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Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203751 02/10/2006 07:46 02/10/2006 07:46
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...s_promot_widget Hope I won't regret it!!

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203752 02/10/2006 16:08 02/10/2006 16:08
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Just had an email this morning to say the item is on order.... Not too promising so far! Thought these were in stock.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203753 02/10/2006 19:07 02/10/2006 19:07
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Email them back and say the ebay advert clearly says they are in stock and ready to be sent and nothing about havign to wait for them. Hope you havent paid yet.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203754 02/10/2006 23:01 02/10/2006 23:01
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	They get sent direct from china hence the expensive delivery

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203755 02/10/2006 23:02 02/10/2006 23:02
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Apparently, their supplier sent H7 instead of H1 so the excuse goes. They have a large shipment of H1 arriving any day now. They were most apologetic. If it were a written faxed order, would see how this could happen though. I have been thinking about this assuming the damn things turn up..... I'm going to wire these to the battery via a couple of 30A relays (with inline fuses) with the trigger being the headlight live. These things can draw anything upto 17 amps on start up and the wiring on these cars is near as damn it 10-years old. Heat from the engine, oil etc.... This way the headlight circuit is simply becoming a trigger for the relay, no more which will in turn take the voltage to switch these on directly from the battery via new wiring.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203756 02/10/2006 23:02 02/10/2006 23:02
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Probably just a Drop ship company

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203757 03/10/2006 01:37 03/10/2006 01:37
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,728 N.E Scotland mattB Club member 6
mattB Club member 6 I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,728 N.E Scotland	Is there a reason that this needed a whole new thread, rather than the one you already have open for this exact subject matter? Death-rattle-tastic

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203758 03/10/2006 02:11 03/10/2006 02:11
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: They get sent direct from china hence the expensive delivery So you are going to get hammered for Import Duty and VAT?

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203759 03/10/2006 04:06 03/10/2006 04:06
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	Hmm, I think someone should have paid a little extra for the piece of mind you got with the group buy Coopless!

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203760 03/10/2006 05:23 03/10/2006 05:23
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,459 Both feet in Meldrew Ave Cappo Forum is my life
Cappo Forum is my life Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,459 Both feet in Meldrew Ave	So, assuming these turn up, they're £90 delivered - how much are the group buy ones? (Yeah, I know, I could go and look..... ) Habeus Maximus V8 Nihilum

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203761 03/10/2006 05:42 03/10/2006 05:42
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	£130 Coopless!

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203762 03/10/2006 06:01 03/10/2006 06:01
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	grr where did i see thay balasts Last edited by Skint; 03/10/2006 07:24.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203763 03/10/2006 06:15 03/10/2006 06:15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	Really? have you bought a set of these then skint? Coopless!

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203764 03/10/2006 06:18 03/10/2006 06:18
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Edit: im blind Last edited by Skint; 03/10/2006 07:23.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203765 03/10/2006 06:21 03/10/2006 06:21
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	So you don't know then? right. Coopless!

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203766 03/10/2006 13:44 03/10/2006 13:44
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Is there a reason that this needed a whole new thread, rather than the one you already have open for this exact subject matter? I honestly don't know why, sorry! May have had something to do with the time of day? Looking at it during normal hours, I asked myself the same thing

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203767 03/10/2006 13:47 03/10/2006 13:47
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: They get sent direct from china hence the expensive delivery So you are going to get hammered for Import Duty and VAT? Shouldn't do as they have been purchased from a UK supplier, it's their problem. I did email them and they did assure me that these are normally a stock item. They were just sent H7's instead of H1's.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203768 03/10/2006 17:33 03/10/2006 17:33
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	why dont you get one of the threads deleted then

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203769 03/10/2006 18:24 03/10/2006 18:24
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: why dont you get one of the threads deleted then Who, me? I don't think I can This is my first forum experience

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203770 03/10/2006 18:30 03/10/2006 18:30
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,443 Balmedie, Aberdeen, Scotland T Tartandude Forum is my life
Tartandude Forum is my life T Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,443 Balmedie, Aberdeen, Scotland	Jayzee, PM me which thread you want to go and I'll take care of it Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Headlamp wiring #203771 03/10/2006 19:46 03/10/2006 19:46
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Mine work fine wired into the existing headlamp cables. There was a post somewhere about somebody who went the relay route and had all kinds of problems. My worry would be long term reliabilty of the ballast boxes / lamps due to constant slamming of the bonnet.

Re: Just bought these UK HID's - Cheap! #203772 03/10/2006 20:07 03/10/2006 20:07
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Jayzee, PM me which thread you want to go and I'll take care of it PM sent, thanks

Re: Headlamp wiring #203773 03/10/2006 20:10 03/10/2006 20:10
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Mine work fine wired into the existing headlamp cables. There was a post somewhere about somebody who went the relay route and had all kinds of problems. My worry would be long term reliabilty of the ballast boxes / lamps due to constant slamming of the bonnet. Shouldn't be a problem unless the relays are cr**! We use genuine Tyco relays here at work and find they are the most reliable. Fair comment about the ballasts although they are/should be solid state. Only time will tell else don't open your bonnet!

Re: Headlamp wiring #203774 14/10/2006 16:39 14/10/2006 16:39
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Hurray!!! HID kit has arrived. The quality looks excellent, all I need to do now is find some time to fit it before I go on my Hols.

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