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Has anyone tried or had any experience with fitting these cheap Xenon bulbs off eBay in place of the normal headlamp bulbs?
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Alfie said:Has anyone tried or had any experience with fitting these cheap Xenon bulbs off eBay in place of the normal headlamp bulbs?
Nothing illegal about it at all.simonl said:hey there. have you considered fitting an HID conversion kit? m8 of mine got one from the US for his golf. fitted himself. <whispers>not strictly legal</whispers> but looks the absolute dogs! you can just put normal bulbs back in when it comes to mot time....or find a friendly mot garage ;-)
here's an example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23009&item=7970308266&tc=photo
seriously considering it myself.
Shude said:Nothing illegal about it at all.
In order to pass the MOT the headlamps need to function and point the right direction, that's it!
That's for OEMs only AFAIK, although legend has it that some new Minis come with HID and they have no headlamp wash...simonl said:i thought if u had xenons in UK you needed self-levelling mechanism and headlamp washer jets?
blicky_1 said:I can understand the reasons for leveling systems but why headlamp washers??
I can't understand the reason for levelling! It only auto-levels when you start up the engine so anything done after that (like putting several sacks of gravel in the boot) will upset the level of the headlamps. Having a dial or lever to adjust seems more reasonable!blicky_1 said:I can understand the reasons for leveling systems but why headlamp washers??
Paul Grainger said:If anybody is considering fitting a set of aftermarket Xenons, PM me. I have for sale a pair of genuine new Hella ballast / starters plus lamp units.
I have a pair of Phillips D2R bulbs (4.7K colour temp) plus a pair of H7 conversion bulbs (6K colour temp). I also have a pair of bulb failure compensator units.
This is all brand new stuff. I already have a xenon conversion on my dipped beams, I was going to convert the high beams but after buying the gear I started to have reservations about the high beam conversion. Xenons don't like being 'flashed' or run for short periods of time, so a high beam conversion may not be totally practical.
These aren't the cheapo e-bay units manufactured in the far east, Hella ballasts are supposed to be one of the best available.
PS - my car sailed through its MOT with aftermarket xenons. The beam pattern was perfect - contrary to comments from some people who think that you face immediate prosecution and the death penalty for the installation of equipment that exists solely to blind oncoming drivers.....
PS - once you have driven at night with xenons, you don't want to go back to halogen.
PPS - oldies like me can remember when halogens were introduced. The same comments were said then!
Paul G
grober said:The auto express article also stated that Philips, Osram and GE supply car manufacturers, and build their own bulbs to their customers' standards, which are higher than the law requires. Buy one of their packs and you get two of their bulbs. Others, such as Halfords, Lucas, Bosch and Hella, use suppliers, and regularly change them. So best to stick with Philips or Osram for consistancy of quality seems to be the message.
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