My HID kit still hasn't arrived

The Osram Nightbreakers have certainly perked up the main beam though, but that just means it's even worse when I switch to dip Might have to change the bulbs over until this kit arrives.

I think after fitting HIDS to your dip beam, there will be no point doing the fogs...as the dip will be that good. Mine are awesome !

fitted my hid,s today dipped beam. much brawness
strait forward the only issue i had was relocating the clip that holds the bulb, very fiddly for me as i,ve got big hands long nosed pliers i took my time & cleaned things as i went along. all in all took me 2 3/4hrs.
i did one at a time so i could compare wee note.... as said in fitting guide ...on passengers/side the flat intake pipe. make sure you line up the box so it doesnt hit it
nearly forgot...you will need to source self tapping screws, the bolts&nuts supplied are no good

jimboy any pics of yours where you placed them?

maybee but still better than Fix Or Repair Daily

sorry cant do pics..best way to describe is... drivers/side keep the box to the left vertically near to the top of black plastic housing.....passenger/side keep the box near to top horizontal, this will insure missing flat intake/pipe ...........i must get the soninlaw to show me pics sometime best of luck.....it really is quite easy, ive got little patience so if i can do it anyone can
jings how sad am i, its getting dark here & i,m looking for an excuse to go out in the coop & test out the new lights

damn&blast&all that...been out tonight with the new hid,s & i,m probably going to get ones for the main beams, they look so yellow compared to hid,s i thought i,d get away with so called brighter/white bulbs, but no

Just fitted the second set of HIDs to the main beams...

Really really unbelievably good value for money!!

Makes a great difference to night time driving -
dips are great with the main beams being like a big "daylight" switch to hand!!

Only thing is when flicking on the full beams they take a sec or 2 to reach full brightness.

Here's where i fitted the ballasts .

Fitted mine today,installation went with no real problems whatsoever. Like someone said in an earlier post,the only part of the installation that might make you think was feeding the bulb wire through the bulb retaining clip in the light housing, but if you remove one side of the clip, then bend it over the bulb wire and slot the clip back in its place...it isn't an issue,job done!
Ballast positioning i just slipped the bracket under the reae light housing mounting screw...sturdy enough and the positioning just misses the various engine obstacles.

Nice day (at last) today so decided to fit my HIDs, instalation went really well, thanks to everyone on here who posted "how to's" (especially karlos475 for ballast positioning). Took me around 4/5 hours to do both hi and lo beam and I'm so pleased with these, for the price you can't beat em

They didn't even blow my fuses... although I did replace them with 20A ones after the first switch-on (forgot to pick up 20A fuses, had to go find a garage...arghh).

I used self-tapping screws rather than the bolts provided, but other than that all the bits were in the boxes, can't fault the purchase at all.

ballast fixing 1
ballast fixing 2
ballast fixing 3
ballast fixing 4
car 1
car 2
car 3
after fitting 1
after fitting 2

sorry for the crappy mobile phone photos, and for my cat nonchelantly licking his b***s in the background... he'd gotten bored with trying to get my attention by this time

Fccuking typical, some thieving scrote appears to have taken a shine to my HIDs (see what I did there ) somewhere between Hong Kong and the UK

Just a quick question,

Do the ballasts generate any significant heat when they're on? Only asking because I don't plan on using the brackets to attach the ballasts to the car, just some strong sticking pads.

If the ballasts get hot, they might warm up the adhesive and they might fall off

Might fit HID's to the main beams this evening

mine get warm, but not really hot, so I guess you'd be ok with the sticky pads. The ballasts are quite heavy though so get good quality adhesive.

The other thing I was thinking of was using the side "holes" in the bonnet with some long cable ties, but the self tapping screws were less hassle

I was going to use self tapping screws under the headlight assembly but there is already an older set of HID's there and the only place left for me to attach the bracket is close to the front of the light case where there is little distance between the underside and the topside of the plastic holding the lens.

I can't see how to attach the brackets to the side of the bonnet without drilling into the metal. I don't have any holes there, just the large triangular gaps in the framework of the bonnet itself.

I'll start off with the adhesive and see how I get on.

my second set have arrived allready jings guess what i,m going to be doing at the weekend well..weather permitting

Yes, to mount them on the side of the bonnet with self-tapers (or the bolts supplied) you would have to drill holes in the inner bonnet metal, it's quite easy as long as you don't push too hard and go right through to the outer skin. I only had to drill 3 holes as the brackets share the middle hole.

Feck it, maybe I'll just drill them then

On the bright side (see what I did there? ) if you get it wrong there's a cheap bonnet for sale on Ebay!

Hi guys, just thought I'd share a slight problem that has manefested itself over the last couple of days. Was getting a "clunking" sound under braking, thought it was allsorts (paranoid coop owner now), but on checking brakes, suspension, etc., turns out that the mounting brackets on these are c**p and under braking my ballasts were moving to-and-fro in the brackets and "clunking" against the inner bonnet metal. I've now wrapped the things together with duct tape and re-mounted them... no bad noises now, so you might want to keep this in mind when fitting.

Cheers
Steve

9 days to arrive and now fitted to full beam and able to compare them with group buy 50 s i fitted on dipped...

Absolutely a bargain at little over the price of a couple of bulbs ,, well impressed and they even stuck the labels on left hand and right hand which is way above attention to detail !!

Just to confirm that I have tried to mount the ballats with the cable ties using the holes in the bonnet and both sides hit on the airbox near side and the same area on the off side.

Also, does anyone elses ballasts buzz when there on? just curious. Also standard 15amp fuse hasn;t blown as yet.

fitted my second set of hid,s to main beam..braw
i fitted the ballast boxes at the side of the bonnet next to the black plastic light housing with no issues....much lightness&brawness quick question..any issues at MOT time, never gave it much thought but seems to be a bit of a grey area?

wey iv got my hids in now, seem to work fine.. i just put the hids on the side of the bonnet.

I screwed my ballasts to the bottom of the headlamp units as per Jap....

Are these 35w or 55w? I've been reading through some old HID threads and some fccukers have said the 35w don't come up as bright as they thought they would...

mine ? - they are 55w, super duper mega bright

sorry i was referring to the HIDs this thread concerns. The jobbies on Ebay. I've looked at the site and their own shop and see no mention of them being 35w or 55w?

not sure, i will look later.. which ones are the motor wires?

I've used VHB tape and thrown the brackets in the bin

now i know i've got some funky electrical problems with my car and need a new battery

but ..

I have HID's to the diped only (main beam are still standard)

has anyone else had a problem where they have turned the Main beam off and instead of going back to just the HID's on dipped the whole lights have turned off
Very scary when youre hurtiling along a cuntry road with main beam on and then a car comes the other way and you turn your main beams off and all your lights go out!

I think its proberly the electricals on my car as i've had many many problems with the electrics but am curious to if anyone else has this issue.