Xenon headlight upgrade

[Razza]

Have seen a few kits (well bulbs) on ebay, are these any good and are they just direct replacements?

Need to get rid of the dirty yellow glow no the nights are drawing in

Cheers

[Morat]

I think they're superb and I wouldn't be without them. There's a sticky at the top of this forum with a simple fitting guide I wrote up.

[Steviec]

Morat, I didnt realise the HID kits could be that cheap, effective and easy to fit. Roll on payday!

[d6dph]

Well worth doing imo. I love mine.

[robbo86]

kk, stupid questions aplenty in many topics from me tonight, but if you do the dipped headlight, for HID surely that means you have a cool blue dipped beams and yellowish full beams, or am i being really thick and these kits do them both

[kam325itouring]

you can do both they are the same kit H1.

[robbo86]

eh, so you buy an e30 hid kit and it has HiD bulbs for all 4 healdights yeh

sorry if i am being thick, but whats new

[kam325itouring]

no dude you buy two kits so its four bulbs in total!! e30s have the same bulb type in the main and dipped...

[Jhonno]

hid on the mainbeam is a bad idea, the bulbs dont like being switched on and off

[grantfk10]

My mainbeam lights (standard) are actually pretty good!

[robbo86]

aye but surely that then means you get a nice cool blue light, then dirty yellow (but brighter) glow on your mainbeams

[Simon]

aye but surely that then means you get a nice cool blue light, then dirty yellow (but brighter) glow on your mainbeams

Yes, only when you drive around with your main beams on, which you shouldn't be doing unless the road is empty.

HID's in the dipped beam are well worth it, and you will probably find you won't use the main beam as much anyway.

[mattG]

Am thinking of investing in a kit myself, which are the ones to avoid if any?

[Morat]

When you have HID dip beams you'll start treating your mains like "fill in" lighting rather than be cursing every second you can't drive on main beam at night.

[d6dph]

I rarely use main beam these days. the HID's really do pick out the road signs and markings so well.

[StuBeeDoo]

aye but surely that then means you get a nice cool blue light, then dirty yellow (but brighter) glow on your mainbeams

Use Philips Blue Vision or Osram Cool Blue bulbs in the inner lamps.

[robbo86]

sweet, yeah, does anyone know of what kits to avoid, its going to be one of the first things i will do, what brands do you want to go for, those to steer clear of???

[StuBeeDoo]

sweet, yeah, does anyone know of what kits to avoid, its going to be one of the first things i will do, what brands do you want to go for, those to steer clear of???

No different to anything else Mate. Buy the best you can afford.
Buy cheap, buy twice.

[padi]

Im looking at doing this very soon, but have been wondering if u can change the bulb colours with out doing anything other than changing the bulbs. Also what does the kit include? 2 ballast boxes 2bulbs an instruction book? anything else? all im thinking is if i can buy two ballast and bulbs thats all i need yea?

[Bob_S]

kits contain
- 2 lamps
- 2 ballasts
- 1 loom with relay and fuse

the colour can be changed by changing the lamps yes

all kits are the same, £80-£280 they are all pretty much identical but most people are just greedy!

bulbs grow in gardens!!!!!

[BristolBulldog]

hid on the mainbeam is a bad idea, the bulbs dont like being switched on and off

to OP.
If you replace the dipped headlights with xeon, then when you set sidelights you lower the voltage to the power packs. This menas on sidelights, ignition on, you get strobes.

to Jhonno. No they are fine. As per above, my lights have strobed for ages (i actually thought it was cool when i first fitted them years ago).