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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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I'm interested, depending on opinions from the guinea pigs, er, I mean people who've already ordered
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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just received mine, I'll try and install at the weekend

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by PGMabley
just received mine, I'll try and install at the weekend

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Let us know what you think ASAP..
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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will do!
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Guys - are the bulbs E or CE marked?

I ask because I've had police ask me to remove bulbs in the past to prove they conform - which they didn't!

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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I'm quietly confident that I know a supplier who can get HID kits just like these, with all the same features and options on colour temp for less money than this GB.
I've emailed for a price, I'll get back to you by the weekend with what they come up with.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by borat52
I'm quietly confident that I know a supplier who can get HID kits just like these, with all the same features and options on colour temp for less money than this GB.
I've emailed for a price, I'll get back to you by the weekend with what they come up with.
will
Now honestly, that not nice!
No offence, but I can tell you that for this quality, it is pretty difficult to beat this price.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Genuine
Now honestly, that not nice!
No offence, but I can tell you that for this quality, it is pretty difficult to beat this price.
Welcome to the free market
I'll get back to you with the price. If its higher than yours, then you definately have an awesome price as the supplier I know is the dogs nads when it comes to high quality car related products at rock bottom prices.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by scooby1979
still waiting for my tracking number
ordered them on monday this week
thanks
If you could PM me the name you ordered with I can e-mail you your tracking number!
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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Hi Genuine - can you confirm the kit is marked with the C / CE marks to prove conformity?

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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 11:35 PM
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I am interested..

I have a Classic with H4's
If I didn't go for the BI-Xenon kit does this mean I will lose the high beam function all together and only have low beam??

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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris79
Hi Genuine - can you confirm the kit is marked with the C / CE marks to prove conformity?

Chris
From what I understand the kit is not marked with the C/CE marks, but Genuine Auto has sold hundreds of these in the UK without issue.
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by scoootie5
I am interested..

I have a Classic with H4's
If I didn't go for the BI-Xenon kit does this mean I will lose the high beam function all together and only have low beam??

Scott
That's right.
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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The ones on their Ebay site are E4 and CE certified
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
The ones on their Ebay site are E4 and CE certified
That's great!!
The kits are all processed the same way so the ones you order would be certified as well - my error!!
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Genuine
That's great!!
The kits are all processed the same way so the ones you order would be certified as well - my error!!
Fantastic - think thats made my mind up!

Chris
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Anyone out there any idea what is the colour temperature of the factory low beam hids on a MY06 STI?
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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hi guys
just got my kit today. ordered it monday and got it today so delivery is very good. comes via tnt courier with tracking number which genuine can supply. will be fitting them this sunday so will let you guys know asap how good they are and if i can take some pics as well. i have bought H4 bi xenon 8000k so for those of you wanting the same it will give you some feedback. cheers. nitin
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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photo's of half HID half halogen to compare light output would be great if anyone can do so..?
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:57 AM
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I take it this kit would be ideal with crystal headlights?
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
I take it this kit would be ideal with crystal headlights?
yes they would!
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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hi would be interested but two years ago purchased another make kit for 911, beam pattern was awful. has anybody fitted the h4s yet if so whats the beam pattern like. dont want to swap back to halogen for mot again
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by electricracer
hi would be interested but two years ago purchased another make kit for 911, beam pattern was awful. has anybody fitted the h4s yet if so whats the beam pattern like. dont want to swap back to halogen for mot again
I can tell you the beam pattern won't be a problem with this kit!
I know you'll want to hear this from someone here - a few people have ordered already so hopefully they can give you a hand with this question shortly!
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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Fitted mine today, I brought direct from the website before I saw this groupbuy.

Quality of the hardware is good, but beware of the lamp base!

The crappy spring clips on my £30,000 Legacy are held in place by the cheapest, flimsiest plastic ever!

When you try to put the lamp in place and reclip you may find that the clips don't fit around the base, meaning that you apply a little too much pressure and both my clip fixings snapped!

DO NOT FORCE THE SPRING CLIPS WHEN PUTTING THE NEW LAMP IN PLACE!!!

I've had to double bubble both my lamps in place as the spring clip fixings have both snapped, the Impreza may be different, but that's what the new Legacy's are like.

Now I need to hope that I can buy the plastic assembly behind the lamp on their own, if not I'll need two new headlamps! ****ing Jap cheapo crap!

Open the spring clips up a bit wider before trying to lock the lamp in place would be my advice, and don't force them!


My only other gripe is with the relay harness, but that might just be the way I interpreted the instructions.

Basically you can fit the kit in two ways,

1 - Fit the relay loom, this loom will then provide power and fuses that would prevent your original loom from frying should a ballast or lamp go short.
It takes longer this way, but it's worth it for peace of mind.

2 - Chuck the relay loom, plug the orignal lamp connector into the ballast, then the ballast to the new lamp. If something goes short you may have your loom melt if the original headlight fuses don't blow first.

My issue was that the relay loom does not plug straight into the lamp wiring.

The grommet has 4 wires, 2 for the lamp and 2 for the original headlamp plug to plug into, when you try and fit the relay loom it will go male to male (not male to female), so you'll have to solder and heat shrink the connections.

Because I didn't envisage needing heat shrink and I couldn't be arsed to drive to work I've wired it as option 2, directly to my original headlight loom. It works fine, but I'll finish the job properly tomorrow as it's easy enough to go from option 2 to option 1.
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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so what they like then, any pics
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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we need pics of beam pattern etc..
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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Fitted mine today, in a rush as usual Pretty straightforward. Works fine. Didn't get a chance to check pattern as I haven't been out in the car yet and my drive slopes upward, plus I had another car parked in front.

Very pleased so far

Only bummer was I ordered through ebay link & not straight through Paypal as per directions
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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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I can get some pics up tomorrow, but it's hard to tell from a photo what they are really like.

I previously fitted the Autolamps HID kit to my old STi and was very happy with them, these 'cheapo' jobbies are every bit as good from my eyes.

The projector lenses on my car are very good anyway, but there's a real improvement going from Philips Vision Plus to the 4300k HID's, they reach temperature in about 3 seconds and obviously light up the road much better.

I don't think anybody will be dissapointed with them and for the money they are a bargain.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 02:04 AM
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Glad to hear you guys are happy!
At least I think Goon is happy!
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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so i take these are ok to fit with OE bugeye lights if they heat up?

S!
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