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Offline golfdub

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HID's on a mk2?
« on: 17 January 2009, 20:58 »
hi all has anyone in the club fitted a set of HID's to their mk2 gti? the cars a 91 with the later type loom fitted. can anyone help with advice ?
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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2009, 21:01 »
Yes, it's illegal.

Your headlights will suffer from beam scatter as they aren't designed to have HIDs stuffed in them.

You will dazzle people and be thought of as a cahnt.

Don't do it.  Fit a relay kit instead and get all of the benefits, but stay legal.
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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2009, 21:03 »
3 minutes  - a new record  :grin:
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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2009, 21:07 »
Just passing thru in between stripping this Golf3 down......

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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2009, 21:19 »
Here's a video explaining more stuff.

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Offline Llewellyn

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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2009, 22:53 »
Had them on my mk2, fitted by previous owner.

Found them shocking, couldnt see a thing.  Got pulled 4 days after picking the car up, but dodged the £30 fine cos i had standard lamps in the boot which i had just collected.

Uprated looms are the way forward
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HID's in da bin
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2009, 23:34 »
cheers for the advice from you guys ain't gona bother wi the HID's gona go wi the uprated loom and bulb idea the cars got a set of crystal lamps fitted so wi the uprates i should be able to see where i'm go'in :grin:
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #7 on: 18 January 2009, 00:11 »
From that video, as long as you have lamps designed for HID bulbs - then your all set? What happened to the requirement for self levelling beam and lamp cleaners?

So all we need is someone to start manufacturing HID lamps for the MK2 and DH will be a happy bunny about the rest of us folk being able to actually see in the dark :tongue:
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Offline Llewellyn

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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #8 on: 18 January 2009, 00:17 »
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Re: HID's on a mk2?
« Reply #9 on: 18 January 2009, 00:21 »
Good info there and more to the point I was right ;)

I just run 100W bulbs on an uprated loom, light city!
« Last Edit: 18 January 2009, 00:24 by Ben Lessani »
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