Hid's - Saxperience

boony · 19th September 2010, 11:22

Rite I'm looking into buying some hids I've tried looking for the lad who sells them on here but no reply.Wheres the cheapest place to buy them .
Cheers boony

leeboy1989 · 19th September 2010, 11:22

ebay

boony · 19th September 2010, 11:37

Tried egay they seem a little overpriced .Are all the fitting kits the same ?

JoNNoGold · 19th September 2010, 11:44

Ebay your only talkin £50 posted mate, thats where got mine from and they been bang on :]

toju · 19th September 2010, 11:45

got mine from ebay aswell,no probs at all mate.

boony · 19th September 2010, 11:57

Did you buy universal ones or ones specific saxo ones
Link would be great please

JoNNoGold · 19th September 2010, 12:42

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-9...item335f7e0321

pretty sure these what i got, was a long time ago lol.

boony · 19th September 2010, 12:55

Thanks for that I was gonna go for the 6000k

JoNNoGold · 19th September 2010, 13:19

oh right well if you type in saxo HID's on ebay it comes up with all them. personally i just got 8000k because i had seen them on a saxo before.

boony · 19th September 2010, 14:02

Ohh rite well the 6000k are the brightest without being illegal I think

boony · 19th September 2010, 15:42

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-9...item335f7dfbb4

so will these be ok ,anybody used these and is everything there so i can put them straight on.

sorry just a little confused about all this h1 and h4 stuff will the ones stated above fit ?

boony · 19th September 2010, 17:18

anyone wanted to order these today??

Mr_P · 19th September 2010, 17:20

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Originally Posted by boony

Ohh rite well the 6000k are the brightest without being illegal I think

They're all illegal.

AXracing · 19th September 2010, 18:16

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Originally Posted by boony

Ohh rite well the 6000k are the brightest without being illegal I think

Wrong, All HID bulbs that fit in place of a road vehicles standard Halogen bulbs are illegal to use on the road. This is as any vehicle made within your life time has to legally have BS or ECE approved bulbs to be used on the road. Absolutely none of the conversion bulbs are said approved for such application and in so are all illegal to use on the road in the UK.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/...enon_test.html

http://www.hid.moonfruit.com/#

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadlamps

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=134648

adamm · 19th September 2010, 18:29

so would you have to change at mot time?

AXracing · 19th September 2010, 19:36

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Originally Posted by adamm

so would you have to change at mot time?

As an MOT is not a comprehensive test of a vehicles legality some kits will pass and some will fail. It all depends on the specific kit and how its fitted and setup. The MOT only tests things like you have hi and low, beam colour, beam pattern, that there is no delay from hi to lo, there is no flickering and so on.

Oc2 · 19th September 2010, 19:55

If HIDs are illegal then why do people bother? is it actually a dead give away to police that you have HID's and not xenon headlamps?

AXracing · 19th September 2010, 20:29

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Originally Posted by Oc2

If HIDs are illegal then why do people bother? is it actually a dead give away to police that you have HID's and not xenon headlamps?

Good question. Also why do people fit tint there front windows, fit race harnesses and fit blue side lights to there road car? Or even drive about with there fog lights on even when its not foggy? Or do 100mph on the motorway? All illegal but all relatively common.

Luke-saxo · 20th September 2010, 13:22

anybody had any problems with there ebay kits or had any problems with the police ?

JoNNoGold · 20th September 2010, 18:16

Many times have followed police, been followed by police and not a single question asked about them, also never been flashed by oncoming vehicles etc. If you choose to attract attention to yourself then the police will start asking questions.