HID Pro MAX - Worth it?

[Brettus]

Hi All,
well I've been officially bitten by the modification bug after fitting a few bits and recently the new exhaust, HIDs would be my next mod of choice.
hids4u seems to be a well recommended place, they do two twin headlight kits:
35w standard kit £99
55w "Pro" kit, £199,
can get discounts with the usual codes though but prices are still proportional.

I figure I'm only going to do the upgrade once so if the pro kit would be worthwhile and have no side effects like melting the front of my bike then I'll go for that.
any thoughts please?

[the_lone_wolf]

i have HIDS4U's twin 35W and there's absolutely no need to go for anything more in terms of light output, they're more than bright enough

[Brettus]

Sorry just rechecked, the H4 kits are more expensive than the default pricing so 35w is £112 with discount and 55w is £149, making it much more appealing, but is it too powerful?

[Stu]

would imagine 35W would be so much better than std that no need for 55w. But not speaking from any exp.

Interested in a single kit for my new bike tho'

[the_lone_wolf]

...is it too powerful?

that's like being too ethical...

as before, the 35W kits are more than bright enough for riding at night, if you want to pay more for a more powerful kit it won't do any harm, but i wouldn't see the point, save your money and fit a stebel nautilus horn so you can blind and deafen the middle lane drivers...

[Sean_C]

lone wolf- you have two 35w kits so that's going to be a lot brighter than one. I have one 55w kit, and it's excellent (one 7" headlight). Though, whatever you do it's going to be so much better than halogens.. Just aim them a little low in case of unwanted attention ;)
Which discount code are you using? My H4 55w kit was 60 quid.

[Stu]

what discount you got? best I can find is 20%

[Brettus]

hmm fair comments, I'm still tempted by the 55w, I agree most likely overkill but the price difference seems almost negligible. But then I'm a sucker, I'm always tempted by extra though hehe :)

Thanks for the advice guys, will bear it in mind as I ponder/justify it to myself hehe.

[Brettus]

"Toyota pro" works best for the 55w version, not so much for the 35 I think

[the_lone_wolf]

what discount you got? best I can find is 20%

"STRATHY" used to be good for 40% off i think, but recently they cut it back, not sure how much by though, could well be 20% now

Sean - OP looks like he has a pointy and is ordering a "twin headlight kit" so same as mine - like you say 35W is going to be mega-bright when there's two of them:shock:

[Brettus]

yeah think they reduced strathy when they put the "sale" on, but it doesn't seem to apply to the H4 twin kits :smt093 shame, the code on top of reduced price would be ace :)

[Sean_C]

I used strathy- just checked and it's cut back to 80 quid now :(

I'd say definitely do it.. You'll have an easy time hiding the ballasts too. I think I need to move mine, it may be squashing the rad hose a bit..

[Stu]

yup strathy is now 20% :(
Toyota pro is 25%, on either

[Bibio]

wish i had read this before i got mine .. used the strathy code and got 20%

got them 2day and more than pleased with the results..

i got the twin H4 5000k slim pro kit and it fits a treat in the k8 upper faring, stuck a ballast on each of the ducts and stuffed the wire gubbings under the light cluster, never needed any relays and it all comes off with the faring, so just 1 plug to service anything.
the light output is awsum. will be taking it to one of my mates who is an mot inspector to check the truthfulness of the beam pattern claim. but so far its pretty good as far as i can tell. the claim of the 5000k lamps being 'white' is true, there is no blue in the output as far as i can see, its a brilliant white light.

its such a pity the packaging is utter rubbish, the box had spewed its guts out so everything was shaking around in the bag, thankfully the lamps stayed intact, also one of the rubber covers off the switched polarity relays was missing. phoned them up and was told that someone would phone me back .. still waiting.. lol

for £140 delivered i think its worth it, if you are even thinking of it .. do it..

it really was a piece of pi$h to fit. the hardest part was taking the faring off.

[Sean_C]

the hids4u kit I got was brilliantly packaged, no complaints at all from me in that respect ;)

[the_lone_wolf]

the hids4u kit I got was brilliantly packaged, no complaints at all from me in that respect ;)

+1

hope they sort it out, when i had to call them they were polite and prompt...