Astra opc hid lights

hilisa

Hi all,
I'm looking to put a hid kit in a 07 opc astra or just hid bulbs.
Looking for that white light. !:)
Are the bulbs alone any good or is it better spend the money on thd proper hid conversion ?

mondeoman2

hilisa wrote: »

Hi all,
I'm looking to put a hid kit in a 07 opc astra or just hid bulbs.
Looking for that white light. !:)
Are the bulbs alone any good or is it better spend the money on thd proper hid conversion ?

For A Proper Hid Conversion you will need headlight washers,Auto levelling in order to pass the nct.

colm_mcm

You don't need auto levelling fir the nct AFAIK. But you do need washers

mondeoman2

colm_mcm wrote: »

You don't need auto levelling fir the nct AFAIK. But you do need washers

Yeah,i think your right about the levelling,sorry op:o

hilisa

Why do I need washers ?? I have them already but just wondering why they are necessary?

bazz26

hilisa wrote: »

Why do I need washers ?? I have them already but just wondering why they are necessary?

It's a legal requirement when you have HID headlights fitted.

Chippy01

colm_mcm wrote: »

You don't need auto levelling fir the nct AFAIK. But you do need washers

Yes you do. My mate had his car fail due to the levellers not working last month.

vectra

colm_mcm wrote: »

You don't need auto levelling fir the nct AFAIK. But you do need washers

I find this very strange,
Why would they not be needed for LED heads then?

edburg

hilisa wrote: »

Why do I need washers ?? I have them already but just wondering why they are necessary?

Can you get pic up of lamps?

Just if you have working head light washers and presuming nobody fitted them after market you should have the AFL headlights. Which are bi-xenon headlamp and you just need new bulbs.

However I need to see lights if that is so.

EDIT : If you have style of lights on left, you will not have washers from factory and need to change light units/retro fit washers to be legal.

Style on right will be Bi-Xenon/AFL and have everything from factory to be legal and should be fairly white but prob want to change from 3k bulbs to 5k.

edburg

vectra wrote: »

I find this very strange,
Why would they not be needed for LED heads then?

Is there not a date restriction on the auto and manual level??

My car passed last NCT with manual levellers.

colm_mcm

vectra wrote: »

I find this very strange,
Why would they not be needed for LED heads then?

Far as I know, if the light is less than 2000 lumens it isn't needed. I know in practice LEDs seem brighter than HIDs