just fitted some 6000k HIDS

much much much better than standard

how much ?

£29.99 bargain

HIDS 6000K

Cheers for the photos Steve, Ill be getting me a set now!

and bought!

You can see your bins much clearer now !
Must make putting the rubbish out so much safer

Neat job....nice work.

yup and the warm up time on these is a few seconds there white to look at but have a slight blue tint like a ice colour

installation time canbeb done in 1 hour very easy.

only parts you need to buy seperatly is 6 1/4 inch self tappers

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How longs the warm up time

One of the best mods IMHO

a few seconds at most for 29.99 bargain

You've done enough for me GT ... I'm off to buy some, great post

just doing my duty for a good bargain

Will also add my thanks GT, just brought a set.

I keep checking to see if my lights are on when driving...

Can I ask what tools you used when fitting? Mine will be delivered to work where I can fit in the underground carpark. Nice and dry plus it well lit.

lol, I'm glad i'm not the only one who has been doing that, I drove out of a services tonight and was convinced they were switched off

Depending on how you want to do it, A screw driver, And if you want to take the lights off and do them in the office. I think its a 10 or 8mm socket set for the front....and I cant rember the rear

Be careful however as my 16vt lugs sheered off and needed to be replaced when taking off the lights. On the older cars there in a prime location for collecting water

only tools i used was a 10mm socket to remove the head light and a posy drive for the self tappers and some black tape wd40 is a must and copper grease for re-fitting thats it

i did go ott and repolace the bolts and nuts to make em all look new

Ordered and the post gets even better. Pictures in this thread chaps when fitted?

Even though I have bought some I was a little concerned over the 30 day warranty! Seems a little short .... is this normal with HIDS? Though, nothing ventured nothing gained

Thats my main beams sorted out then, thanks for the heads up Steve, and belated congratulations on the little one.

Gareth

mine arrived today, I was in a lazy mood so attempted to fit them with the lights still on the car....dont do that! I have a bad neck now

Some points,

The bracket that holds the HID's in place would be fine if it was mounted against something flat, as there hung upside down they don't cut the musted and allow far to much vertical moment. (as default there only held on the longer side of the bracket)
As such they had to come off again, I drilled a hole in the long flat peace of metal towards the top end (where the little hock is) and then used self tapers to secure.

second point, As I found out 20 minuets of head scratching later on the connection in to the ballast can be done the wrong way around very easily as the plug fits on both ways...would have been nice for this to be a one way fitting plug to stop idiots like me making mistakes

what else, the cable is quite short so you have to be careful where you mount the ballast

if your getting a set of HID's these may interest you

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180426308437&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I got them next day, and they do what they say on the tin

photos

They look good Sam - Any fitting tips?

Yep, my wife tells me mine have arrived today So long as I can keep in her good books when I get home (most evenings upon arriving home after a hard days work - I'm in trouble for something I haven't done!) they should be done this evening

Disconnect the two plugs on each light
detach wires from clip on back of light
take lights off, 10mm socket, you will have two bolts on the back towards the top of the engine bay and two nuts on the front, be weary of these as they do like to shear (if they even look like there going to start peeing about, use some penetrating oil and lots of back and forwards movments (oh err!)

inside with the lights
rember the dip beam is the outer side of the light, not the inside!

Mount ballast, I did this on the lower part of the light and just go outside to check it wont foul on anything, the drivers side is not so much of a problem as there is no intercooler pipe work to worry about

urrr....

the only other pain in the ass is getting the retaining clips back on, you have to take these off and put them back on around the hid bulb. Because there larger there a royal pain in the ass, its at this point you will be looking for the nedal noise pliers

thats it really, go refit, check alignment and watch out for catching the rubber seals on the outside of the lights

and after a long testing, mine are crap, poor light. Probably on a pare with the old normal lights.

going to give them the benefit of the doubt till I pull the lights apart and check just how much craps covering the lenses

your saying your new hids arnt any better than the old halogens?

thats exactly what i'm saying

I bought a set of exactly these lights, they are an improvement over the standard candles in my case, but not a massive one, maybe should have gone with 55 watters rather than 35's.......

the light is very patchy and not very clear. where I had a definitive cut off before, its hard to tell now. I just spent a hour getting the aliment in to something sensible.

If I didnt have work to do I would be pulling the lights out and pulling them apart now to find out whats going on

Funny you mention this, I made the exact same mistake fitting my HIDs from turborevs, so you're not the only idiot

Well now! Just fitted mine, only took me 2 1/2 hours! Very nice, definitely brighter than the original. Very, very white. Beam level and cut off is now actually more distinct then before - marked garage door before and after.

Previously the dome LED side lights were 10X whiter than the original headlights, now, the HIDs are brighter than these - I have actually given up trying to get front lights that match in brightness.

No problems for me fitting - thanks to the tips in this thread and, adjuster works too! Bonus!

I think I'll get them tested for levels at a local MOT shop anyway sometime this week.

for all peeps that still have brightness issues after fitting, Check this out

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=932698#Post932698