Got My HID Xenon headlights done today, full report, picture

[Moofles]

that would look cool Adam.

it'll look cool if you stand behind it anyone in front will be permanently blinded! lol

[dale325i]

Adam you got me thinking now, that would look so good, i might get another kit and run them as my Hi beam, just on there own there just as good as the pressent Hi beam lights are now and because ive gone for the really blue tint look, my Hi beam lights look crap and yellow even after buying the bluest Hi Beam bulb they sell, the electric guy said that it only takes 5 mins to swap your old bulbs back in if you have MOT trouble, what do you think

[Moofles]

i think it would look nice mate, i do agree that if one set of lights doesnt match the other it looks a bit w*nk, so i'd go for it.

[amit325i]

My car passed the mot no problem with xenons, so only thing is it would preferable to have a headlight cleaning system as a dirty glass can cause glare, self leveling can get away without it as long as your lamps are aimed properly!

I should be getting a 6000K system soon or may be lower K we'll see!

[dale325i]

thats good news mate, what K system you got on there at the moment

[amit325i]

I am standard now after a partly succesful theft of the headlamps, they were after the HIDS, they ripped the cables out of the ballasts which were secured away from the lamps. This was before christmas, I was running 6500K which did get lots of attention plus unwanted attention from crooks!

[dale325i]

gutted for you mate, you cant have anything nice in life without someone else tryin to nick it of you,,, did you have an alarm on your car

[amit325i]

I had an alarm but it didn't have proximity sensors, plus the bonnet was not opened, they just savagely ripped the lamps out, broke the clips for the connectors, I had so many ears to the gound but not a word, someone must have heard i was after blood, and realised the lamps they thought they were nicking were useless when they tried hooking the hid bulbs to 12v, LOL without ballasts!

[rusty1983]

Does anyone know why you need headlight washers with xenon lights. I know it is a legal requirement but i cant think why?

Russ

[dale325i]

Hi Rusty, i think its something to do with keeping your glass lens clean to reduce glare, as they reckon that dirty headlight lens will cause glare to other drivers

[Karan]

so are the lower 'K' numbers brighter/whiter?

this looks interesting....

Karan

[6potWil6pot]

The higher the k the brighter/whiter the light i think!
And ive also heard the washers are for when it snows cause Xenons give off no heat and wont melt snow, not that we see that much in this country anyway....

[Demlotcrew]

Hi Rusty, i think its something to do with keeping your glass lens clean to reduce glare, as they reckon that dirty headlight lens will cause glare to other drivers

Not quite. Its to do with the bulbs running at a lower temp, and if you have snow/ice on the lamp a halogen would melt this, but a Xenon bulb wont. Its impossible to produce glare with a Projector.

Karan for ultimate lighting you would need one of the 55w Philips HID bulbs.

Andrew

[Karan]

god dammit!!

so much to buy and do and so little time and money

[dale325i]

Hi Andrew,

Not quite. Its to do with the bulbs running at a lower temp, and if you have snow/ice on the lamp a halogen would melt this, but a Xenon bulb wont. Its impossible to produce glare with a Projector.

whats that got to do with headlight washers , i would of thought that if you have ice and snow on your headlights whats the chances of your washer bottle being froze

[Demlotcrew]

1. Wind chill.

2. Engine heats water bottle + screen wash doesnt freeze up.

3. high pressure pumps

Andrew

[dale325i]

if thats the case then it looks like i will have to take my xenons out for the mot, sod putting the wiper head lights back in, cheers for the info andrew, Well i put my xenons on while the car was in the garage tonight and i face onto a woods and it lit the whole of the woods up in an amazing sky blue colour, and then i put my Hi beam on and you couldnt even see it through the xenons, amazing bit of kit, and all for Ԛ£299, bloody bargin

[Karan]

to be honest dale i doubt they would notice.....

[andyp]

i took my car for an mot and they never said anything about it, AND i aint got washwipe or self levelling lights.

[dale325i]

ok cheers Andy & Karan, maybe i will just leave the xenons in and see what happens, the last mot i had the hand brake failed on one side and some other minor thing, so it failed, gave the bloke a Ԛ£20 drink and it sudnely passed, so i will take it back there

[andyp]

[dale325i]

yeah shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mention no names,,,, Auto aid garage in eight ash green, colchester i didnt know if to report him or pay him

[Jhonno]

I know that garage!! I live in EAG lol

[dale325i]

Hi jhonno, great garage for mot`s, but i would never have any work on my car done there after they fcuked my 6 branch big time putting it on, snaped 2 studs and didnt tell me and i had to take it to get it re wealded, major cowboys working there