New Head Lights

[IZZZY]

chaps,

looking at replacing the bulbs for the front dipped beam headlights...

anyone already changed theirs?

i been looking at PIAA bulbs and Phillips bulbs... any other recommendations..

cheers

[mikey's IS]

dont bother if you are going to do that you might as well buy a HID kit better imo

[IZZZY]

appreciate what your saying Mikey's , but i want to get rid of the yellowy look withoutr having to fork out hundreds for a kit... plus i hear the one that costs around a hundred jib is not so reliable anyway... so this is the next quick fix :-)

[kam05]

You can buy HID's kits cheap off ebay- I got a kit off eBay for £56- check my thread titled "HID kit- got one at last!!!"

[IZZZY]

heard these are decent :-) tbh im not fussed about getting a full HID kit

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=10#

what you think?

[kam05]

heard these are decent :-) tbh im not fussed about getting a full HID kit

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=10#

what you think?

Not bad, but I'd rather put in another £35 and get a proper HID kit.

[IZZZY]

heard these are decent :-) tbh im not fussed about getting a full HID kit

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=10#

what you think?

Not bad, but I'd rather put in another £35 and get a proper HID kit.

ive heard bad stories about HID kits.. about how they are likely to go wriong and at a cheap price (70ish) for HID kit.. can we really expect it to be reliable or decent :-S

[kam05]

Well there are people on here you have used HID kits on their IS200's for years and they haven't had any problems with the HID kit. Pay your money and take your chances.

[Asi]

i got my hid kit for 35 quid off eBay. fair enough thet were from china but never had a problem and they have been on my car for over a year now. like other said dont bother getting the bulbs they are crap mate.

[Parthiban]

Yep definitely go for HIDs - one of the most useful mods you can do :)

[IZZZY]

ok i might just go for the HIDs then...

any recommendations on which ones to go for and any idea on how hard they are to fit in?

any decent priced reputable sellers?

cheers

[Solhatt]

Hids4u has a 2 year warranty on hid kits:)

[ghumra]

quick question, sorry i dont mean to hijack this thread. but i am interested in putting some hid'd in my is200, but will they be legal, as iv heard their illegal on halagen relfector type headlights. so i dont want to fit them if the car wont pass its mot.

any gen on this.

[Parthiban]

Technically not strictly legal, but I've not heard of anyone have a problem with them to date.

[fil4362]

The law and the mot work on 2 diffrent sets of rules mate. No reason at all why a set of hids wont pass an mot. The only downside of hids is they send light downwards that bounces up in the headlight and gives a fuzzy top line when checking them on a beam setter (for the mot). I checked mine when i did them they have a lot hotter hot spot but not as crisp a pattern. I believe there is now a new type of bulb which has a shield under the bulb that sorts out the problem that isnt really a problem. They do give of a little glare i just adjudted them down a bit to stop the glare i not had anyone complain.

[ghumra]

cool thanx, i ended up getting some hid's from autotronics, only cost me £60. i was contemplating forever which colour temperature to go for and in the end i decided to go for 8k. had em in 4 days now and so far not even been flashed once. but i still feel i need to adjust them downwards a little. is this something that can be done at home or you guys think i should take it to a mot tester to adjust them.

[Asi]

ive had mines for a year now and never had a problem with police mate. mines 8000k bulbs

[fil4362]

Adjusting the headlights is a simple job. Still probably best to get them done when you have the next mot done, that way the get set properly and even. You can adjust them up and down and left and right. You could just park the car nose in to a wall and set them from the pattern on the wall, but if you get them too low you will just end up setting them back up again to get it through the mot. MOst test stations will probably just set them for you if you just pop in and ask its a 5 minute job that wouldnt charged for at my place

[Mbay]

just bought 2 kits and don't hink theyre anti-glare. I read somewhere you can paint a bit on the bulb to give the same effect. anyone know how?

[fil4362]

If your going to paint the bulb it will need painting between 5 and 7 oclock on the bulb. That should do it but questionable as to how long the paint will last and what fumes it will give of when the bulbs get hot and what it would do to the bulb.