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Which HID's??? #205815 04/10/2006 19:30 04/10/2006 19:30
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Hi Guys, With the long winter nights almost upon us, I'm going to take the plunge and buy some HID's for my Coupe. However, there are a number of different kits out there and I was wondering if they differ a lot in quality between the different manufacturers? I would appreciate some feedback from owners experience if possible. Cheers, Den

Re: Which HID's??? #205816 04/10/2006 19:35 04/10/2006 19:35
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I bought my kit about 4 months ago from Hids 4u. I can highly recommend this kit. Easy to fit, took me about 2 hrs and i'm like Clarkson when it comes to doing things on a car yourself. See here . Dave

Re: Which HID's??? #205817 04/10/2006 20:23 04/10/2006 20:23
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	I bought mine from the recent group buy organiased by I8AV8. Very impressed, the ballasts appear well made and well sealed. Driving at night is soo much better. Only time will tell as to how long they will last. As Vanquish says they are easy to fit and are a very satisfying upgrade. John

Re: Which HID's??? #205818 04/10/2006 20:30 04/10/2006 20:30
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Looking into this myself, seems an affordable and worthwhile modification. But, i'm sure i seen someone on here had upgraded the front sidelights also, to leds or something, as next to the HIDs the sidelights looked all weak and dim. Anyone know anything about this and care to elaborate?

Re: Which HID's??? #205819 04/10/2006 21:53 04/10/2006 21:53
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	Yes I upgraded the sidelight bulds to white push fit LED's. See here Aavilable on ebay for about a fiver. 5 Bulb leds they are. john

Re: Which HID's??? #205820 04/10/2006 21:54 04/10/2006 21:54
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	you can see that the fog light and main beam look very yellow by comparison.

Re: Which HID's??? #205821 04/10/2006 22:15 04/10/2006 22:15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	Has anyone gone to the expense of upgrading dips AND main beams? within the next month, I'll be commuting 80+ miles a day, all in the pitch black, mostly on unlit roads, some of it on twisty B roads. High time for an upgrade, methinks

Re: Which HID's??? #205822 04/10/2006 22:21 04/10/2006 22:21
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Have a chat with Paul, he has HID's in both dipped and main beam Nigel. I have them in my dipped, huge improvement once you've adjusted the lights.

Re: Which HID's??? #205823 04/10/2006 22:22 04/10/2006 22:22
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,367 Staffordshire	Jim - do you mean PaulS?

Re: Which HID's??? #205824 04/10/2006 22:24 04/10/2006 22:24
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Yep, thats his former name but its now just plain old Paul

Re: Which HID's??? #205825 04/10/2006 23:41 04/10/2006 23:41
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Mate at work does. Worthwhile if you keep them on for a long time. Useless if not IMO as they take a little while to warm up

Re: Which HID's??? #205826 05/10/2006 02:28 05/10/2006 02:28
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Mine take about 15secs to warm up. Even on a short journey they are fantastic. Best mod for the coop i've done so far. Dave

Re: Which HID's??? #205827 05/10/2006 02:52 05/10/2006 02:52
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Has anybody fitted a set of Turborevs HID's yet? They're currently going for £135 in the Group Buy section. Den

Re: Which HID's??? #205828 05/10/2006 19:27 05/10/2006 19:27
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts. H Hyperlink Forum is my life
Hyperlink Forum is my life H Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts.	Hi Would these fit the coupe's side lights? W5W's? Clicky

Re: Which HID's??? #205829 05/10/2006 19:44 05/10/2006 19:44
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	yes they do. They are the same as the ebay ones but a fiver more

Re: Which HID's??? #205830 06/10/2006 02:29 06/10/2006 02:29
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts. H Hyperlink Forum is my life
Hyperlink Forum is my life H Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts.

Re: Which HID's??? #205831 06/10/2006 02:40 06/10/2006 02:40
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	See jayzee's thread on cheap hid's, 95 sobs delivered

Re: Which HID's??? #205832 06/10/2006 05:58 06/10/2006 05:58
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	Quote: See jayzee's thread on cheap hid's, 95 sobs delivered err but they have no been delevered yet. Lets not get premature

Re: Which HID's??? #205833 06/10/2006 06:03 06/10/2006 06:03
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Thats why i said sobs

Re: Which HID's??? #205834 11/10/2006 06:59 11/10/2006 06:59
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Thats why i said sobs You may be right there, still no HID's although it is still within the 14-days quoted!

Re: Which HID's??? #205835 11/10/2006 13:31 11/10/2006 13:31
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I have sold 20+ units on FCCUK, check the group buy section for details.

Re: Which HID's??? #205836 14/10/2006 16:41 14/10/2006 16:41
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	They have (finally) arrived and look to be excellent quality ... just need to find the time to fit them now

Re: Which HID's??? #205837 14/10/2006 16:42 14/10/2006 16:42
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: They have (finally) arrived and look to be excellent quality ... just need to find the time to fit them now Look forward to a wee update once fitted if they are any good i'll be buying two sets

Re: Which HID's??? #205838 14/10/2006 16:49 14/10/2006 16:49
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: They have (finally) arrived and look to be excellent quality ... just need to find the time to fit them now Look forward to a wee update once fitted if they are any good i'll be buying two sets No worries

Re: Which HID's??? #205839 14/10/2006 23:15 14/10/2006 23:15
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Hey if you think driving in the UK on unlit roads is bad you wanna come over here and try it !!!!! (even though there are white lines on the road when it rains --> there might as well not be) cos ya can't see sh*te 8( So I think I may well be following the updates on the installations and reconmendation of this thread. R00

Re: Which HID's??? #205840 30/10/2006 01:27 30/10/2006 01:27
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Got back from my hols last night so I decided that as the clocks have changed I should install them today. A doddle... around 50 mins and they both fired up first time, even with engine off. To be honest I did also treat myself to a pair of new headlights from AA as my old ones were knackered. The result? Serious lighting power, just like a new car. We have a new Citroen C8 with HID's which are even better than those of my Range Rover. There is now no difference between the two cars when driving at night. The quality of this kit is excellent and the only awkward bit was having to remove the bulb retaining spring and re-installing it to get the HID bulbs in. I would seriously recommend this kit to anyone and at the price (£95 delivered), you can't go wrong.

Re: Which HID's??? #205841 30/10/2006 01:42 30/10/2006 01:42
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I did HID on dipped beam. 6000k lights which are blue white. I've also changed the sidelights to white LEDs to match. However they don't show up nearly so well as the yellow lights: look better for styling but not so visible. I've also got another kit on order for the mains so both headlamps will be HID.

Re: Which HID's??? #205842 01/11/2006 00:38 01/11/2006 00:38
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Ok, the units have been in for three days now and the headlight motors still work perfectly. I positioned the ballasts underneath the lights as looking at some of the installs, these are normally mounted at the back of the headlights near the motors which I feel can potentially cause problems with the motors. The only concern I have is a lack of self-levelling for other road users. As long as these are legal for use without self-levelling and washers I'm happy... a very worth while mod. All I need now is to find out what sidelight LED's Bockers and Pinin used.

Re: Which HID's??? #205843 01/11/2006 02:07 01/11/2006 02:07
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	You mean These Last edited by bockers; 01/11/2006 02:12.

Re: Which HID's??? #205844 01/11/2006 03:25 01/11/2006 03:25
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Thanks bockers

Re: Which HID's??? #205845 01/11/2006 03:50 01/11/2006 03:50
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	Quote: You mean These Just bought some Cheers Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205846 01/11/2006 06:04 01/11/2006 06:04
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: You mean These Just bought some Cheers The last set!

Re: Which HID's??? #205847 01/11/2006 06:14 01/11/2006 06:14
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	Quote: Quote: Quote: You mean These Just bought some Cheers The last set! There were 2 left when I ordered mine so technically no Im sure there will be more up soon Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205848 01/11/2006 06:23 01/11/2006 06:23
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Err okay I'll let you off I am a tad confused as there is no bayonet on these, surely not a direct replacement?

Re: Which HID's??? #205849 01/11/2006 06:26 01/11/2006 06:26
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I bought a pair tonight

Re: Which HID's??? #205850 01/11/2006 06:31 01/11/2006 06:31
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: I bought a pair tonight Ah ha, it was you then! Makes me laugh when people post stuff on here from other websites.... some have no morals you know!

Re: Which HID's??? #205851 01/11/2006 06:34 01/11/2006 06:34
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Sorry John

Re: Which HID's??? #205852 01/11/2006 06:38 01/11/2006 06:38
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	No worries mate ... I guess I will just have to be patient.

Re: Which HID's??? #205853 01/11/2006 06:39 01/11/2006 06:39
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Can anyone enlighten me on the lack of bayonet? Will these work?

Re: Which HID's??? #205854 01/11/2006 06:41 01/11/2006 06:41
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	They f***en better

Re: Which HID's??? #205855 01/11/2006 06:49 01/11/2006 06:49
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I dont see a resistor in the pictures to allow them to work at 12v. Just an observation. Let us know how you get on.

Re: Which HID's??? #205856 01/11/2006 08:00 01/11/2006 08:00
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Jayzee, you worry about a lot of things, relax The coupe side light isn't a bayonet fit, its a push fit as in the picture. They work fine

Re: Which HID's??? #205857 01/11/2006 08:31 01/11/2006 08:31
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I'm chillin' Am I sounding like an old woman? That's worrying... there I go again worrying!! Silly thing is in my job I do a lot of auto electrical work so asking a dumb question about the sidelights is rather embarrasing! I think it's time I actually started to pull my car apart and see what's what before asking silly questions! My heater fan packed up the other day too so an ideal time. Anyway, the HID's are superb and I can recommend the kit I purchased to anyone.

Re: Which HID's??? #205858 01/11/2006 14:03 01/11/2006 14:03
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	Quote: Can anyone enlighten me on the lack of bayonet? Will these work? I have a set and would hardly post a link otherwise As Jimbo says the Coupe has simple push fit sidelight bulbs.

Re: Which HID's??? #205859 03/11/2006 22:03 03/11/2006 22:03
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Where do you get a set of HID Bulb kit for £95 on HIDS 4 U there £139 a bulb? Help Please

Re: Which HID's??? #205860 03/11/2006 22:24 03/11/2006 22:24
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...s_promot_widget H1 is what you want. I can vouch that they are brilliant and do not blow the headlight motors. Quality of the cables and connectors are OEM standard just like Fiat. You just need to mount the ballasts on the underside of the headlight units which is slightly different to what others have done with the Group Buy HID's.

Re: Which HID's??? #205861 04/11/2006 07:47 04/11/2006 07:47
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Can you post up any photos of them fitted, or a fitting guide?

Re: Which HID's??? #205862 04/11/2006 07:52 04/11/2006 07:52
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	Gratuitous HID pic! Coopless!

Re: Which HID's??? #205863 04/11/2006 19:04 04/11/2006 19:04
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Gratuitous HID pic! You see? They are worth it for the look alone, just need those LED sidelight bulbs now. You will get serious lighting power, just like a new car and if you live out in the sticks like me, will find night driving much easier.

Re: Which HID's??? #205864 09/11/2006 03:08 09/11/2006 03:08
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	Quote: Can anyone enlighten me on the lack of bayonet? Will these work? I've just got my LED bulbs. Went to fit them tonight but there doesn't appear to be enough clearance to get the bad boys into the light casing. Do you have to take the light cluster off to get them in? I didn't want to force them incase I broke the LED's. Also it doesn't seem to be a very secure fit? Can you use electrical tape to keep them in place? Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205865 09/11/2006 03:29 09/11/2006 03:29
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	mine were a straight fit, took seconds and no clearance probs

Re: Which HID's??? #205866 09/11/2006 03:41 09/11/2006 03:41
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	Quote: mine were a straight fit, took seconds and no clearance probs Mine are a lot longer than the bulbs I took out... New LEDs Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205867 09/11/2006 03:47 09/11/2006 03:47
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	TD, Stevie Wonder would be able to fit them. Where are they catching?

Re: Which HID's??? #205868 09/11/2006 03:50 09/11/2006 03:50
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	Unless Im being a complete numpty....... When I put the new LEDS in they don't go into the light holder that far so theres still about 1cm of exposed bulb. With the bulb holder and the LED on I can't get the bulb into the hole with the electrical thing on it as well..does that make sense Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205869 09/11/2006 03:54 09/11/2006 03:54
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Hmmm, that's strange. Are you making sure that the locating pins are aligned?

Re: Which HID's??? #205870 09/11/2006 03:58 09/11/2006 03:58
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	Quote: Hmmm, that's strange. Are you making sure that the locating pins are aligned? Well, it only seemed to go in one way, but didn't seem very secure at all I'll try again tomorrow, Im guessing they should go on as well as the original bulbs? Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205871 09/11/2006 03:59 09/11/2006 03:59
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Yes they should, however that's not the ones I use. But I cannot see why they wouldn't fit, you're just being a fanny.

Re: Which HID's??? #205872 09/11/2006 04:33 09/11/2006 04:33
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	Well just been out again, it would appear that the LED I have is too large for the hole! Some pics to explain: Overall Length LED won't fit in hole! And to make matters worse, when I put the original bulb back in it didn't work so I went to get the bulb out again and now the whole white unit won't come out at all. I've tried twisting it to unlock it but its not budging... Think I need a beer! Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205873 09/11/2006 04:35 09/11/2006 04:35
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Blimey. I now see why you can't fit it, I take the fanny comment back. Go have a beer.

Re: Which HID's??? #205874 09/11/2006 04:43 09/11/2006 04:43
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	Quote: Blimey. I now see why you can't fit it, I take the fanny comment back. Go have a beer. Thank you Can someone who does have these LEDS confirm that their's were smaller? Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205875 09/11/2006 04:50 09/11/2006 04:50
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,588 Essex Rog20VT I need some sleep
Rog20VT I need some sleep Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,588 Essex	halfords sell them for £9.99 obviously more money that ebay, but you dont have to wait and you can take them back if they dont fit. www.Poweritalia.com - The UK's leading Fiat Coupe Specialist

Re: Which HID's??? #205876 09/11/2006 06:03 09/11/2006 06:03
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Just had these delivered TD..lets know how you get on as i will have no time try mine until the w/end Another £4 down the drain

Re: Which HID's??? #205877 09/11/2006 06:39 09/11/2006 06:39
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	After trying them again (see pics above) they definetly don't fit so think its as Rog suggested and off to Halfords with me! If I can ever get the bulb holder thing out of the light again Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

Re: Which HID's??? #205878 09/11/2006 15:54 09/11/2006 15:54
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames	I bought the same ones, and so did Pinin and they fit. Looks like he has changed his supplier and now the bulbs are bigger . Will take a scale photo later. John

Re: Which HID's??? #205879 09/11/2006 16:02 09/11/2006 16:02
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	Quote: I bought the same ones, and so did Pinin and they fit. Looks like he has changed his supplier and now the bulbs are bigger . Will take a scale photo later. John No worries, it was only £4! Ex 20VT - now something far more sensible'ish...

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