ebay hid kit

[adgie]

Has anyone tried the hid kits off ebay. They are around £70. I know the good kits are around £250 but would like to know if there is much difference? Thanks, Ash

[ImysE30]

Morat bought some off eBay for around £40, do a search for HID on here

[SeymourCake]

if you are going to spend 70 quid on ebay hids.. then DO NOT DO IT

and go for www.hids-direct.co.uk . top of the market imo.

ebay ones normally go for 40-50 notes.

[hongkongfuey]

i got mine from ebay 4300k ones, not council blue, i've had no probs , about 50 quid, i'll send you the link

[Morat]

These will do exactly what you want:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HID-Xenon-CONVERS ... 1|294%3A50

If you want to pay more, feel free - but I bet they look the same when you open the box

[SeymourCake]

the only thing is...

i have actually had bad experiances with those ebay ones.

one of the ballasts didn't work, and the light quality was piss poor. couldn't even send it back because shipping charges back to china.

changed to HID-Directs one and the difference was amazing. Totally different quality of light output and had them for 2.5 years, not a single thing gone wrong.

[DavieP]

the only thing is...
i have actually had bad experiances with those ebay ones.
one of the ballasts didn't work, and the light quality was pee pee poor. couldn't even send it back because shipping charges back to china.

changed to HID-Directs one and the difference was amazing. Totally different quality of light output and had them for 2.5 years, not a single thing gone wrong.

Conversely, I bought an e-bay set when they were silly cheap (I think I paid about £33 inc. postage) from a seller in Canada, but shipped direct from China They have worked perfectly from the start. It's probably pot-luck with them - they are/were made in such volumes that there has to be a few bad 'uns amongst them.

[SeymourCake]

Yes i agree mate, it is pot luck. Majority of people seem to say nothong but good things about them though. But that one bad experiance has put me off completely, so not sure if i would personally risk it again.

Alzo I have had 8k before but i am really starting to sway towards 6k.. So can someone be kind enough to put spme pics up of their 6k hids?

[hongkongfuey]

its personal preference, but i have 4300k ones, and they are white light , without any tinge of blue, i'll get a pic up for you

[Sanchez]

i got mine from ebay for £37.99 about 1 year ago and no probs.

[DavieP]

Alzo I have had 8k before but i am really starting to sway towards 6k.. So can someone be kind enough to put spme pics up of their 6k hids?

Would do, but mine is away having it's annual 'face-lift' at the body shop so I'm without for most of this week. Loads on here swear by the 4300K lights because they are whiter and think that hints of blue = deep council-ness

I'm extremely happy with the brightness of the 6000K lights and rather like the faint tinge of blue. Maybe there's a tinge of council in me

[SeymourCake]

Alzo I have had 8k before but i am really starting to sway towards 6k.. So can someone be kind enough to put spme pics up of their 6k hids?

Would do, but mine is away having it's annual 'face-lift' at the body shop so I'm without for most of this week. Loads on here swear by the 4300K lights because they are whiter and think that hints of blue = deep council-ness

I'm extremely happy with the brightness of the 6000K lights and rather like the faint tinge of blue. Maybe there's a tinge of council in me

reminds me...

Whats that famous saying again...you can take a zoner out the council but you can't take the council out the zoner lol.

I personally think 8k is quite tacky unless on new expensive german cars. 6k is just perfect. Where did you get your set from davie?

Also make sure you get pics up of the beast when it comes out!

[Morat]

I've had two sets, both perfect but I realise that isn't a statistically valid sample

[George]

I bought a set from ebay seller 'Vision Performance' as he had been recommended by Dips. Came with a lifetime warranty.

Ideally would have liked to go for 4300k but had to settle for 6000k.

No complaints though. Work really well and never had any problems.

[SeymourCake]

Anyone mind putting up pictures of their HID's?

would be good to see differences in the K rating

[jonnyboy]

i got a set of hids wat come off a damaged e55 amg they look like my mates set who bought his off ebay and his are well bright, but we try the a55 ones on my bro e34 and there not very bright my nomel lights are better, does any one know anyway around this or any tips to make them brighter

[Devil_Z]

A good friend of mine sells HiD kits if you guys still want some let me know

[agd931]

I was quoted today here in Athens, 55 Euro for Chinese HID's & 110 Euro for Korean HID's, in both cases 6000K. When I asked what was the difference between the two sets, the reply was "one is Chinese the other is Korean"!!!!

Anyway, after having the headlight alignment checked by the mechanics at work & it was spot on, and I still can't see anything... I have decided to fit the Chinese set & hope for the best...

BTW, I had a Puma a couple of years back which used the same projector technology, couldn't see anything with that either!!

[GrindCulture]

I've had my ebay special 4300k HIDs since Xmas and they're fine

[daimlerman]

Fitted a set of ebay HID's to the touring a couple of weeks ago.The 4300 rated one's.
I was amazed at how much difference they make on the unlit country lanes I use for my commute to work,little or no difference in town use,my wife has not reported better vision!
I was so impressed that I have bought and fitted a second set to project cabbie,managed to get the box thingy's hidden under the light units as well,so with the covers on you cannot tell...
Here's a piccie...

[SeymourCake]

did you have to drill a hole through the cover?

[Kos]

6000k e bay jobbies fitted to my e36, no issues what so ever. £50 delivered from the far east and worked fine for over a year when i had the car