HID Help?

[Vish8895]

Hi everyone!

I'm about to order these 6000K HID's for my 2007 MK5 Golf!

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/h7-new-canbus-terminator-hid-kit-slim-35w/

Does anyone have an opinion on these and anything I should be wary of? E.G VAGCOM etc?

All help is much appreciated!

Thanks
Vish

[JoeDarKa]

Just stick with bulbs if you have normal headlights.

[xjay1337]

If you put HIDs in standard headlights when you go to start the car it would unfortunately explode.

[Vish8895]

If you put HIDs in standard headlights when you go to start the car it would unfortunately explode.

ermmmm... why...?

[JoeDarKa]

You will just blind people and they look pap!

[Vish8895]

My friend has them fitted in his mk5 and they look pretty good IMO, and they don't look blinding when driving towards him, the light points towards the floor

[edd666999]

HID's are IMO rubbish. Always too bright and can't wait for them to be an MOT fail.

However fitting them will be fine, but when you use them children will die. True story.

[duff-audi]

I have had several sets in different cars , you can get the same kit on ebay for half that price , from china . But i never had any issues in delivery

They are rather good in this weather , but you will get flashed at from time to time and the balast can fail and so can bulbs , but they are so cheap just buy another compete set , in the last few years i have had one bulb failure and one balast failure so not to bad and mine get a lot or hours of use

My daily hack i put a 55w set in low beam and 35w set on high beam , all good :-)

[jonnym]

You shouldn't get any canbus issues proving they are the correct fitment 35w (could do 55w if you want but not strictly legal). If they do fail, resistors will be required.

If you got standard headlights think about H7R hids as they are specifically designed for reflector housing. Look for canbus kits but in practice they are partially meaningless

Mine just pass a mot ;p

[Vish8895]

Thanks for the more useful replies guys!

And EDD666999 , regarding the children dying if i install HID's... I guess we all have to make sacrifices, I'm sure they'd understand!

[edd666999]

Thanks for the more useful replies guys!

And EDD666999 , regarding the children dying if i install HID's... I guess we all have to make sacrifices, I'm sure they'd understand!

 

[Vish8895]

You shouldn't get any canbus issues proving they are the correct fitment 35w (could do 55w if you want but not strictly legal). If they do fail, resistors will be required.

If you got standard headlights think about H7R hids as they are specifically designed for reflector housing. Look for canbus kits but in practice they are partially meaningless

Mine just pass a mot ;p

I've looked into these H7R kits, and it's strange, because when I filter by Make, Model, and Year, there are no H7R kits appearing for my golf, just H7's, but here is a H7R kit on the same website I found by simply searching...?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/h7r-canbus-terminaror-hid-conversion-35w-kit/

More or less the same kit just H7R. Whats the difference and should it still fit?

Thanks
Vish

[edd666999]

" vec-c " for 10% off

[duff-audi]

I have spotted LED bulbs on ebay and have been wondering about trying these
My bike lights are insane so with mutliple LEDS these may be good enough for car lights
But the lumens levels look lower from i can can make out , perhaps they are only for fogs

[Vish8895]

" vec-c " for 10% off

10% off the kits i was looking at using that code?