Turbo-tango

His again !
I once again need to call on the wisdom n guidance of my fellow brothers of the scooby round table!!!...

I have a 1998 classic shape with angel eye headlights and today I fitted hid headlights in my mate golf gti for him!
But after seeing the difference I quiete fancy some my self but I have angel eye!!! Can I put hid's in the angel eyes! Has it been done or has any one else got this!!

All advice muchly appreciated brothers!!..

alcazar

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Should be do-able.

Do your angel eyes have one, or two bulbs?
Do you know what bulbs they are? (You will need to know for the HID kit).

Does ONE of the bulbs do two jobs, main and dip, or is there a pair for main beam, and one for dip beam?

If it's the latter, you will need TWO kits to do both sets of bulbs.

If it's the former, using an H4 bulb, don't bother. The HID equivalent is a b@stard contraption, and puts light everywhere

Unless, of course, you are putting them in to try and look good, not to SEE BY

Turbo-tango

Hi alcazar
I just had to go n check lol cuz couldn't remember lol
I have one bulb as dipped! And one next to it does high beam ! So does that mean I'll be ok? Obviously I'll check my bulb and enquiry about proper hid rating befor buying one unless some one here knows what size I can go up to!?
Cheers
Wes...

alcazar

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There aren't any sizes in HID bulbs, just colour temperatures.
4300K is the closest to daylight, is only SLIGHTLY blue and is WAY the brightest.
5000K is usable. Above that, they are for posing and the ones from 8000K and above actually produce LESS usable light than a halogen bulb: go figure.

I'd START with whichever set of bulbs you need most to be bright, dips or main beam.

Don't foget that DIPS are subject to an MoT test for beam pattern, whereas main beams aren't. They just need to work

And if you do BOTH sets, you have to find space for FOUR ballasts. Plus BUY two kits

BTW: Don't bother buying so-called 55W kits, it's only the BALLASTS that are 55W, and it makes little or no difference to the brightness. Unless you are buying top-quality Philips or Hella stuff. And that's £££££'s

If you are going ahead, buy DECENT 35W kits, look for 4300K, and NOT ABOVE 5000K

Turbo-tango

Righto then matey off I go looking for 4300!! Thanks again matey for that! Take it you've been down this road before as u know a lot about hid's !!
I'm just gonna do the normal dipped beam ! Don't have to worry to much about my mot's as I have a mot tester on the payroll lol... Ssssshh!!..

Aztec Performance Ltd

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The bulbs will likely be too long and won't fit properly.

alcazar

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Why is that BOB?

Surely they are plug and play? And many are ADVERTISED to fit where, say, an H1 fits?

Aztec Performance Ltd

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Angel eye type headlamps usually specifically state they are not to be used with HID bulbs. From memory the projectors are very shallow.

alcazar

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But are his Angel eyes projectors, BOB?

he hasn't said so, and many that I've seen on ebay aren't.

All he's said so far is that they have two bulbs, one doing dip, the other main beam.

Aztec Performance Ltd

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Ebay search "angel eyes impreza" and they all look like projectors to me?