anyone had any experience with them? will they fit in ok?

cheers

[Ducklakeview]

I initially put a 35w canbus kit from Ebay in mine, better but still not great. Swapped them last year for a 55w set, and the difference really is night and day. Perfect beam pattern, same as it was tith the H7's, just LOTS brighter.

Cost was about £20

Mike

[MartynFrancis]

thanks mate, yeah these were about 20 quid. I'll give them a whirl.

[Ducklakeview]

One of the biggest improvements I got, before fitting the HIDS, is in this thread viewtopic.php?f=34&t=82010&hilit=headlight

Cleaning the actual lens, there are pics of mine before and after in the thread.

Mike

[MartynFrancis]

excellent stuff, thanks! I'll have a good read when she's watching her crap on the telly!

[Ducklakeview]

excellent stuff, thanks! I'll have a good read when she's watching her crap on the telly!

When do "they" ever watch any other kind of TV!!

Mike

[MartynFrancis]

ha! got that bloody love island shite at the moment!

[kjb1]

Is the Z4 canbus? do I need error cancellors on a 2003 e85? I want to fit hid kit to mine. £20 for whole kit??? any links to what you found decent set?

[Leesfarm07]

I initially put a 35w canbus kit from Ebay in mine, better but still not great. Swapped them last year for a 55w set, and the difference really is night and day. Perfect beam pattern, same as it was tith the H7's, just LOTS brighter.

Cost was about £20

Mike

Fitted 35W hids about a month ago and way way better than halogen. I'm tempted to try the 55w version now I know they work okay

[k31ron]

Fitted ebay 55w hids about 2 months ago, really impressed with difference. One does occasionally not start if on auto lights... So if buying again would be tempted by a more reputable source.

[MartynFrancis]

Been looking at eBay, and I can't make up my mind and don't want to take the risk on a duff set that are £20-30 (unless anyone can recommend one).....

So on HIDSDIRECT I've seen these two that I think would suitable (again unless someone advises towards another thats on there)
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/h7-55w-w9- ... rsion-kit/
and
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/h7-55w-d-l ... rsion-kit/
Only problem is I have no idea what the difference is?!

The other thing is I think I'm going to go 6000K, but (and yes this may sound stupid) If Its not right can I just change out the lamps for the next K down?

Edit: or for that matter which of those? from what I've read 55W is the way to go, just which set

[Ducklakeview]

I bought these just over a year ago..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/55W-Canbus-H7 ... _x-GLFRpbg

£15, arrived in a couple of days (UK seller) and has worked perfectly.

Mike

[MartynFrancis]

Mike, thanks so much for the recommendation! I'll give them a whirl!

[MartynFrancis]

Hi Mike,
All arrived and work brilliantly! Hardest bit was where to house the lot. tried zip tying all sorts but in the end it all managed to house and sit nicely on the inner void of the light housing.

Great stuff, thank you! Next step is to clean the lenses but thats another day!

[Ducklakeview]

Hi Mike,
All arrived and work brilliantly! Hardest bit was where to house the lot. tried zip tying all sorts but in the end it all managed to house and sit nicely on the inner void of the light housing.

Great stuff, thank you! Next step is to clean the lenses but thats another day!

I managed to fit everything inside the headlamp. Give out plenty of light though don't they? How's your beam pattern?