Hid Xenons

I got a set on mine, twin 55s, they are damn bright, easy to fit, although I did have to create a small loom for them to avoid it blowing the stock fuses. had them for around 6 months, definitely my favourite upgrade, I no longer worry that I'm travelling faster than I can see.

I got the normal ballasts as I've got lowers to hide a multitude of sins so cheaped out and got them, mine were from hids4u.co.uk, can't fault them, good service and kept me updated as they weren't in stock when I ordered.

oh, I got the 5k ones too as I had heard the 6k were a little too blue for some.

I ran it for a while on a single bulb as the standard loom would hold that and thought I didn't need to rush getting the second one up as this was plenty bright enough but adding the second was yet another leap forward hope you enjoy them.

there was a lengthy thread somewhere with some albeit slightly misleading pictures for comparison of brightness from Phillips X-Treme.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Me.

Ace, hi-beam is a weapon. Last time I was heading down through wales you could see road signs and catseyes glowing at half a mile or so. Works a treat.

Go for the 4200K rather than 6000K though, mine is 6 and is just a bit too obviously purpley for me.

+1

i got the 5k ones though... great for spotting the hidden cop cars at side of road in the dark...

[the_lone_wolf]

6000K are fine, they aren't purple, they're white, with the tiniest hint of blue, 4300K are best for max light output but 6000K put out 95% of the light and look much cleaner, you only start to get seriously purple lights (and crappy light output) at 8000K+:

The LED sidelights on my Daytona are white, the low/high beams are 6000K:

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Oh yeah mine is only the 35W one.

any modifications needed to fit the 35w, or does the kit come with everything you need to bolt straight on?

sorry this may be an idiot question but are they twin filament, dipped and main?

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Geoffrey

any modifications needed to fit the 35w, or does the kit come with everything you need to bolt straight on?

sorry this may be an idiot question but are they twin filament, dipped and main?

H4 fitments are a single arc with a movable shield to block light in a similar pattern to a twin filament H4 bulb

If you replace both bulbs on a pointy SV it's likely the the headlamp fuse will not be able to sustain the current draw at startup, so you'll need to contruct a basic relay loom to wire them directly (fused!!!) to the battery

Where you lot getting these from? Ebay or a proper internet shop.

[ophic]

What happens to the headlight flash "pass" switch? I thought that enabled the main beam filament without turning off the dipped one - although different cars and bikes vary on this. Assuming it works, the movable shield will be slower to shift than simply changing filaments?

Also these won't pass an MOT will they? So its back to stock bulbs come MOT time?

[yorkie_chris]

The pass switch works exactly as intended. The shield moves as quick as a filament can heat up.

Because most of the kits come with a H4 connector, you can simply swap the plugs back onto the back of a normal H4 bulb. (if your tester makes a fuss, take some H4's with you to test so you can swap it there and then)

TLW where did you get your HID kit from?

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by suzsv650

TLW where did you get your HID kit from?

www.HIDS4U.co.uk

Would recommend them

Use the code "strathy" when going through checkout and you'll get a decent discount, used to be 40%, think it's more like 20% now, if it still works that is...