Who does an HID H4 main beam only kit that basically just takes a live and an earth,this is to go into a lamp pod that is already fused and relayed,thanks Colin

 

1. How can a lamp pod be fused and relayed?
2. Make your own loom up, just link into existing wiring.

BUT: the idea of a relay is to NOT overload existing wiring by linking direct so that the switches are carrying more current

What EXACTLY do you want to do?

 

Easy as the wiring that goes to it is fused and relayed totaly seperate .It is already wired but I wanted to change the existing H4 bulbs to HID but the H4 bulbs only use 1 filament ,and all I want is a plug and play individually wired ballast.BTW the wiring is as it came out of Prodrive.

 

See BOB'5, they are cheap enough even with a loom and relay...

He MAY (?) do you a deal if you leave him some spares ? ? ?

dunx

 

Ah: the LIGHTS in the pod, then, not the pod itself

So you have some lights in the pod which have H4 bulbs, but you want to fit them with HIDs? And you are only using the main beam filament of the H4 bulb?

I'd think long and hard before you do it.

The design of an H4 bulb puts each filament at the EXACT optical centre of the light for it's particualr beam. The design of an HID precludes this: it's just impossible to do.
The H4 HID kits ALL suffer from this: they either have a half decent dip, and crap main beam, or vice versa. Since the DIP beam is the one that gets measured at MoT, they go for the former. Main beam is often horrid and always disappointing. The ones I've seen are worse than a decent halogen properly set up. Bright? Hell yes. But properly focussed? Never

Can you not replace the H4 lights with some with H1 bulbs? Cibie?

 

Ah: the LIGHTS in the pod, then, not the pod itself

So you have some lights in the pod which have H4 bulbs, but you want to fit them with HIDs? And you are only using the main beam filament of the H4 bulb?

I'd think long and hard before you do it.

The design of an H4 bulb puts each filament at the EXACT optical centre of the light for it's particualr beam. The design of an HID precludes this: it's just impossible to do.
The H4 HID kits ALL suffer from this: they either have a half decent dip, and crap main beam, or vice versa. Since the DIP beam is the one that gets measured at MoT, they go for the former. Main beam is often horrid and always disappointing. The ones I've seen are worse than a decent halogen properly set up. Bright? Hell yes. But properly focussed? Never

Can you not replace the H4 lights with some with H1 bulbs? Cibie?

 

I could replace them but the PIAA are a perfect fit ,might just leave them,they use the 130w element anyway,and eat some carrots thanks Colin

 

Not being funny, but the PIAA's are likely to be BETTER with halogen, as it's what they were designed for.

I hate to see people waste money on H4 HID........

 

I missed out on a cheap hella gas discharge pod and just fancied an upgrade on my own,but it will be easier just to keep them as is with a good bulb in.