6000k finally arrived after sending me 10000k

Looking nice mate!!!

Once you start with the mods mate you can never stop
Think you sould go for a sports grill next mate

Think you might be right, sports grill sounds good

Oh and a Induction Kit

Good job.

Mole is correct! Sport grille needed.

And induction kit......ARBs, coilovers, stereo......supercharger!

This is how it starts!!!!!!

Im actually watching This

and get your self to dundee on the 1st of nov for the scottish meet lol

anyone got an image of the the 2 grills so i can see the difference? minbe isnt the sport model but im sure i already got the sprts grill, doesnt look like its standard

also, on topice, anyone else used the HID's tommy has bought? are they any good?

Tommy whats the light on the road like? much better?

HID's are a massive improvement. I have them in dipped & main beam 6000k colour temperature


Original Grill


Sport Grill

Oh, what a difference, i had Xenon 6500k upgrade bulbs and thought they looked good, until i fitted these yesterday, didnt want to go home last night, they are soooo bright, and lok great in daytime also,
Get some get some get some, you wont be disappointed

Cameron i'd have loved to come through but unfortunatley i'll be in Coventry on the 1st, sorry mate, maybe next time

ok, convinced!

just ordered, should be here for monday!! Excited he he

Nicely between the lines lol

Why a sports grill......... I would go for a 2JZ twin turbo hahaha. But I i live in Hong Kong, no where for the speed haha.


Could be an easy swap

tommy, quick question mate. On The HID, im assuming that because ours are the twist n lock bulbs the rubber gromit thing thats on the wire is of no use? and did you take out your right light or did you manage? dont suppose you got a pic of where you put the ballasts have you?

cheers

Give me 5 mins mate, i'll nip out and take a picture for you,, by the way, iv'e just called the insurance company about the HID's, no extra charge mate

superstar mate, im all very new to the whole car modification. i was well up for a play today and the bloody rain has come!!

WOOOO Im now an advanced member!! he he

You dont have to attach the rubber thingys mate, i just used tie wraps to attach, good luck, you'll love them

ok that was really easy! thought it was gonna be much worse!! oh and can i just say..............

MY LIGHTS LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for you mate, well done, can i suggest you make some sandwiches and a flask of hot soup, coz you'll be driving about all night showing off your new HID's

so your insurance company didn't question the legality issue of the HID's with you???

No mate, he just asked what HID's were and then said it was fine.

hmmm, interesting that. who you with if you don't mind me asking?

Mine was the same Rob, they just said "so basicaly you have just uprated the bulbs to a better system which is fine)" and no extra cost

ahh fair doo's. just wondered that's all as i know some companies won't allow it. depends who ur speaking to at the time i guess....

i had some random questions regarding mine but sorted it in the end.

Youv'e got me paranoid now Rob, do you think i should have asked for that in writing ???

Dont suppose you have a link for where you bought the HID kits from do you?

Looks really good by the way

Here you go mate,

they are pretty good, i wanted a photo to compare the two so i changed one back so i could see the difference in the dark! BIG DIFFERENCE!!

Looking good matey

Yeah, HIDs are great !

About asking for it in writing, it's up to you. Personally I wouldn't bother but I'd probably make a note of when I spoke to the insurance company should it ever be queried.

Good idea mate, i managed to get the guys name ( Mark ) so if anything goes wrong, at least i can give them time, date, name

Cheers mate

Any reason why you went for 6000k?

6000K are the most popular choice. they are still really bright and have a hint of blue in there, not enough to be illegal and fail mot's

with these new brighter bulbs surley thats got to be almost like driving with your lights on full beam all the time?

They are very bright compared to the oem bulbs mate but if you decide to go for a set? pop into your local MOT station and ask if they can check the beam height for you and set them up the best they can.

When i fitted mine, i took mY LEX in due to them being quite low and the chap at the garage set them up and didnt cost me anything

So i am guessing 6000k kis what is fitted facory spec if you have HIDs

Surely the higher burning ones would give better visibility as they are brighter?

I think that factory ones are usually around 4500K, which are a bit whiter and brighter than 6000K


6000K refers to the colour temperature, not to the brightness. So for example, 8000K are more blue than 6000K, and 10000K will be sort of purple. Because of the difference in colour, those ones with a "higher" colour temperature are actually *less* bright.

Go for 4500K if you want super-bright HIDs. They will be a little bit brighter than 6000K. A lot of people go for 6000K though because they're still bright, and have a very slight blue tinge which looks kinda cool