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Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
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05/12/2011 23:09
05/12/2011 23:09
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jon13
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As per the title,came across these on ebay... http:// HIDS What does everyone think/know?
Last edited by jon13; 05/12/2011 23:11.
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Re: Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
[Re: jon13]
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06/12/2011 14:31
06/12/2011 14:31
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Paulioski
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I know there has been a lot of talk about HIDS and the new MOT rules coming in - I asked at my local friendly garage and he said they were aware of something coming in but it wasn't going to be as draconian as failing cars with non adjustable/washerless HIDS, just a check for alignment.. Anyone else got anything on it?
I have one dead one at the moment and am trying to work out whether it's worth investing £50 in a new pair or not..
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Re: Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
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06/12/2011 14:45
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Well for what it's worth, I purchased a cheap set along with others on here some time ago & still going strong. It's been well discussed on here about MOT's & this form of lighting. What I've done is I have two sets of lights. One candle set for the MOT & I'm in the middle of refurbing the lenses of my HID ones as they are off the car at the moment.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
[Re: jon13]
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06/12/2011 19:17
06/12/2011 19:17
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Even cheaper set here . I've been using 2 sets of HID's that cost less than £30 for nearly 2 years now with no problems.
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Re: Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
[Re: jimboy]
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07/12/2011 01:37
07/12/2011 01:37
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My first set of HID's have lasted me about four and a half years now  I do eventually want the slim ballasts though  As I fitted my others years ago, I can't remember what the brightness and wattage were. 35W and 6K I think? What's the spec of the Coupe owners most commonly bought HID's these days?
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Re: Anyone seen or used these HID's before?
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11/12/2011 11:33
11/12/2011 11:33
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I've just ordered a set of 55w 4,300k slimline HIDs ('UK' seller) off of eBay and they arrived yesterday. I checked them over and it appears they are rated with a P out of 35w(55w) norm. Any idea what this means? They've got 35w written within a code on the ballast too.
I've asked the seller if he can clear this up, but the ones I've currently got on my car with a fat ballast say 50w.
F****** b****** thing...
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