Nice install! [] However, not to rain on your parade, but how well did you secure the grommets at the rear of the headlamps? You didn't make a hole too big. A word of warning: dirt and road muck loves to make its way in there! Also be careful when washing your car as if you drilled a big whole in the headlamp cap water may find its way in there too and then condenses giving you a really nice cloudy effect[B)] Takes bloomin' ages to evaporate out of there! You can avoid this if you check the grommets are secure! I learn't this the hard way[:I]
Good decision ditching the 6500k bulbs! The lesser Kelvin will give you more lumens resulting in better visibility on the road. Where did you source the 4500k bulbs from? EBay?
Mine are the Blue/White bulbs, i think Donna's are the same... ive had no bother with mine, must be that gold colour that attracts them.. too bling [^]
It looked an easy job, just found the instructions rather confusing, though once the headlights were out it made the job easier.
A pointers for anyone waiting to fit their HIDs, cut the hole for the bulbs wiring as directly as possible behind where the bulb sits, as the wires need to poke though the gromet resess a little. Also the other confusing point was that one balast had a longer headlight cable that the other, though both the power looms are the same length.
So no before and after shots, but I was running the Philips PowerVisions before hand, and still am in the side lights, all I can say is, their is no going back.
rf steel are your hid's from vagparts too as your ballasts look different to the ones i recieved?
do you find that you notice the beam flicker abit when going over a pot hole or bumpy ground?
and can you notice the __/ __/ sort of pattern in the light output on the road.sorry for being nosey but im just trying to compare my hid's to everyone elses!!!
How would you say they compare to the Vision Plus you had before other than no going back? Is it a really big difference? Can you see further or is the beam mainly wider?
The part that you had to modify is available as a separate item I believe, so you could put the car back to stock if you had to.
Think I'm going for angel eyes and an HID kit together early in the new year. Come on Hella, hurry up!
I'll put a Phillips Vision Plus back in and show you the difference.
Difference is amazing. Easily twice as much light on the light.
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