are e30 lights suitable for hid`s??

[320ise]

does the e30 lens projector work ok with hids or is it a waste of money and are they legal? allso what sidelight options are legal as i bought some white ones of ebay with a blue tint and got pulled over by police and its not even bkue just a very slight white blue tint. thanks

[320ise]

also whats better for e30/34 55w or 35w does it affect the hid to the original watt output etc?

[320ise]

would these be ok to put in with the hid conversion? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XENON-SIDE-LIGHT- ... dZViewItem

[Steviec]

Have a look here: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=61342

Should answer your questions.

[Steviec]

Ive just put these sidelights in mine: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=007

Basically the same as yours but cheaper.

[gBenM]

for HID lights to be legal you need:

projector lenses
auto-levelling height adjustment
light washers

but apparently people go through MOTs without having washers or the auto levellers all the time (I think that E30s have a light wash anyway don't they?)

[essexboy]

as said above is needed to be legal, i am running hid's on my e30 and they passed a mot no problem

as for sidelight bulbs any that have any blue in them are illegal, but if your looking for pure white instead of the yellow of standard sidelights i highly recommend these

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_list. ... 37&cat2=12

HTH
Lee

[Steviec]

as said above is needed to be legal, i am running hid's on my e30 and they passed a mot no problem

as for sidelight bulbs any that have any blue in them are illegal, but if your looking for pure white instead of the yellow of standard sidelights i highly recommend these

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_list. ... 37&cat2=12

HTH
Lee

I had those in mine but with the HID's they still look yellow. The LED ones are the only real way to get round it.

[Simon]

We are lucky with (most) E30's being fitted with projector style lights, HID's look perfectly fine fitted, and have a perfect cutoff point and no dazzling of oncoming traffic.

Fitting HID's to cars with normal reflector headlamps won't be so easy come MOT time, or if you are pulled over etc..

[essexboy]

as said above is needed to be legal, i am running hid's on my e30 and they passed a mot no problem

as for sidelight bulbs any that have any blue in them are illegal, but if your looking for pure white instead of the yellow of standard sidelights i highly recommend these

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_list. ... 37&cat2=12

HTH
Lee

I had those in mine but with the HID's they still look yellow. The LED ones are the only real way to get round it.

my eyes must be really bad then because they look pure white to me i went through three sets of led's all having blue tints to them when on the packet they was descrideb as white