Fitting HID Kits in Angel Eyes - The truth - Possible sticky??

  1. #1
    I know alot of people on here say that you cant fit an HID kit into angel eyes as they heat from the HID kit will melt the lenses on the angel eyes, but ive heard differently.

    From what i have found on the internet, HID kits arent that much hotter than standard halogen bulbs.

    The bit that melts on angel eyes is the actual plastic front of the headlights. i think the rings will melt as well, but they arent the main problem.

    The thing that melts the lens, isnt the heat, but the UV in the HID kit. Ebay HID kits arent UV protected, so the UV from them melts the plastic.

    If you pay the money and get an HID kit from a decent shop, then they are "UV protected", so there is no bad UV rays in them meaning that the angel eyes shouldnt melt.

    Here are some links to websites that talk about HID's being no hotter than Halogens, and the bottom link shows that its the UV that melts the plastic not the heat.

    In this link look it talks about HID's being no hotter than halogens (look at the 6th, 5th and 4th post from the bottom):

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    i want the HID's and im not sure if the heat is gonna meltthe plastic off... so im trying to figure out which is the correct temp of the light im gonna choose, besides the projectors cant hold that much temp i believe... at least that's what i read about...
    Plz correct me if im wrong.. thanks
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    HID's dont get that hot, they're actualy not as hot as halogen bulbs the temperature rating they say is referring to color tempurature rated in Kelvins
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    power makes heat. 1 Watt = 3.413 Btu/hr. That said, a 35W HID bulb will never get hotter than a 55W 9006.
    http://hondaaccordforum.com/forum/ar...p/t-12056.html

    And in this link i found where it talks about it being the UV (look at "myth 2"):

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    Myth 2: Myth - Xenon upgrade bulbs will melt your headlights.
    Truth - All the bulbs on our website including HID and high wattage bulbs are UV protected to ensure they are compatible with plastic headlights. The addition of Xenon gas does not cause the bulbs to be hotter than standard bulbs. The only reason you would cause any damage to your headlights with bulbs is if they are poor quality and have no UV protection.
    http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/blo...-common-myths/

    I know that people have fitted "ultra virtual daylight kit" (Link to "Ultra Virtual Daylight Kit") in their angel eyes and they have had no problems. The "ultra virtual daylight kit" is just an HID kit, but due to it being from Ultra it is UV protected so doesnt damage the headlights.

    I think a few people need to try and take the risk, and buy a good HID kit which is UV protected and see if it melts the plastic lens. A few people on here have the ultra virtual daylight kit and ive spoken to them and theyve had no problems. VTR-chris has them and he said to me that his HID kit is an ultra virtual daylight kit, and only the cheap ebay ones melt the lights Heres his progress thread

    But im taking no responsibilty if you fit an HID kit and it does melt your angel eyes


    Reckon this can be made a sticky? to stop people asking about HID's and angel eyes, and just so that people can read it and see that HID's in angel eyes is a possibility?
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  2. #2
    some good advice here mate
    good research
  3. #3
    Sounds like the problem is solved for angel owners!
  4. #4
    Nice bit of info there Nick! Thanks
  5. #5
    yes, it does sound good, but who is going to be daring enough to try this out first?

    I guess if you bought the kit from auto bulbs direct you could ask them about a refund etc etc if it did damage the lights
  6. #6
    I've got HID and Angel eyes on my VTR but it isn’t on the road till June but it was my mates old car and he has had it a year and half with no problems at all.
    Fingers Crossed For Me!!!lol
  7. #7
    Thanks for this . Sticky or FAQ IMO.

    So for use on Angel Eyes with plastic lenses we need UV Protected HID kits, which the 8000Kelvin £200 Virtual Daylight kit is.

    As AutobulbsDirect.co.uk say "All the bulbs on our website including HID and high wattage bulbs are UV protected to ensure they are compatible with plastic headlights." (clicky), I'd say that their H1 35W HID Converstion Kit available with 6000Kelvin or 8000Kelvin both at £100 is a good buy then!
  8. #8
    Good research mate, but theres actually a guy on here who tried it. And the rings inside melted over the bulbs
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westyfield2 View Post
    Thanks for this . Sticky or FAQ IMO.

    So for use on Angel Eyes with plastic lenses we need UV Protected HID kits, which the 8000Kelvin £200 Virtual Daylight kit is.

    As AutobulbsDirect.co.uk say "All the bulbs on our website including HID and high wattage bulbs are UV protected to ensure they are compatible with plastic headlights." (clicky), I'd say that their H1 35W HID Converstion Kit available with 6000Kelvin or 8000Kelvin both at £100 is a good buy then!
    yup. theirs should be fine. although it doesnt say they're UV protected so i would check with them. and if it melts your headlights demand a refund. might be worth taking your car in when you buy them and showing them that the angel eyes are in mint condition, so that they know any damage is from their HID kit.

    Im taking no blame if your angel eyes melt. but people need to start risking it.
  10. #10
    my ones aint caused me no trouble and i drive bout till 4 in the morning sum mornings carting ma mates around the pubs n no problems at all n i could have them on for 4hrs n nothing atal
  11. #11
    Mines been on for a year now and they seem to be fine!
    But i do know on the back it says not to use HID kits...but its been alright so far but if they melt I’ll just get some new uns black background i think next! hhhmmmmm!
  12. #12
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    Originally Posted by NICK2506 View Post
    yup. theirs should be fine. although it doesnt say they're UV protected so i would check with them. and if it melts your headlights demand a refund. might be worth taking your car in when you buy them and showing them that the angel eyes are in mint condition, so that they know any damage is from their HID kit.

    Im taking no blame if your angel eyes melt. but people need to start risking it.
    AutobulbsDirect kit is exactly the same as the HIDS4U kit which says in it's description "The bulbs have been UV cut to prevent damage to plastic lenses" - both are £97.86.

    I've seen the Ultra Virtual Daylight kit for £114.99, and AFAIK the difference is this has "Digital Ballasts" that prevent bulb-out errors or park-distance-control errors (both not valid for a Saxo but would be valid on a modern BMW etc), but it's only available with 8000K bulbs
  13. #13
    i have mk1 with angels ive had the 8000k kit in for a month now and today i wanted to spray them black which gave me a good opertunity to see if any melting had occured and nothing so as far as im concerned and prooved theyre fine in mk1s hears the proof

    the ballasts in the inner wings




    and the 8000k kit is very blue and lights up road perfectly i never need to use main beam



    its been put on my local mot light tester and will pass no probs at all, hes even getting kit now for his astra

    basically inside the head light (the projector lamp) is fully metal with that very thick piece of glass so not much to melt, having said that if you had hids in main and dipped i think then things would melt,
    also on mine the dip beam turns off when main is on and vise versa if the two together came on again im sure the temp would get very high, not sure how this is on mk2 and they seam to be a smaller projector lamps from what ive seen but i could be wrong hope this help too
  14. #14
    or another thing you do is u change the plastic lenses to the standard glass lenses so then the hid wont melt the plastic. simple
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by denni View Post
    or another thing you do is u change the plastic lenses to the standard glass lenses so then the hid wont melt the plastic. simple
    think that would be quite a bit of work though
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NICK2506 View Post
    think that would be quite a bit of work though

    na its just as if u were to tint ur headlights.... heat up the glue that holds the lenses onto the headlight and then heat it up again to fix the glass one to the angel
  17. #17
    The above would only work with MK2 headlights as the glass i clear.

    Mk1 headlights dotn have clear glass fronts so would look stupid puting them ona set of angel eyes
  18. #18
    If it is going to be a sticky its probably worth pointing out they are illegal under the Road Safety Act (Act = Law) as no conversion bulb can be E approve.

    UK Governments Department For Transport.
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadlamps

    UK laws as published by the UK Governments Office Of Public Sector Information.
    http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006a

    A useful web site explaining some information about HID conversions that you should know before fitting them.
    http://hid.moonfruit.com/

    PS forgot to say 8000k should fail a properly done MOT no matter how well they are set up or what type of bulb. The MOT forbids headlights to be any other colour apart from yellow or white. Blue headlights are illegal to use on the road. Last time a looked the highest temperature HID bulb that was actually road legal was the Philips 6000 (actual colour 5800k)
  19. #19
    so how come i took my car to 5 MOT statins, including some big national companys and they put them on there light readers and said they wer perfectly legal and would pass an MOT no problem ????
  20. #20
    funny how you say they dont get hot
    yet there rated by heat

    kelvin (the k on liks 6000k) is a measurement for temperature

    lifted from wikipedia

    The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Irish physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale". Unlike the degree Fahrenheit, and degree Celsius, the kelvin is not referred to as a "degree", nor is it typeset with a degree symbol; that is, it is written K and not °K.
  21. #21
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AlexB View Post
    funny how you say they dont get hot
    yet there rated by heat

    kelvin (the k on liks 6000k) is a measurement for temperature

    lifted from wikipedia

    The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Irish physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale". Unlike the degree Fahrenheit, and degree Celsius, the kelvin is not referred to as a "degree", nor is it typeset with a degree symbol; that is, it is written K and not °K.
    But thats not the actual temperature, its the colour temperature. this is from auto bulbs directs website:

    "The colour temperature is just an indication of the colour of the light emitted, not the light brightness or intensity. Standard halogen bulbs are around 2500K which is a white light with a yellowish tint. Upgrade bulbs/HID kits can give up to around 8000K colour temperature. 4000K is a white light with still a slight yellow tint. 5000K is a pure white light. 6000K is white with a slight blue tint. 8000K is white with a strong blue tint. In practice around 4000-5000K HID bulbs will give the widest spread of light. Our eyes have naturally evolved to focus the best on sunlight which is around 5500K. For this reason the most comfortable lights to drive with are 5000K and 6000K bulbs. When you go to higher colour temperatures you start to lose the focus of the light and it then becomes harder to see objects."
  22. #22
    Great advice, thanks
  23. #23
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AlexB View Post
    funny how you say they dont get hot
    yet there rated by heat

    kelvin (the k on liks 6000k) is a measurement for temperature

    lifted from wikipedia

    The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Irish physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), who wrote of the need for an "absolute thermometric scale". Unlike the degree Fahrenheit, and degree Celsius, the kelvin is not referred to as a "degree", nor is it typeset with a degree symbol; that is, it is written K and not °K.
    Sorry, but that's not right.
    We're doing it in A-Level physics right now, and whilst Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature, it is also the colour temperature rating.

    The color temperature of a light source is determined by comparing its chromaticity with that of an ideal black-body radiator. The temperature (K) at which the heated black-body radiator matches the color of the light source is that source's color temperature; for a black body source, it is directly related to Planck's law and Wien's displacement law.

    Counterintuitively, higher color temperatures (5000 K or more) are "cool" (green–blue) colors, and lower color temperatures (2700–3000 K) "warm" (yellow–red) colors.


    The reality of the matter is that the higher the colour temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain. A perfect example would be a black light. This light has a colour temperature of approx 12,000k and has almost no useable light or lumens output. Higher K kits such as 7000k, 7500k , etc. have been manufactured for individuals that are more concerned about the actual colour output of their lights as opposed to the actual useable light output.

    So in short; a 6000K HID bulb does not have a surface temperature of 6000Kelvin (5726.85 degrees Celsius), but it's colour output is rated as 6000Kelvin.
  24. #24
    but autobulbsdirect say they are no hotter, and ive seen other places on the internet say that HID's are no hotter than halogens, and if they are its by a very small amount and wont affect anything. also they are lower wattage standard bulbs are 55/60W and HID's are only 35W

    i'll ask my clever physic friends.. lol

    even if they are hotter as i said in my first post it isnt the heat that melts the angel eyes its the UV.

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    if a standard halogen bulb has a color temperature lower than that of a HID bulb, and the halogen bulb consumes more electricity than a HID bulb, then how is it possible for a HID bulb to burn at a higher color temperature than a halogen bulb without producing more heat than the halogen bulb? Is it because of the technological differences of the HID and halogen bulbs?
  25. #25
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NICK2506 View Post
    but autobulbsdirect say they are no hotter, and ive seen other places on the internet say that HID's are no hotter than halogens, and if they are its by a very small amount and wont affect anything. also they are lower wattage standard bulbs are 55/60W and HID's are only 35W

    i'll ask my clever physic friends.. lol

    even if they are hotter as i said in my first post it isnt the heat that melts the angel eyes its the UV.
    Exactly right.

    With HID's the 6000K is their colour (which slighly confusingly is also caled Kelvin)....... a number that determines how blue or red they are. A 6000K HID bulb does not have a surface temperature of 6000K/5726.85C, that'd be insanely hot!

    And AFAIK a HID bulb's actual surface temperature will be lower than a standard halogen filament bulb... because with HIDs a greater proportion of their radiation is in visible light as opposed to heat.
  26. #26
    any proof (as in pictures) of melted Angels?
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bung View Post
    any proof (as in pictures) of melted Angels?
    Nope, cause the only people who have put HID's in their angel eyes still have them in one piece and not melted

    Tbh i dont think it would look as dramatic as you would imagine. probably just a small hole or lots of cracks.
  28. #28
    yeah probably not as bad as it sounds, at my local cruise theres about 5 people with angels and HID kits as one of us sells them cheap! and noone of them have had any problems!
  29. #29
    would h4 hid kit fit the mk1 angel eyes?
  30. #30
    I believe its H1? need to clarify though...
  31. #31
    yeah guys its h1, thanks lol cause i had just got hid's h4 for my b'day last monday and luckily i asked around as i'm getting my angel eyes next week for my saxo and the shop i got the hid's from was really ok. i just need to give him back the hid's in the original package and he'll give me h1's hids
  32. #32
    H4's have dipped and full beam in one bulb so wouldnt work in angels, as angels have a different bulb for the full beam
  33. #33
    yeah noticed after i got the h4 hids. tomorrow i'm swapping them for the h1's. i'm getting just the main beam hid the full beam i'm keeping a standard bulb cause that will be too much.
  34. #34
    today swapped for h1 and waiting for my angel eyes to arrive...hope the hid's won't melt the angel eyes!!
  35. #35
    y0 Nick.
    I did the same thread about HID's in Angels and i went through 3 sets of headlights. The Angel Rings will melt and also the outer lense will start to crack due to heat and eventually burn a pure hole through the lense. I used a 8k HID kit and second time round i did use a Ultra Virtual Daylight kit and the same happened. Search button FTW
  36. #36
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by liam46 View Post
    y0 Nick.
    I did the same thread about HID's in Angels and i went through 3 sets of headlights. The Angel Rings will melt and also the outer lense will start to crack due to heat and eventually burn a pure hole through the lense. I used a 8k HID kit and second time round i did use a Ultra Virtual Daylight kit and the same happened. Search button FTW
    ooh shitt.....hmmm, well from what ive read i thought it would be fine but if you know that from experience you must be right! thanks for telling me when you were selling me your car that the angels were about to melt LOL
  37. #37
    costly leason learnt from there!
  38. #38
    so its pot luck whether they'll melt or not as some fowk have no problems....
  39. #39
    hey good advise! ive been thinkin of trying to put HID into my halo's as would look awsome but ive never wanted to try just incase not sure if any would know? i was thinkin off puttin Rally Bulbs in my halo's insted off 55W there 100W but on the packaging it says change the wiring hmmmm....??
    Col3y
  40. #40
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Col3y View Post
    hey good advise! ive been thinkin of trying to put HID into my halo's as would look awsome but ive never wanted to try just incase not sure if any would know? i was thinkin off puttin Rally Bulbs in my halo's insted off 55W there 100W but on the packaging it says change the wiring hmmmm....??
    Col3y
    yeah cos 100w bulbs on 55w wiring means the bulbs wont get the full 100w iirc
  41. #41
    If your after more light you can always just hide a set of driving light in your bumper. Perfectly legal and work great. You could even fit them in place of the standard front fogs.
  42. #42
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AXracing View Post
    If your after more light you can always just hide a set of driving light in your bumper. Perfectly legal and work great. You could even fit them in place of the standard front fogs.
    People may think they are fog lights though and you'll look like a chav

    For more light on full beam you can wire your fogs to come on with your full beams...

    I find halogen blue/white bulbs in angels bright enough tbh...
  43. #43
    so does the hid's melt the angels?? because i had them in my standard lights then found out that when i got my angels they wouldnt fit so now im selling them on ebay lol so if thay work i could just keep them and buy h1 bulbs?
    confused!!
    john
  44. #44
    My HID'S are 8000k mk2 with glass and I've had no problems over the 5 years of having it . So big up the HID CREW evary time
  45. #45
    great thread mate, really well done