I had my canbus kit for 3 years before getting original headlights and all wiring.

Although I got autolevelling system and AFS normal 35W HID kit gives more light output than the xenons.

Edited 31 October, 201312 yr by alberg

i have a 50w hid kit in my pre fl 2007 but do have xenons without shutters coded. i do keep meaning to try without the coding though but haven't got round to it yet (i have had a couple of false bulb out warning but think this has been down to a faulty burner). they are bright though and yes the mains seem pretty feeble as a result...

Edited 31 October, 201312 yr by skomaz

I popped to see Ben at Shark Performance on my way home today. He has coded vcds for me and played about a few other settings as well. I will fit the lights tomorrow so I can get them levelled straight after.

On a separate note Shark have just taken delivery of their very sexual 63 Octavia VRS in black. Had a quick look around the car with Ben today and it's lovely!!

Why thank you kind sir. I know what I am doing tomorrow now.

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How did you get on fitting the hid kits please. Any hints for someone considering buying a kit. Especially where you fitted the ballasts.

I put Osram nightbreaker unlimited in the main beam and am very pleased with the results. The dipped is still poor so considering an HID kit.

Has anyone fitted an hid main beam? Or do they switch on too slowly?

Many thanks.

NICK

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Bought those in h7 non canbus 5000k kit...... but now my problem is I need to come across somebody who can code them in for me :'(

 

The dipped is still poor so considering an HID kit.

Has anyone fitted an hid main beam?

Or do they switch on too slowly?

Many thanks.

NICK

I think the main problem fitting a HID to the main beams would be the amount of light scatter and subsequent dazzle.  HID's are designed to be used in conjunction with a projector type light unit.  If you retro fit them into a reflector - eg an Octavia main beam - the lightsource is in the wrong place, because all reflectors are designed for conventional halogen bulbs.  This gives an unfocused and therefore uncontrolled light output. 

I presume fitting them into reflectors was the cause of the legislation on their application to road vehicles.

 

If the burner is still hot, then ignition is quite quick, if cold then it can take quite a while. How inconvenient that is would depend on your speed, and how often you switch.  Doesn't sound nice though does it? 

As an old brit biker, I still shudder at the memories of headlamps momentarily switching themselves off while blatting down country lanes at night. 

 

Someone on here has retrofitted some shuttered dip/main HID's into their Octavia.

Thanks for the reply Nick. I'll go and seach.

There's masses of discussion on here about dazzle, projector lenses and legalities etcetc so trying to avoid that discussion again. I just wondered if the switching had got any faster with modern kits. I guess a shuttered solution is the answer.

Nick

Slightly off track but I have got just ordinary halogens, toyed with the idea of a HID kit. But driving at night on main beam, the roadside signs especially the large white ones , seem to reflect so much light back at me it is quite dazzling . I would not say my lights are wrongly aligned but I don't like dipping them at every sign

 

Do you fellows with hid /Xeons suffer from this ? 

 

 or are the signs wrongly aligned to the road