Guest Chris Bower Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 is there anyway i can just get brighter bulbs?, or do i have to get a HID conversion?, i live in the sticks and nearly about killed myself with the standard lights, my phone torch nearly gives better brightness? Quote
vodkashots Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 is there anyway i can just get brighter bulbs?, or do i have to get a HID conversion?, i live in the sticks and nearly about killed myself with the standard lights, my phone torch nearly gives better brightness? Its HIDs if you want to ditch the candle light matey. Quote
Guest Chris Bower Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 Are they expensive and hard to do?, ive also got to MOT my car do you recon i should change before or after? ie will it affect healight leveling etc... Quote
groover Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 You will need to clean the projector lens inside and out with either option. You can get some ultra bright H3 which are brighter than standard or you could get a H3 HID kit of ebay for around £30-£40, easy to fit, but again clean the headlight glass and lense. Quote
vodkashots Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 they are easy to do, can cost anywhere between £35 and £99, so shop around, and easy to do, its a plug and play affair. just unplug the old bulb, plug the power into the wiring harness and then the plugs into the bulb that comes with the kit, and plug the bulb into the head light, put the box somewhere and job done. it will even go through the MOT, and as its just a bulb, if your headlights are already set level, then no adjusting to be done. Quote
Yowser Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 HIDS - One of the best mods you can do to any Z. Cheap, easy to fit, and make a massive difference. Quote
Bartflaster Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Sorry to drop in, but hopefully this will help the OP too ;) I am guessing these aren't worth bothering with ? Ebay link 1 But these would be what you want, and they just plug into existing plugs without any splicing ? Ebay Link 2 Presumably they only replace dip beam, and main is fine as is ? Quote
groover Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Re ebay link 1, i bought some and the light seems a little whiter than stock. Lets face it stock look yellow in comparison to HID's lol. Quote
Car.Mad Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Ebay Hids are crap sull stop. as are the gay blue bulbs. the blue bulbs look nice but give off less light. For a proper hid kit you need to send about £100 Quote
vodkashots Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Ebay Hids are crap sull stop. as are the gay blue bulbs. the blue bulbs look nice but give off less light. For a proper hid kit you need to send about £100 :blink: you need to shop around matey, no offence to smithy here, but the hid kit he was selling for £97, you could get the same one, for £50 else where. Just because you don't spend a small fortune, just means you where wise enough to use google and search better :tt2: Quote
Car.Mad Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Ive had 5 kits off ebay now and everyone was :xxx: on the supra the std bulbs were brighter than the hids. The best i have ever seen and owned were the ones for £120 from DTA and are 100time better than the ebay tat. I have ebay ones on now and there still dangerous compaired to the others and thats a fact Quote
vodkashots Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Ive had 5 kits off ebay now and everyone was :xxx: on the supra the std bulbs were brighter than the hids. The best i have ever seen and owned were the ones for £120 from DTA and are 100time better than the ebay tat. I have ebay ones on now and there still dangerous compaired to the others and thats a fact I didn't mention ebay, i said use google and shop around. Ebay is always full of tat half the time :lol: Quote
groover Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Although there may be differing qualities from various sources, where do you think most of them come from? China :wink: The digital ballasts are better and seem to be more efficient and reliable than the analogue ones, but if you remember Yowser did some comparisons and there was no difference in output with a 6000K bulb. Quote
Car.Mad Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 I didn't mention ebay, i said use google and shop around. Ebay is always full of tat half the time :lol: Find us a link then because im throwing mine in the bin. lol!!!! Cannot remember the make of DTAs :crying: Quote
Ossian Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Worth bearing this in mind before forking out for a set of HID's. There is a good chance that they are going to start checking them at time of MOT. The new regs kick in at the start of next year. Quote
Steams Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Find us a link then because im throwing mine in the bin. lol!!!! Cannot remember the make of DTAs :crying: HIDS4U Pro (HIDS4U.co.uk) :sailor: I've got a set that I bought of Dan two years ago and I've still not fitted them yet :lol: Quote
Steams Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 do you want to sell them :) no mate, i need them for fitting to my zed when I finally get it on the road. Quote
Rev1Richie Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 But these would be what you want, and they just plug into existing plugs without any splicing ? Ebay Link 2 Presumably they only replace dip beam, and main is fine as is ? Just out of interest, has anybody actually BOUGHT this kit off eBay, I traced them back and they dont appear to be Chinese copies, but Romanian ones. Maybe Romanian's make a different kind of cr@p copy.... Quote
artztogo Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Just out of interest, has anybody actually BOUGHT this kit off eBay, I traced them back and they dont appear to be Chinese copies, but Romanian ones. Maybe Romanian's make a different kind of cr@p copy.... I have had these one,s installed for 1 month now, working fine and.... I CAN SEE NOWWWWWWWW, LOL Cheerz Quote
mental Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Ebay Hids are crap sull stop. as are the gay blue bulbs. the blue bulbs look nice but give off less light. For a proper hid kit you need to send about £100 the blue ones are also not road legal as they are 100w usually and don't conform to some sort of rule. so be careful what you buy. Quote
Rev1Richie Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Cheers Art Mental, which blue bulbs do you mean? rich Quote
Smithy Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 :blink: you need to shop around matey, no offence to smithy here, but the hid kit he was selling for £97, you could get the same one, for £50 else where. Erm nowt to do with me lol think you mean Danny as i've never sold em. However i first bought ebay ones many years ago and lasted around 6 months, couldn't get owt from the guy on ebay. Bought Danny's more expensive ones and lasted right up till and after the point i sold them cos i went really stupid and bought OEM 99 spec front lights :whistling: smithy Quote
vodkashots Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Erm nowt to do with me lol think you mean Danny as i've never sold em. However i first bought ebay ones many years ago and lasted around 6 months, couldn't get owt from the guy on ebay. Bought Danny's more expensive ones and lasted right up till and after the point i sold them cos i went really stupid and bought OEM 99 spec front lights :whistling: smithy Yeah sorry smithy, it is DTA as you quite rightly point out. Quote
cybernet Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 ...cos i went really stupid and bought OEM 99 spec front lights :whistling: Nice one Paul - the choice of the connoisseur :D Steve :) Quote '93 UK TT Manual [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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