HID FITTED! now PICS and Guide

[stonesie]

The grey plug in the pic plugs into the ballast unit (the silver box with the HID kit) and the 2 spade connectors you can see in the first pic near the rubber gromet connect to the wires inside the cap behind the dip beam bulb.

There's a series of pics on page 4 that will help

[markdemon]

cheers bud
i new i was a numpty

[markdemon]

just like to say cheers guys just fitted my hid's and they look very smart thanx for the info in this thread,it helped specially the pics
nice one

[stonesie]

Good man


I thought i would share a little discovery i made while fiddling with the headlamp aim tonight, i had to disconnect 1 to see the light cast from the other (cloudy reflector perhaps, thats another thing on the dreaded to-do list) Anyway.... the check light came on indicating a dip beam failure, so it appears that that handy function still works with HID's

[siddiqi1]

O/T, but why has this been UNSTICKIED?

[chisel]

Great guide guys, some really useful tips. I'll definitly be fitting these to my E30 & E36. Quick question though, what does the 4300k, 6000k, 9000k all that business refer to? And does it make a difference if I go for H1 or H7 bulbs, I assume I want H1?

Thanks

[chisel]

This guy on ebay is selling them for £40 all in from Hong Kong so though I'd post it up as he seems to be the cheapest.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HID-XENON-CONVERS ... 240%3A1308

[Morat]

Chisel, 4300 is the brightest and whitest, 9000k is the bluest.
Personally I'm a fan of 4300k.

I'm guessing this has been un-stickied because the info is now in the zone wiki
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Conversion

although you can't really chat about stuff on the wiki

[Morat]

and H1 for the E30 for sure

Infact, have a link!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-XENO ... ccessories

$50 delivered has got to be a bargain even with the exchange rate being such a spoilsport.

[cypriot_boy_2k7]

[Morat]

btw, my car passed the MOT with HIDs fitted. The tester is known for being very tight too