HID Xenon's Aftermarket Kits

AlanD

Hi,

has anyone successfully fitted these HID units that apparently are so easy to fit to your car. Is the light as good as they say it is? Is it as good as OEM xenons?

5500

Yes,Yes and Yes!

Fitting takes about 15 minutes depending on the car,There output is excellent (ive the 8k kit which has a slight bluey hue) and ive no complaints with mine at all

AlanD

oh nice one.

What car have you them fitted to?

Does the 8K output version give the same light but with just that blue hue? I read somewhere that they recommended the other version, don't know why though.

How did you fix the ballast modules to the car or did you leave them hanging?

Any chance of a few pics of what they look like?

5500

Mine are on a civic,the 8k is supposed to give out less light than a 4k kit as all the K rating is is the temprature colour.In saying that the light colour on the road is white.I fixed my ballasts to the inside of the wing behind the headlight so there not actually visible to look in the engine bay.

Il try get some pictures of them,one thing for sure is there 100times better than any aftermarket bulb ive tried and definitly worth getting especially if you drive on backroads

EDIT - not my car but the same kit on another

AlanD

looks great. Yes I quite often to long back road drives....limerick to letterkenny on the back roads. Can be hard work during the Winter months.

A couple of the places in the UK charge about 350 euro for the kit. Is this about right or would you recommend anywhere cheaper for similar quality kits.

5500

www.hid-lights.com

Go for the X5 kit and then the temprature you want,works out about 200 euro delivered

bennyx_o

Any problems with radio reception when on? I've heard some kits interfere with the radio reception when they're on.

5500

Hmm strange,cant say ive ever noticed a problem,granted i use cd's more so but never heard of anyone complaining with the X5,and most people i know are using it.

scottledeuce

eireal wrote:

Yes,Yes and Yes!

Fitting takes about 15 minutes depending on the car,There output is excellent (ive the 8k kit which has a slight bluey hue) and ive no complaints with mine at all

eireal did you find any problems adjusting them because i hear they are suppost to be pretty hard to set right at least with low beams

5500

Tbh i havnt touched the adjustments,my car was Nct'd just before i put them in so i presume the lights were positioned fine and ive had no flashes from oncoming drivers even on backroads.

gline

i just bought a set of xenon bulbs for an alfa 156.

is just getting the bulbs sufficient??? or are they useless?

this was the info i was given on them
ALFA ROMEO 156 xenon 40% upgrade bulb kit H7 H1 501

what you guys think? any better then the standard halogen bulbs?

C_Breeze

gline wrote:

i just bought a set of xenon bulbs for an alfa 156.

is just getting the bulbs sufficient??? or are they useless?

this was the info i was given on them
ALFA ROMEO 156 xenon 40% upgrade bulb kit H7 H1 501

what you guys think? any better then the standard halogen bulbs?

if you bought immitation xenon bulbs. ie just regular bulbs but coated in blue seethru paint they are sh!te.

If you bought genuine xenon bulbs, you will need a ballast and wires to make the conversion.

I am 99% sure you bought a "kit" of ebay that costs no more than 20e , - what you have are not really xenon bulbs and im telling you they are crap.

dont even go through the effort of changing them, its not worth it.


If ou want better lights get a proper "HID kit" ...e-bay it

gline

C_Breeze wrote:

if you bought immitation xenon bulbs. ie just regular bulbs but coated in blue seethru paint they are sh!te.

If you bought genuine xenon bulbs, you will need a ballast and wires to make the conversion.

I am 99% sure you bought a "kit" of ebay that costs no more than 20e , - what you have are not really xenon bulbs and im telling you they are crap.

dont even go through the effort of changing them, its not worth it.


If ou want better lights get a proper "HID kit" ...e-bay it

well one of my front bulbs is gone anyway so i need to get that replaced anyway, so i may aswell get the rest popped in

this any good ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-XENON-CONVERSION-KIT-9006-H4-H13-H10-H1-9007-H7-BI_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ002QQitemZ120059341895QQrdZ1

there are so many types which ones would i need?

Rowley Birkin QC

Ive been looking to get these in my motor for a while now. Can anyone recommend a kit for a 98 vectra b?

Im a student so something reasonably priced without compromising too much on quality would be nice.

Or would I be better off hunting the scrapyards to find a set of the facelift HID's that were fitted to some of the post September 98 Vectras?

Cheers lads.

elexes

i bought from the same site as eireal . im going to go through the nct end of month / start of next month i havnt installed them yet but am bringing them to someone to get them installed and allinged correctly . i got different lights tho i got the gp thunder 12k ones

XenonMan

Hi everybody,this is my first post here.What a big board here,it took me an hour to get through all the titles.
Regarding the after market xenon kits,dodn't be afraid,they pass NCT easy.I have done many cars already,and they passed the NCT from first time.So no worries here.
To fit these kits are prettie easy,usualy there is a manual included,with step by step fitting instructions.From my experience,the hardest part is to find the plase and secure the balast/transformer.Usualy fitting takes from 1 to 2 hours,depends on the model of the car.

bigkev49 what kind of bulb goes in to your low beam head lights?If H7 or H1 i can supply and fit xenon kit for you stright away.And i give one one year guaranty as well.

Ice_Box

You can buy bulbs that contain xenon gas instead of halogen gas and they just take the place of a regular H7 or H4 bulb. I got Osram silver star H7 bulbs for my car and they are a good bit better but nothing like a full xenon kit.

H7 bulb test
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/61032/bulb_test_h7_50.html#

H4 bulb test
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/203966/bulb_test_h4_plus_50_per_cent.html

Registration to autoexpress needed but its worth it!

gline

Ice_Box wrote:

You can buy bulbs that contain xenon gas instead of halogen gas and they just take the place of a regular H7 or H4 bulb. I got Osram silver star H7 bulbs for my car and they are a good bit better but nothing like a full xenon kit.

H7 bulb test
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/61032/bulb_test_h7_50.html#

H4 bulb test
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/203966/bulb_test_h4_plus_50_per_cent.html

Registration to autoexpress needed but its worth it!

thats what i bought too, they are a good imrovment over standard halogen bulbs

XenonMan

gline wrote:

thats what i bought too, they are a good imrovment over standard halogen bulbs

I wonder how many LUMENS(quantity of light) do they produce?Standard halogen bulb produce about 1800K and real XENON bulb produces 3400L thats nearly twice as much.So you can feel the difference stright away.

Ice_Box

XenonMan wrote:

I wonder how many LUMENS(quantity of light) do they produce?Standard halogen bulb produce about 1800K and real XENON bulb produces 3400L thats nearly twice as much.So you can feel the difference stright away.

I dont know the answers to that but while searching I came across a new Philips H7 bulb which they claim is 80% brighter than a standard bulb

google for
Philips X-Treme Power +80%

Here’s what Auto Express had to say about Xtreme Power:

This is so new, we could not randomly select test samples, so can’t include it in our assessment. Yet performance of our pre production unit was staggering. Even compared with the current benchmark Plus per cent bulbs, the difference was immediate and dramatic. Philips claim an 80 per cent improvement over standard units, but we think that this is conservative.

The results have been achieved in the same way as the 30 and 50 per cent lamps-by taking the allowed tolerances right to the edge. This time though as well as reducing the filament and burning it hotter, Philips has shrunk the glass casing.

As a result, the gas pressure can be increased for better light output.Engineers have also optimised the geometry and shield position to focus the light where it is needed.

XenonMan

Do you know that ordinary halogen bulb lasts 400h and xenon bulb 2500h thats six times more.And xenon technologi is the future,and its on the rise at a minute.Thats why all new expensive cars have them as standard,they provide up to 3 times light compare to ordinary halogen bulbs.

Cmar-Ireland

I would think the future of car lighting is in LED's. A few high end makes have started using leds for headlights. We have had led brake and indicator lights for years.
Gas discharge is great, but led is the future IMO.

Ice_Box

BMW night vision is pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3uaTyNWcBI

gline

Ice_Box wrote:

BMW night vision is pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3uaTyNWcBI

yeh that seems pretty good


the bulbs i got i noticed they are brighter immediately, at say at least 50% brighter and they were cheap. Id still like to go for a full xenon kit though as they do last longer then standard bulbs

LiamONeill

do these hid full kits fit into angel eye headlights?

Mitch Connor

I was looking to get HID Xenon bulbs for my Mazda 323 (H3's for dips and H1's for Full beams) and i was looking on ebay. Saw loads of sets for about €20, such as this one here: http://cgi.ebay.ie/MAZDA-323-95-98-XENON-HEADLIGHT-BULBS-HID-UPGRADE-SET_W0QQitemZ250076513224QQihZ015QQcategoryZ72235QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (although that is two sets of h1's)

Are they not what i should actually be looking for?

Blazer

Here's a good link to a irish website..prices are very reasonable compared to dealer's and delivery is good..just ordered a replacement fog light and it was nearly 50% cheaper than dealer

http://www.micksgarage.com/

XenonMan

LiamONeill wrote:

do these hid full kits fit into angel eye headlights?

Yes they do fit angel eye headlights.Actualy they fit in to every headlight.The xenon bulbs made to fit in to standard bulb place.

gline

just wana say that i got a kit supplied and fitted by xenon man, great job. amazing the difference in those kits and and a very reasonable price....... well recommended

ferdi2000

http://www.rtecshop.com/index.php?p=product_view&product_id=7673

H4 Ultra Xenon Headlight Conversion Kits - Virtual Daylight


pretty cheap!

XenonMan

Price is good,you also can get these chieper on E-bay,but what about the warranty???Trust me if something goes wrong,they wount change your faulty bit because,they didnt fit it for you.I experienced that before,and it is not very pleasant.