Hid Lights

[cobrav8]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-103189977.htm

Anyone used these?

Are they too hot for our fittings?

Anything else required to use them?

Would you use for low/high or just high beams?

Also... could you use these in a spot light - replacing the fog light? What part is the spot light lense?

Edited 05/06/07 07:45 AM by cobrav8

[scott52]

They don't look like HID lights to me ... they usually have a transformer. They look like normal halogens with blue glass. Is there a website with technical information?

Cheers,

Scott

[FastR1Red]

They're definately NOT HID's. HID's come with an inverter for each light as Scott said plus a wiring harness. The globes are much longer than those pictured, especially if you're got them with both high and low beam.

I just bought a set yesterday for the T.

sorry forgot to mention, they're cooler than the standard lights plus use less power due to the inverter. (35w each)

You can use them in the spotlight but have to order H7 style. The headlights are H4 hi/low. A few run only high in the headlights too but I got the hi/lo.

HID's are not yet complied as an after market accessory in Aus, so illegal if you're upgrading a T. They're still waiting for the ASA etc.

Edited 05/06/07 11:34 AM by Dagabond

[ZAP]

I run HID's and the ones listed are no HID's.

You need to run separate power direct from the battery and they have a transformer.

They will also cost you over $250 for a conversion kit.

[Guest FatBAt]

From what I have read, HID's are just Xenon head lights. Nothing new! High Intensity Discharge through a gas which just happens to be..... you guessed it....Xenon. Xenon in headlights anyway....argon I think in street lights. Anyway here's a site.

www.brightheadlights-hid.com/xenon_bulbs.htm

Cheers

[cobrav8]

I thought the price was too cheap. Damn robbers!

For the people who have the real ones - what do you think? How much better is the light? - do you notice a considerable increase in lighting distance, or just brightness?

[RUS531]

I think the Xenon ones you are thinking of are normal lamps with a filiment but having xenon gas to give them the white appearence. HID require a ballast (current choke) and there should be a capacitior in the circuit to achieve a voltage spike to ignite the gas between the two elctrodes then after the ignition, electrons can flow very easy between them which why a ballast is needed to limmit the current. with out the ballast there will be pretty much a dead short. The different gas gives the light its colour. Its the same principle with street lamps and other high watt lights you find around like Sodium (yellow/orange) or murcury vapour lights (whitish)

Hope this shed some light

[Guest FatBAt]

I think the Xenon ones you are thinking of are normal lamps with a filiment but having xenon gas to give them the white appearence. HID require a ballast (current choke) and there should be a capacitior........................

Hope this shed some light

Thanks for clearing that up

PS.....nice pun at the end

Cheers

[RUS531]

ah yes that worked nicely lol I just noticed

[ZAP]

The HID conversion makes a HUGE difference to the light output, but the kit is not the best with the Falcon Headlights.

I have had to aim my lights down heaps because of the glare from the reflectors being designed for Halogen.

I do not get flashed by oncoming traffic, now that I have the lights ajusted, it is still 10x better than stock lights.

I got the 4300k temp lights as they are very white and not a ricey blue.