) This thread really made me smile.

And all this was made with 200 pouns.

You don't need any special HID kit. I sell HID's for ~65 euros here in Romania and this with slim ballasts (that stand easelly inside the headlamp housing).

You need any HID kit and a warning canceller. Normaly those who sell the HID's shoul have this around too.

If that's too steep you could put a 25v 4700uF on the powe lines of each bulb and that would also make them work perfectly.

200 pouns is too damn much for a HID kit. For this money you should have at least 4 years waranty for them.

Edited 10 August, 200916 yr by sorin83

Hi Sorin, perhaps you havn't read the thread correctly, the point was NOT to pay £200 for a conversion, both HID conversions were completed for £74.99 inc vat. complete with bulbs, ballasts & "warning canceller" relays. Hopes that makes you smile more, !!!!

"Wideview" kit from Hids Direct arrived this morning. Not cheap at £156 but compared to the £55 one I tried first it's in a different league build quality wise. Depending on the weather I'm going to attempt a fit this weekend...........

"Wideview" kit from Hids Direct arrived this morning. Not cheap at £156 but compared to the £55 one I tried first it's in a different league build quality wise. Depending on the weather I'm going to attempt a fit this weekend...........

Would be interested on your feedback on this (fitting and performance of the kit). Weather forecast is OK for Saturday but bad for Sunday!

I have an after-market set of HIDs on my VRS.I'm under no illusion that these are legal.I've got my first ever MOT in a weeks time and I can only hope it goes straight through without a problem.

The set I used were not overly-expensive.Purchased from hids-direct.co.uk

The Audi kit they sell has worked absolutely fine (once wired up correctly).I've not had any bulbs out or warning lights - they were simply installed and have wored ever since.

I went for the 6k bulbs and although they do give the slightly blue tint, they are no more tinted than what you'll see on a Merc (in my opinion the most tinted OEMs you seem to find).

They have been fitted for around 5 months now and in that time I've been flashed twice.

On both occasions I've been going up-hill as somebody has been coming down-hill and any lights used in this situation will cause a slight dazzle.

If your MOT test station does the test properly then they won't pass. My HID 4 U Ultimate Kit failed due to excess brightness and no self level or washer facilities.

Didn't bother me as I slung them in the bin and put in some Osram H7. They had been annoying me recently........

Would be interested on your feedback on this (fitting and performance of the kit). Weather forecast is OK for Saturday but bad for Sunday!

Sent this one back - it caused issues with the canbus.

My car sailed through it's MOT this morning with the after-market HID's installed.

I got a single advisory (3mm tread left on front drivers-side tyre) and that was it.

Little worried about the tread situation as I only had 4 brand new tyres fitted just over 6 months ago....

Anyway, the lights didn't cause any concern.

My car sailed through it's MOT this morning with the after-market HID's installed.

I got a single advisory (3mm tread left on front drivers-side tyre) and that was it.

Little worried about the tread situation as I only had 4 brand new tyres fitted just over 6 months ago....

Anyway, the lights didn't cause any concern.

Does anyone know the difference in H7 and H7R bulbs? Thinking of getting a kit for Vrs on order.

Well i just got a 50w H7 kit from Hids direct and all i can say is wow.

The light output is fantastic compared to the 35w kit i had from Hids4U.

A lot better and no bulb errors at all.

@ Finaly Harp - H7R are the antiglare type bulbs for non-projector headlights. H7 kits are fine for the Octy MKII

Carl

Well i just got a 50w H7 kit from Hids direct and all i can say is wow.

The light output is fantastic compared to the 35w kit i had from Hids4U.

A lot better and no bulb errors at all.

@ Finaly Harp - H7R are the antiglare type bulbs for non-projector headlights. H7 kits are fine for the Octy MKII

Carl

Many thanks for that Carl.

The link posted above for the LED sidelights is still out of stock :(

Do these look like the same item to anybody?

2 x T10 W5W 501 2xSMD LED NO CANBUS WARNING ERRORS on eBay (end time 03-Aug-09 15:57:54 BST)

They are actually slightly cheaper - just want to make sure they won't error.

I got these about 4 months ago they work fine, even though it says white, they look blue???

These HID kits do you need lens washers fitted??? as I could do with brighter headlights on my classic

Well i just got a 50w H7 kit from Hids direct and all i can say is wow.

The light output is fantastic compared to the 35w kit i had from Hids4U.

Hi

Which specific kit did you buy?

Hi

Which specific kit did you buy?

The box says Supervision 50w HID kit

I just rang them told them what car i had and they sent me the kit.

Managed to get it all inside the cover aswell JUST

Carl

Hi,

I have installed HID kit for the high beams and fog lamps on the Skoda Laura (Octavia). The lights work well but am getting an error message in the MFD. Why is this so and how do I clear them? Is there something wrong?

You need the car coding with vcds - I believe xenons without shutters should do it.

You need the car coding with vcds - I believe xenons without shutters should do it.

Am not so sure for high-beam and fogs....these weren't a "designed-in" option, like dipped beam is, so I wouldn't be surprised if there is no coding for HID in fogs/high-beam. HID in high-beam isn't a good idea as the burner's life will be greatly shortened by things like flashing. I don't know much about the weather in India, but HID in the fogs will just give a "wall of white" in front of you in the fog. (Especially given the physical differences between halogen and HID)

To answer Nitinbose's other question: the warning comes on because of the way the bulb-diagnostic system works. It doesn't look for resistance / no resistance, it looks for a specific resistance. You'll get a bulb warning if you use the wrong bulb in the tail/brake light. (IIRC the right ones are 4/21w, the wrong ones are 5/21w. The 5/21w works, but as the resistance between the 4w and 5w parts are different, the cotroller sees it as a failed bulb)

Edited 11 August, 201213 yr by RainbowFore

Hmmm yes xenons without shutters setting probably not available for fogs and main beam, however iirc on my Scout (prefl) I have the option to switch off cold monitoring for individual lighting pairs, this might do it.

Ah, I was told that only works on startup and can bring the error back later on.

In which case can bus ready hids is the only way forward although many on here advise against these as they are known the damage the electrical system.

Surely that is not the "only way forward". You could instead just stick to what you have and put the brightest bulbs in that are road legal.

There isn't a single set of after-market HID kits that are e-marked or CE-marked, so all are, by the letter of the law illegal to use on UK roads. MIght as well save yourselves a lot of hassle and just put bright halogen bulbs in...surely?

Surely that is not the "only way forward". You could instead just stick to what you have and put the brightest bulbs in that are road legal.

There isn't a single set of after-market HID kits that are e-marked or CE-marked, so all are, by the letter of the law illegal to use on UK roads. MIght as well save yourselves a lot of hassle and just put bright halogen bulbs in...surely?

Normally, I'd be right behind you on this.

However........

Nitinbose is in India.......fairly sure (and you can correct me if I'm wrong here), CE markings and UK law are fairly redundant there ;)

Edited 12 August, 201213 yr by RainbowFore

I have some of the cheapo HIDS via Hauptman, who also did the coding. The difference between the HID dipped and the nightbreaker mains is errr night and day.

I occasionally wonder about getting some spare headlight units and installing some shuttered Hids, could then convert the normal main beam to long range spots.

This all comes about because I frequently drive from Frankfurt to UK. For me the timing works if I leave about 4am. This means a few hours of being overtaken by the locals with a full on lighting array (don't really know but it certainly causes a big umbra in front of me) This not nice when I'm doing 80-90 and I can feel the whole car swaying as they go past.

As far as coding for HID main beam and fogs is concerned, it won't be possible on the Octy2. As the lighting controller is not setup to expect either of these.

As said HID foglights aren't a very good idea; they won't cut through fog very well.