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Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's #280973 24/01/2007 02:32 24/01/2007 02:32
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I installed my HID's today and shivered at the site of the sidelights in comparison...I purchased some Prism 4xLED bulbs from Halfords for £9.99 and the look is soooo much better...pics below. Thanks to nrenz123 for the advice on the bulbs! HID's + 1 LED bulb + 1 Original bulb http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/OldLight_NoBeam.jpg HID's + Full Beam + 1 LED bulb + 1 Original bulb http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/OldLight_Beam.jpg HID's + Full Beam + 2 LED bulb http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/NewLight_Beam.jpg HID's + 2 LED - looks absolutely mint in the real world! http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/NewLight_NoBeamMean.jpg LED Bulb packet - these aren't with the regular bulbs in halfords but in the tuning / bling section. Note, make sure you get the 4xLED version, NOT the 1xLED version http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/PrismBulbs.jpg http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/N85CQ.jpg

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281039 24/01/2007 03:41 24/01/2007 03:41
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,853 Lightwater, Surrey DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311
DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311 Je suis un Coupé Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,853 Lightwater, Surrey	Nice, but I'd take that packet back, it's empty! 1996 Portofino 20vt & 2000 Pearl White Plus 2008 Ferrari F430 & 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: DaveG] #281056 24/01/2007 04:11 24/01/2007 04:11
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote Note, make sure you get the 4xLED version, NOT the 1xLED version Think I might have bought the 1xLED bulbs then...................did think they were a bit dim looking , but hey better than yellow I suppose

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281095 24/01/2007 04:47 24/01/2007 04:47
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Tim, Excellent write up and pics Would I be right in thinking these are them? Surprised to see the not road legal bit

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281096 24/01/2007 04:49 24/01/2007 04:49
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,743 N.E Scotland mattB Club member 6
mattB Club member 6 I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,743 N.E Scotland	Nah, that's not them. Think those are the 1 led ones. Death-rattle-tastic

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: mattB] #281102 24/01/2007 04:58 24/01/2007 04:58
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by mattB Nah, that's not them. Think those are the 1 led ones. That will be my 3rd set of bulbs

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281105 24/01/2007 05:01 24/01/2007 05:01
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	yep..thats the one's I bought then £3 more than that at Halfords too Got blue ones' with 4 LED's though Last edited by Kevcrab; 24/01/2007 05:06.

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281109 24/01/2007 05:06 24/01/2007 05:06
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I've got those as well, the blue ones.. I've also got 12 led ones that work really well but don't fit

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281111 24/01/2007 05:09 24/01/2007 05:09
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	We should open a shop ! Maybe better hang on to them , might be collectors items one day

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281218 24/01/2007 14:49 24/01/2007 14:49
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Tartandude Tim, Excellent write up and pics Would I be right in thinking these are them? Surprised to see the not road legal bit The one's you show are the single LED..as in this pic... http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/N87CQ.jpg the one's you want are the 4xLED (WHITE)....in this pic... http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/N85CQ.jpg re: the road legal bit, they are in no way 'glaring'...even if you are looking right into them.....so mine are staying on..

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281219 24/01/2007 14:54 24/01/2007 14:54
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	So these ones look a bit more like the real thing Last edited by Tartandude; 24/01/2007 14:54.

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281222 24/01/2007 14:57 24/01/2007 14:57
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	yes, that's them..

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281223 24/01/2007 14:58 24/01/2007 14:58
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by TimC yes, that's them.. Ordered... Fourth time lucky hopefully

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #281224 24/01/2007 15:00 24/01/2007 15:00
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Tartandude Ordered... Fourth time lucky hopefully .. you won't be dissapointed! And you'll see what I mean about them not glaring. No idea why they are not road legal, possibly if they were behind a 'clear' lens, not a patterned one like ours.

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282381 25/01/2007 21:58 25/01/2007 21:58
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	so tim in the last picture do you have two sets of hid's one for main beam and one for dipped beam, if not what bulb do you have in the main (full) beam?

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282436 25/01/2007 22:51 25/01/2007 22:51
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Full beam on (I used halford super brilliance bulbs for full beam) http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/NewLight_Beam.jpg full beam off Just Dipped http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/NewLight_NoBeamMean.jpg

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282471 25/01/2007 23:29 25/01/2007 23:29
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	i changed all my bulbs to the super brilliance one's did you think it made any difference?

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282473 25/01/2007 23:33 25/01/2007 23:33
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Madbloke100 i changed all my bulbs to the super brilliance one's did you think it made any difference? nope... I replaced the dipped beams with them and didn't notice any difference - good job they were on buy 1 get 1 free I just stuck them in the full beam when I put my HID's on and again, I don't notice any real difference over the standard bulbs. I was very dissapointed TBH. Still, with the HID's I've only used my main beam once and I do a lot of driving on country roads where there are no street lights...they really are a world apart from standard.

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282544 26/01/2007 00:50 26/01/2007 00:50
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,877 Islington S strike4A My life on the forum
strike4A My life on the forum S Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,877 Islington	ordered as well from that link. love the little upgrades. timc - need to change your sig photo!

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: strike4A] #282584 26/01/2007 01:47 26/01/2007 01:47
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 864 North-East zak Enjoying the ride
zak Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 864 North-East	Pack of 2 for £3.95, but delivery is £3 http://www.litewave.co.uk/led_bulbs.asp picture too large; max size allowed is 300 x 100 pixels, please resize 2000X 20VT+

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: strike4A] #282631 26/01/2007 02:30 26/01/2007 02:30
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by strike4A timc - need to change your sig photo! I will get one of my Photoshop minions on it tomorrow..

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: zak] #282670 26/01/2007 03:03 26/01/2007 03:03
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by zak Pack of 2 for £3.95, but delivery is £3 http://www.litewave.co.uk/led_bulbs.asp Those ones look like the set I bought off ebay. They were too big

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #282686 26/01/2007 03:30 26/01/2007 03:30
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 864 North-East zak Enjoying the ride
zak Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 864 North-East	http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/zak20vt/5014W20White.jpg Look the same as Tim's to me!?: http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/timcoupe/N85CQ.jpg picture too large; max size allowed is 300 x 100 pixels, please resize 2000X 20VT+

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: zak] #282749 26/01/2007 04:24 26/01/2007 04:24
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Perhaps, but they look like the ones that I have that don't fit

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283012 26/01/2007 15:54 26/01/2007 15:54
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	better just buy from Halfords then, so at least you can see the size of the bulb in the packet...

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283017 26/01/2007 16:00 26/01/2007 16:00
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Tartandude So these ones look a bit more like the real thing Well my order arrived... only one bulb Looks like you may need to order 2 from that link above... Actually after reading the advert its quite clear you need to order too... Im a muppet.. doh! Last edited by Tartandude; 26/01/2007 16:02. Reason: I was being stupid..

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283019 26/01/2007 16:01 26/01/2007 16:01
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,083 Chertsey in the Thames bockers Hon Club Member 007
bockers Hon Club Member 007 Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,083 Chertsey in the Thames	Originally Posted by Tartandude Originally Posted by Tartandude So these ones look a bit more like the real thing Well my order arrived... only one bulb Looks like you may need to order 2 from that link above... Do you ever get that feeling that you were destined to have yellow lights forever

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283058 26/01/2007 16:48 26/01/2007 16:48
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	tim which seller did you get your hid from? glad someone else thought those halford bulbs were shit!

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283060 26/01/2007 16:52 26/01/2007 16:52
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Madbloke100 tim which seller did you get your hid from? glad someone else thought those halford bulbs were shit! Turbo Revs - all the info is in the group buy section, I paid £120 all in.

Re: Sidelight replacement suggestion for HID's [Re: ] #283077 26/01/2007 17:07 26/01/2007 17:07
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,877 Islington S strike4A My life on the forum
strike4A My life on the forum S Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,877 Islington	Originally Posted by Tartandude Originally Posted by Tartandude So these ones look a bit more like the real thing Well my order arrived... only one bulb Looks like you may need to order 2 from that link above... Actually after reading the advert its quite clear you need to order too... Im a muppet.. doh! but your 1 bulb fitted/worked ok?

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