burbling1

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Hi all Ive just ordered a set of HID's for my facelift classic, what are peoples views on these do they work well?

I have the standard headlights in and would like to change to the crystal ones is there much light output difference between the two and which one works best with the HID's or are they both more or less the same.

Thanks.

dan83590

Which ones did you buy?

burbling1

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H4 duel beam 6000k

smokingkills

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I think that they will become an MOT problem soon. I'm sure I've heard that somewhere anyway.

bolasti

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got a set my my00 classic they are better than standered but not gr8 if im honest mate. they are the 6000k i had a ******* nightmare with the ballest (dodgey earth) and it fooked the ballest twice all sorted now. i earthed straifgt fron the battery in the end

dan83590

Sorry, I meant where from and how much really!!

dan83590

Just swap them back at MOT time???

smokingkills

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True but they are just another thing the old bill can pull you for.

burbling1

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Ah right.

£50 off fleabay
They have 2 years garantee so thought I would give them ago. I may have dropped a bollock getting them from there especially the cheap ones but time will tell.

dan83590

I've just done the same thing with 4300k's H4. Again £50.00 ish off eBay. Hopefully they'll be okay.

RE54

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i bought a cheap set from ebay, worked fine, then one of them just packed up.

still need to order a replacement set.

the difference was night and day tho, they were very bright, was well impressed with them.

dan83590

TBH I reckon the more expensive kits must be an overpriced cheap set anyway. I have asked countless times for beam patterns and to date not one supplier has returned my message, even some dealers on SNet. If the more expensive kits were better than the cheap kits the traders would sell that point all day long. The fact that they don't is very very fishy indeed.

I'm fitting mine on a van first to see how they work, if they are truly crap i'll go for some retrofit projectors.

DDS789

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Pm'd you earlier, the set ive mentioned wouldnt be righ for yours.

Ebay ones are fine, they're near enough all the same. I put an expensive set into my old BMW and then bought ebay ones for the subaru. Opened the box (different packaging) and the bulbs, ballasts, wires were all the same as the ones id paid 3 time as much for

They've been on mine since the summer and never faultered, cant say i have any problems with beam pattern either, and ive been through an MOT with em.

Youll want some white LED sidelights to match now tho

Moley

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Where's Alacazar when ya need him?!?!

dan83590

He'll slate them to bits.

dan83590

Burbling, I'll put on some before and after pics when they arrive.

burbling1

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Already ordered.

burbling1

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What lights you got standard or crystal?

dan83590

I'll be trying them in my Transit first before I go cutting up the car. It has crystal lights, not that this info is of any use to your subaru.

The Transit lights are good with bulbs fitted so they'll show up the faults in the HID's beam pattern easily, hence the before and after pictures.

burbling1

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Cutting up the car!!!!!!

Never mentioned that in the advert.

dan83590

You will probably have to make holes in the rear of the headlight unit to run the cables, that's all.

dan83590

Maybe if you buy the blue/purple purple types, 8000k and above. Up to 6000k is standard on some vehicles..

burbling1

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Oh!
I thought it was just a case of take the old bulb out put the new one in and connect up a few wires.

NEILB1

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i have always bought the cheap hids and never had a problem with beam patterns or glare etc, just bought some for the bugeye and will get them on soon,

RE54

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the kit i fitted was very easy. just cut a hole in the back of the headlight plastic (the bit you remove to access the bulb)

other than that one hole per headlight, everything else is simple plug and play, and easily removed. im ordering another set now and keeping one as a spare, as if one goes again, i wont have to wait a week for replacement parts to turn up.

NAF

Projector lights yay reflector lights nay IMHO ....

chopperman

Well my RB320 has them as standard so i can't see there ever being an MOT problem?

BLU

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Having the option of an my99 or an my97 to drive I can say that the crystal lights, even with standard H4 bulbs in, are a HUGE improvment over non-crystal lights.

If I'm honest I HATE hids, wether retrofit or standard oem, they are always the type of lights that seem to dazzle me, especially the ones fitted to Chelsea fu**in tractors should ban them imo.....

and bob5

Standards are fine for MOT. Its the retrofit hid in non-projector that will become the problem.

Ginge !

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they generally are the same kits and you can get replacement bulbs from eurocarparts too at 50 quid a pair so guess they are also available on ebay too

johnfelstead

The aftermarket kits will be the fail, proper HID setups the manufacturers produce are fine as they have lenses designed for the job.

Do us all a favour and please dont use these on a none HID lense setup, they are not safe for other road users.