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Author:  blueminivan [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:20 am ]
Post subject:  HID light installation.
I installed a HID kit in the van on the weekend.
I already had H4 headlights so I thought I'd see what a $200 kit off flee-bay would be like.

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The main job was cutting off the connections, threading the wires through the headlight housing and soldering them back together again.
Everything else was by the book and fairly straight forward.

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Before.

Low beam.
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High beam.
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High beam with driving lights.
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Only pic of installation sorry. I forgot to take more. :roll:

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After.

HID low beam.
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HID high beam.
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HID high beam with driving lights.
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The pics don't show the true brightness of either the HIDs or the halogens but still shows a good comparison.

After I installed the kit I changed the globes in the driving lights to arctic whites to give them a blue tinge to help match the HIDs. Against a standard globe they are a more blue in colour but against the HIDs they still look fairly orange. I also did this to the parkers in the headlights themselves. The main problem with the driving lights now is I can only find 55watt blue globes so their not as bright as when they had the 100 watters in, not that they would make much difference anyway, their only there for show now. :wink:

Warning. Only install ADR approved HID kits to your vehcial.
Author:  poeee [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:13 am ]
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Very nice. Where did you get the kit?
Author:  NAV [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:11 pm ]
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Good work!! Love the improvement
Reminds me of when I upgraded to halogens on NAV. No one used to flash me on hi beam with the old candle powered headlights. So I added spotlights and go and improvement for hi beam but low beam was just a joke. I put some halogens in with something ridiculous like 90w/160w globes and they outshine the spotlights now 8)
I was toying with the idea of going to HID but i'll wait to see what the lights are like on NAV again before making that decision now
Author:  Razor [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:29 pm ]
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I thought ADR approved or not its still illegal as they dont have an auto self leveling device
Author:  Kennomini [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:53 pm ]
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huh if they comply with the ADR's doesn't that mean their fine :? :?: I don't understand how they would pass ADR's but still be illegal.
Author:  blueminivan [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:58 pm ]
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poeee wrote:
Very nice. Where did you get the kit?


E-bay. $200 including postage.



...And as for it all being legal, make sure you know what your getting yourself into. I put the warning there for others thinking of doing the same conversion.
Author:  MrDerrickC [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:02 pm ]
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HID's need to be self leveling and have washer jets for them to be legal :)
Author:  blueminivan [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:06 pm ]
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MrDerrickC wrote:
HID's need to be self leveling and have washer jets for them to be legal :)


Washer jets? What's the go there?
Author:  roleyfoley [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:23 pm ]
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MrDerrickC wrote:
HID's need to be self leveling and have washer jets for them to be legal :)


Could you count hydro suspension as self leveling?, if one ends goes up the other does.
Author:  waznotme [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:29 pm ]
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I heard that when the light gets dirty it distorts the light and affects drivers coming towards you. I have auto level and wash on my cooper s, light spread is great and washers are cool. I've installed HID's before at work and no one has been concerned about not being legal!
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:09 pm ]
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roleyfoley wrote:
MrDerrickC wrote:
HID's need to be self leveling and have washer jets for them to be legal :)


Could you count hydro suspension as self leveling?, if one ends goes up the other does.

Hydro is not self leveling. If you stick a load in the boot the lights will point to the sky.
Author:  blueminivan [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:29 pm ]
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waznotme wrote:
I heard that when the light gets dirty it distorts the light and affects drivers coming towards you. I have auto level and wash on my cooper s, light spread is great and washers are cool. I've installed HID's before at work and no one has been concerned about not being legal!


I assume your Copper S is a BINI?
If not, what kind of kit have you got?
Author:  sgc [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:29 pm ]
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Damian wrote:
...And as for it all being legal, make sure you know what your getting yourself into. I put the warning there for others thinking of doing the same conversion.


HINT HINT
Author:  Gadgets mini [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:38 pm ]
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Morris 1100 wrote:
[ If you stick a load in the boot the lights will point to the sky.


:twisted: :twisted: snigger snigger :wink: :wink:
Author:  waznotme [ Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:44 pm ]
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Damian wrote:
waznotme wrote:
I heard that when the light gets dirty it distorts the light and affects drivers coming towards you. I have auto level and wash on my cooper s, light spread is great and washers are cool. I've installed HID's before at work and no one has been concerned about not being legal!


I assume your Copper S is a BINI?
If not, what kind of kit have you got?


Yup it is a BINI, forgot to say that! :)
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