Hid Help Please

[dodgy01]

i want to put hid lights in my 2004 is200

i am finding it hard to get a kit that does hi/low beams

any advice please or a link would be amazing

thanks

[is200 Newbie]

I think - but not too sure - if you are converting to HIDS then you need an auto levelling system and also headlight washers to pass the MOT - not 100% sure so just check before shelling out on the lights

[Sterling]

On your IS200 the Hi and Lo beams are different bulbs, not a combined Hi / Lo bulb. You need 2 HID kits.

Dipped beam bulbs are HB4

Main bean bulbs are HB£

Not much use doing the main beam, as they take a few seconds to come up to temperature.

[Horse Pop]

I think - but not too sure - if you are converting to HIDS then you need an auto levelling system and also headlight washers to pass the MOT - not 100% sure so just check before shelling out on the lights

Unfortunately you still see lots of cars driving around with crap aftermarket HID kits so I guess they aren't failing people en masse yet despite the likes of this:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120606172804/http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/dft-information-sheets/aftermarket-hid-headlamps.pdf

and this:

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-servicing-repair/mot-changes-2012.html

It's a bit of confusion to be fair. I don't think most of the aftermarket stuff is road legal anyway, not being emarked but they don't necessarily fail stuff on those grounds.

[TigerFish]

Never had any issues with the ones I had in my old mk1 GS. MOT was always fine. The GS did have projector headlights though, which seem to e slightly better for hid patterns than reflector headlights. It was the cheap LED sidelights that used to get questioned more, but once I swapped to the Philips 6000k LEDs, they matched the hid colour perfectly (looked white instead of blue)

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