HID's whos got them??

11th July 2009, 19:24

alright guys and guyets im looking at getting a HID conversion soon just wanted to know from the people who have done it and used the compinies

1. the best places to buy them

2.how easy they are to fit

3. this is an excuse to whack some picks up with them in

cheers!

11th July 2009, 19:49

Also an excuse for me to point out there illegal and invalidate your insurance

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadlamps

http://hid.moonfruit.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzfAqyo6oN4

11th July 2009, 21:58

a few of my mates have got them never once had a problem with anyone or anything, i do understand where you are coming from and it is against the law in most cases, would it still be illeagle in projector headlights?? where i live police do not seem bothered also no one that im aware of has failed and mot on them but leagly speacking im know what you mean but for the looks im willing to take a risk and tbh they look a hell of a lot better than normal bulbs imo

11th July 2009, 23:24

Its an urban myth about projectors. Projectors or not has no relevance to there legality.

11th July 2009, 23:39

hids-direct are pretty good. Only had one faulty set with them and they replaced everything straight away. Well priced too.

Avoid turborevs like the plague, had 3 or 4 bad sets with them.

Mine are fully declared on my insurance and have been accepted, I never get pulled for them and they would also pass an MOT according to a mate who is an MOT tester. Hes also so strict that he failed me before for having magic trees hanging from my rear view mirror so hes not doing me any favours. Ive never been flashed by another driver, and the benefits down backroads especially are immeasurable.

11th July 2009, 23:44

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Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo

hids-direct are pretty good. Only had one faulty set with them and they replaced everything straight away. Well priced too.

Avoid turborevs like the plague, had 3 or 4 bad sets with them.

Mine are fully declared on my insurance and have been accepted, I never get pulled for them and they would also pass an MOT according to a mate who is an MOT tester. Hes also so strict that he failed me before for having magic trees hanging from my rear view mirror so hes not doing me any favours. Ive never been flashed by another driver, and the benefits down backroads especially are immeasurable.

Also had mine check at an MOT station (nation wide auto cnetres) and they said they would pass them no bother.

Mine wer off ebay, Phillips for £60 first set faulted but got a new set and these are perfect.

As for people flashing me, never had it on normal roads, round town etc etc.

Somtimes on the back roads they put there main beam on as to say "turn your main beam off" to me, they shapr turn these off though when mine goes on in return

Also, they are very good for spotting police miles away, light them up like a Christmas tree

never been pulled for them once, infact, since i got them, ive never been pulled at all lol

12th July 2009, 00:00

Up to 6000k are legal

Although there only apparently legal on cars that had them from factory, but ive never been pulled for mine yet and they make such a difference

12th July 2009, 00:55

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Originally Posted by AXracing

Its an urban myth about projectors. Projectors or not has no relevance to there legality.

agreed....to be legal they have to come as standard factory fitted...which also needs to include self leveling, headlight washers and a projector lense.

12th July 2009, 02:28

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Originally Posted by Saxo_89

Mine wer off ebay, Phillips for £60 first set faulted but got a new set and these are perfect.

You do know Philips do not make HID conversion bulb kits? Neither does Bosch, Hella, General Electric or Osram. Any sold as such are cheap counterfeit goods to start with.

12th July 2009, 02:41

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

Up to 6000k are legal

Although there only apparently legal on cars that had them from factory, but ive never been pulled for mine yet and they make such a difference

Not true. If you retrofitted the complete headlight unit as fitted to a HID equipped to a car that did not come with HIDs it would actually be legal. Assuming is fitted correctly and not held in with chewing gum.

That is very different to the many of the illegal HIDs that can give off a way brighter low beam than the maximum legal. Often give off terrible beam patterns. Many go black when switching from high to low beam. Many don't even have a high beam lol. Some even flicker or change colour. Most are not even the colour the say to be.

12th July 2009, 02:44

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Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo

Mine are fully declared on my insurance and have been accepted,

You do know not only do you have to tell them you have changed your headlights but you also have to tell them you have fitted none E approved headlights that are not road legal. Try telling them the truth and see if they are still happy for your to have them

12th July 2009, 02:49

I told them Ive got HID kit. Aswell as my sprayed headlights.

Im fully aware of the legislation against them, from our previous conversations lol, but if my insurance are fine with them, other road users are fine with them, the police are fine with them, and my uber picky MOT testing mate is happy with em I can sleep easy

12th July 2009, 13:39

Anybody interested in HID kits give me a shout I work for HIDs-Direct LTD and can help you in every way possible as I have MK2 VTR with HIDS and can get pictures etc etc. and point you all in the right direction also if the correct person gets in contact with me I can offer promotional offers/codes which will enable discounted goods to members of Saxperience.co.uk I can also discuss legalitys and various other things.

Dane
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HIDS-Direct LTD

12th July 2009, 22:52

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Originally Posted by AXracing

You do know Philips do not make HID conversion bulb kits? Neither does Bosch, Hella, General Electric or Osram. Any sold as such are cheap counterfeit goods to start with.

Speak to Philips about it.....

http://www.lighting.philips.com/in_e...ghting&lang=en

12th July 2009, 22:55

i heard anything over 6000k are illegal due to being too blue

i had 8000k on my vts for a few months and never had a problem with police but they did fail the mot

13th July 2009, 08:35

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Originally Posted by Saxo_89

Speak to Philips about it.....

http://www.lighting.philips.com/in_e...ghting&lang=en

lol I have, They don't make HID conversions bulbs. As in bulbs that convert Halogen to HID. The bulbs in the link are NOT HID conversion bulbs. They are HID bulbs for cars that came with HID bulbs.

"Xenon UltraBlue lamps are available in D1S, D2S, D2R"

13th July 2009, 09:04

never had any bother with mine

sample pic