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Post by **si_hill** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:59 pm

Tartan_Rob wrote:

For the mains I bought a set of full xenon's from ebay, when I say full, I mean bulbs + ballasts (about £100 + or -). The bulbs clip into original bulb seat and you need to mount the ballast away from the elements....not too hot or where it will get too wet. The power to the ballast is taken directly from the std plug.

So would you say these are plug n play ( i.e use the existing OEM plug) or do you have to splice into the existing loom to power the HID kit?

Post by **oliew** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:31 pm

si,
they plug into the 3 prong standard plug, pretty simple to fit no cutting, just find a good place for the ballast box like rob says.

Post by **tartan_rob** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:46 pm

The bulb is H4 I think? Not sure though, take one out and compare it to a bulb chart.

Post by **MarkB** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:51 pm

Mainbeam is a H7

Post by **ash318** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:02 pm

hi guys good news ,went to mrc today got talking to doug about my shi*e lights,anyway he just happened to have a hid kit brand new lying there,shall i fit it now he said,go on then.Well the results are astounding to say the least,full beam now verges on the ridiculous ,pound for pound the best investment i have ever made,160 fitted absolute bargain,ALL S4 OWNERS NEED THIS CONVERSION.Thanks doug

Post by **CliveH** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:04 pm

Nice one Ash

Post by **MCB** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:22 pm

My eyes are bad now my b****y memory is going anyway a fellow forum member bought a mainbeam HID kit from this chap on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

However just checked and it does not look like he is selling anything at the mo?

Another company is http://www.hids4u.co.uk/ if this has already been posted to bad as I am to b****y tired to check.

Thought I would post a few more b****y b****y b****y, hmmm that worked feel better know, working late and I dont want to!

Post by **tartan_rob** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:01 am

Told you guys....the headlamp into full HID Xenons is mental - my first post on this a while back (last year), I called it "brutal" - I think ash would agree...

All S4 owners should do this (B5 and B6) IMO.

Post by **UKS4APR1** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:10 am

How do you go on about headlamp "flashing" as the cap. discharge type bulbs take a few moments to fire-up?
Also are they OK being switched on and off fairly often in current traffic which means you only have main beam on for short periods?

Post by **tartan_rob** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:16 am

The trick in trafic is not to flash unless you really have too, or when you do, to maintain the flash for a few seconds. When driving at night, the only pain is when you switch them off so as not to dazzle oncomers, you think you have lost all lights..>! LOL

Post by **UKS4APR1** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:35 am

MarkB wrote:Mainbeam is a H7

Be careful !!
I think pre-facelift (with seperate indicator unit) is H3 Bulb and facelift (with integrated indicator) is the H7 bulb.
maybe somebody would confirm.
Which temp bulbs are recommended?

Post by **ash318** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:02 am

rob, sorry mate i owe you a big thankyou ,without your post i doubt if i would ever got round to doing anything about it,as for your comment (when you turn them off you think youve lost all lights SPOT ON) my xenons now look yellow in comparison.

Post by **MarkB** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:34 am

UKS4APR1 wrote:
MarkB wrote:Mainbeam is a H7
Be careful !!
I think pre-facelift (with seperate indicator unit) is H3 Bulb and facelift (with integrated indicator) is the H7 bulb.
maybe somebody would confirm.
Which temp bulbs are recommended?

I got it off ETKA, both pre and facelift with Xenon dipped are H7 mainbeam.

Some non Xenon's have H4 bulb, never heard of a H3 bulb

Post by **dr_wimpkins** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:08 am

MCB wrote:My eyes are bad now my b****y memory is going anyway a fellow forum member bought a mainbeam HID kit from this chap on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

However just checked and it does not look like he is selling anything at the mo?

Yeah that was me, I did a wee write up on the install a while back as below:

Had them about 2 months, work very well, ery straightforward. The 1st light might take you 45 mins, the 2nd prob 10.

Search the forum for how to remove the light.
All you need to do is remove the old halogen bulb,
put the new HID in,
drill a big hole in the back plate (the removeable 1 to access the bulb),
wire up (no cutting needed),
mount the ballest which is quite big somewhere near the light cluster in the engine bay. (That was the only pain.)

And Bobs your aunty.

I went for 8000K bulbs for the main, which is a light blueish tint. I think my dip must be 4000K as they are quite yellow.
The flash is more than bright enough, and gives off a good 'strobe' effect, as the on, off time is instant.
A quick search on ebay should get you a kit for much less than 100 nicker

Post by **MCB** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:18 am

Indeed it was what am I like!

That saves searching, nice one

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