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Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:20 pm

Has anyone tried these HID kits on Ebay?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HID-XENON-CONVERS ... dZViewItem
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:29 pm

Postage price 8O
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:48 pm

£50 all in cant be bad, I say go for it
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:56 pm

Worth a punt for that money. :D
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:12 am

This looks better although it costs more but you shouldn't go far wrong with Bosch I wouldn't have thought.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Xenon-HID-Convers ... dZViewItem

There seems to be a lot of kits on ebay
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:48 am

its not bosch though...its a fake.

ive got a fake bosch system and it works well enough. a few niggles but its far better than the standard candles.
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:32 am

That Bosch look-a-like kit looks like it uses the same ballasts as mine, well same stickers anyway :D

I only bought the kit because it was the cheapest on eBay at the time at £93 posted
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:29 am

I got these
UK seller with 18month warranty on bulbs and ballasts


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... B:TB18:UK5:
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:12 am

Looks good for the money! Bit odd that he lists them at different prices with different carriage rates, all adding up to £75 in the end!
Looking through the shop list, I see you can have a 'lifetime' guarantee for a few more pounds, and also that he lists bi-xenons with a tilt mechanism.
Anyone fancy being a guinea pig for these?
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:15 am

Brianmoooore wrote:
Looks good for the money! Bit odd that he lists them at different prices with different carriage rates, all adding up to £75 in the end!
Looking through the shop list, I see you can have a 'lifetime' guarantee for a few more pounds, and also that he lists bi-xenons with a tilt mechanism.
Anyone fancy being a guinea pig for these?
I've got a pr of the H1's and they seem to be working ok
Might just order another pr for main beam as well
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:20 am

BadDave wrote: Might just order another pr for main beam as well
Problem is that xenons aren't realy supposed to be switched on and off frequently - hence the tilting bulb mechanism.
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nickso wrote:its not bosch though...its a fake.

ive got a fake bosch system and it works well enough. a few niggles but its far better than the standard candles.
I am shocked that people would sell fake Bosch :mad:
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:17 pm

I Bought some of these, 52.49 delivered (2.50 vat) Fitted in 1 hour, no loom chopping, work great!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... mot_widget
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:12 pm

only problem I can see is getting a replacement bulb if you evern need one. "normal" HID bulbs can be picked up on EBAY for reasonable money, but the "hybrid" bulb will be hard to get hold off if you need one.
just a thought....
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:24 pm

nickso wrote:its not bosch though...its a fake.

ive got a fake bosch system and it works well enough. a few niggles but its far better than the standard candles.
How do you know these are fake? have you got a kit from this guy? i have a Bosch kit, and vey pleased with it,

Id like to know how to tell if its fake!

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cause bosch dont make HID kits!
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:51 pm

Quaser wrote:cause bosch dont make HID kits!
Cheers buddy, i got these, and because of it being an international site, i thought it might have been real

http://www.boschhk.com/english/listproduct.asp?pid=256

Nowm i dont know if mine are fake :?
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UweM3 wrote:only problem I can see is getting a replacement bulb if you evern need one. "normal" HID bulbs can be picked up on EBAY for reasonable money, but the "hybrid" bulb will be hard to get hold off if you need one.
just a thought....
I've modified a couple of projectors to take standard D2S bulbs, but it would be simpler to use these hybrid bulbs.
Anyone ever seen them listed separately anywhere?
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:10 pm

They're not fakes; they're made by Boschhk, which just happens to be a company with a very similar logo and name to a well known European company.
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I can't decide if I want to go for the 8K or 10K Xenons. I've got CCFL ring's in my lamp's which is making me want to choose the 8K for A hint of blue so the rings and the bulbs work well together, any suggestions?

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Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:38 am

the higher up the spectrum you go, the less intense the light is - i would personally stick to 6k
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I've got 6K bloody bright!
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6K are ace 8)
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4300k for me, but i haven't seen a 6k set to compare.
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Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:53 pm

4300K is considerably brighter than 6000K, and far less council.
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