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Offline mk3troubles

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headlight upgrade
« on: 21 November 2009, 20:33 »
has anybody bought the upgrade wiring kit off ebay.thinking of doing my mk1 cos theyre like candles.i ran an extra wire straight from the battery to the light to see what happened and they were twice as bright ! is the kit good quality and most of all neat ?
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Offline raferackstraw

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #1 on: 21 November 2009, 20:36 »
yep i got one and did mine really straight forward to do and 100% improvement
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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #2 on: 21 November 2009, 20:51 »
cool,is it a neat job,does it look original?do you cut the old plugs off or do away with all the old wiring?
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Offline raferackstraw

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #3 on: 21 November 2009, 22:05 »
no you dont cut off old plugs, tape em up and hide them out of the way and yes if you route the wiring right you can make it look good
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Offline deanpompey

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #4 on: 22 November 2009, 17:49 »
dont bother buying one off of ebay, you can make one for less than a tenner, using thicker cabling and better relays than the ebay ones. :)

search for diagrams and have a go yourself, take you about 10mins chap :)
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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #5 on: 22 November 2009, 20:15 »
cool ok.could make it all fit perfect and put the wires were i want then,were do you get the headlight plugs etc though??
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Offline deanpompey

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #6 on: 22 November 2009, 22:26 »
you can buy new headlight plugs from gsf mate. or just cut the old ones, splice in with connectors, and cover with loom tape.

you have to cut into the old wiring anyway, as you have to take your signal from the original wiring.
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Offline dan_b998

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2009, 20:23 »
im deffo goin to get one   

i was thinkin about a HID kit  has anyone used one r thye any good
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Offline raferackstraw

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2009, 20:34 »
dont fit a hid kit iirc it does not meet type approval for non factory fitted cars [ im sure there's a thread on here ive read about this ]

i think it may also be an mot fail on a car this old?  :undecided:

you really dont need hid, the uprated loom works a treat, hid kits are generally a bit of a waste of time imo without the correct reflectors and lenses to go with them and also more expensive
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Offline Guy

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Re: headlight upgrade
« Reply #9 on: 14 December 2009, 08:19 »
Quote from: raferackstraw on 13 December 2009, 20:34
dont fit a hid kit iirc it does not meet type approval for non factory fitted cars [ im sure there's a thread on here ive read about this ]

i think it may also be an mot fail on a car this old?  :undecided:

you really dont need hid, the uprated loom works a treat, hid kits are generally a bit of a waste of time imo without the correct reflectors and lenses to go with them and also more expensive

what he said... you need projector headlights and iirc headlamp washers and self levelling/adjustable lights for HID to be stricly legal... they would also look gash on a mk1 imo


i really need to do this standard upgrade  :cool:
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