Pilot HID Kits........just £125 !

[Spirit]

Just struck off one of my winter "to do" list, by ordering this kit. Kev has this exact kit fitted to his and recommends the quality. Bargain price to from this supplier.....just £125 "Buy It Now" plus £10 P+P.......these kits have been known to sell for £175 to £225 !

Grab one while you can: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PILOT-H1-H3-H4...QQcmdZViewItem

I have ordered the 8000k ones, crystal blue.

In fact here's an old auction from the same guy when they were £154 + £8 P+P: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=8070788938

[scc]

Also check if the HID bulbs are legal. I failed my MOT because the 'beam pattern' was wrong, they produced a big splodge rather than the required 'sloping' beam.

Mine were 6000K giving off a bluey colour which made things fairly difficult to see at night compared to the filament 'yellow' light.

scc

[Spirit]

This HID Kit is available in 7 colors:


3000K - Golden Yellow

4300K - Bright White

6000K - Crystal White

8000K - Crystal Blue

10000K - Aqua Blue

12000K - Purple-Blue

14000K - Purple

[mart0398]

How do you go about fitting these into the headlights? Do you have to do any mods to the housing, or do they just fit in instead of the normal lamps? I have herd of people having to mod the housing where the normal H7 lamp sits, and make adaptors out of old lamp bases etc. I wouldnt want to do anything un-reversable to the headlights.

[Roadrunner]

Thanks Pete! Good spot. I've just ordered a 6000K Crystal White pair.

Cheers
Brian

[Spirit]

HID's are fitted and working



And here's a pic down a very dark lane:

[BraindG]

fantastic Pete! Looking gooooood!

[pezza]

Looks good mate!

Yup tis really a worthwhile mod, (very near the top of my list of faves)
and not just for the looks etc..

I really struggled with the standard setup and the HIDs really showed this once
installed.

Would be cool to have four HID bulbs across the front for that real GET OUT MY WAY
look..

[BraindG]

Would be cool to have four HID bulbs across the front for that real GET OUT MY WAY
look..

Slight Hijack.. But this reminds me of my boyracer days in the highlands. Cos of the Deer and Sheep most of us had 4 spotlights on the car, 2 pointing up the verge to catch eyes, and two pointing forwards for distance.

The standard bulbs were removed, and replaced with 100w ones, meaning on dip it was nearly as bright as normal full beam - anyways, a car would be coming towards you, and would flash, suggesting i turn off full beam.... heheh.. so i flashed them with 6 x 100w - i could see the back of their eyeballs. Always loved doing that

k, sorry... back on track

[Wouter]

Hi, just some info....

I can get my hands on "Good Quality" HID kits for £110 but they have the 6000K - Crystal White bulbs. My supplier explained that the he has good info stating that all other bulb types will be outlawed.

And if you really want it, he can get cheap sets for £90

[Spirit]

Brian

FYI I forgot to mention. Kev said something about chopping approx 10mm off the holder or something to get them to fit so the metal clip holds them in place. Other than that it's easy to fit them. Give him a call if you need to.

[Roadrunner]

Cheers Pete,

I'm getting mine fitted today. I'll pass on the info ...

[Missbitchy]

Thats the Xmas pressy I didn't know I wanted!!!!!

[Spirit]

Thats the Xmas pressy I didn't know I wanted!!!!!

I know, it's amazing how thoughtful I am sometimes

[Roadrunner]

Cheers Pete,

I'm getting mine fitted today. I'll pass on the info ...

Edit: Decided to go the whole hog and just ordered an H1 set as well today, so will get both kits fitted sometime in the next week

[Spirit]

Nice one Brian......should look awesome

[mart0398]

I have one of those kits fitted now, but am having real trouble getting the right beam pattern. I took the car into work today and the chap in the garage had a go at adjusting them with the beam setter, but still no good.

Did either of you make a spacer to fit behind the lamp, between it and the spring clip, because i had to due to the lamp not being thick enough on its own with out the original plastic mitsi base? If not what did you do?

Thanks

Mart.

[scc]

I have one of those kits fitted now, but am having real trouble getting the right beam pattern. I took the car into work today and the chap in the garage had a go at adjusting them with the beam setter, but still no good.

Be good to let us know if you solve this problem. I've got the very same problem.

Did either of you make a spacer to fit behind the lamp, between it and the spring clip, because i had to due to the lamp not being thick enough on its own with out the original plastic mitsi base? If not what did you do?

I used the spacers provided that fit tightly behind the lamp, but I had to cut them into shape to fit the recess in the housing.

Cheers,
scc

[I-S]

You won't be able to get the beam right.

The reason is that the HID light source is an arc of quite different dimensions to the filament of the original bulb. The reflector optics are designed around the filament of the bulb quite specifically placed within the reflector, and the HID arc will always be different, no matter how you place it.

I was looking at building a projector setup to replace the reflector in the existing housing, but it is quite tricky finding a projector lens small enough. I believe that a projector setup is not so demanding on the light source position because it's the lens and cut-off screen that dictates the beam pattern.

[I-S]

Here's what I was looking for: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html

Seems I was wrong about the projectors too....