HID/Xenon Help

  1. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire
    #1
    i noticed a few people have done a HID conversion on there cars on here, what sort of prices is there for the kits? and what do you get? also how easy is it to fit yourself. ive never seen one before and fancie gettin one for my mk2. hoping someone will give me some info on them.
  2. Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Skelton - Saltburn Posts: 826 306 GTi-6 / Saxo VTS
    #2
    You live near me, its quite straight forward.

    You get what you pay for... prices start from as little as £70
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire
    #3
    is that for headlights and fogs? were abouts can you get them from?
  4. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2006 Bristol Posts: 16575 JP4urio, 306 DTurbo SportShed
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gdwelsh View Post
    You live near me, its quite straight forward.

    You get what you pay for... prices start from as little as £70
    usually true, but not always, Ive had two kits one was 100 from turborevs.com and was crap, went back 4 times and never worked properly.

    My current ones 85 and from hidsdirect.co.uk, and the build qualities ten times better.
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  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo View Post
    usually true, but not always, Ive had two kits one was 100 from turborevs.com and was crap, went back 4 times and never worked properly.

    My current ones 85 and from hidsdirect.co.uk, and the build qualities ten times better.
    cheers ill av a luk on the site, are they easy enough to fit?
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Skelton - Saltburn Posts: 826 306 GTi-6 / Saxo VTS
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo View Post
    usually true, but not always, Ive had two kits one was 100 from turborevs.com and was crap, went back 4 times and never worked properly.

    My current ones 85 and from hidsdirect.co.uk, and the build qualities ten times better.
    mine were only £70 and suit me fine... they are lots better then standard.

    I just hear lots of people having problems with cheap kits... perhaps i was lucky.
  7. Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2008 tarbert Posts: 764
    #7
    i think theres conversion kits on ebay for around £60 also whats involved in installing these..
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire
    #8
    i was expecting about £100 anyways so 70-80 quid is a sound price for me. are they easy to fit?
  9. Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Skelton - Saltburn Posts: 826 306 GTi-6 / Saxo VTS
    #9
    the wiring is straight forward, getting the bulb seated correctly can be tricky but its still not overly difficult.
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2006 Bristol Posts: 16575 JP4urio, 306 DTurbo SportShed
    #10
    You dont with all kits, but with both of mine I had to take the light unit apart to get the bulbs to sit correctly as the retainer clips arent wide enough to fit around the motor for the high/low beam switch.


    Piss easy to fit just gotta think about where everything goes etc
  11. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire
    #11
    orite nice one, think ill be buying one. cheers guys
  12. Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire Posts: 189 Toyota Starlet SR, Toyota MR2, Saxo VTS
    #12
    h.i.d's work well on mk1s?
  13. Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Manchester Posts: 199 Fiesta ST185
    #13
    try actual xenon bulbs m8. only bout six quid on ebay and there much better than standard