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Offline reedy20vturbo

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Hid's
« on: 30 September 2014, 22:51 »
Is it safe to use hid lights in standard headlights as I'm reading about people saying not to but not stating why? Have any of you guys done this? Cheers

Online barrym381

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #1 on: 30 September 2014, 22:54 »
no they look cheap  :smiley:

Offline Wayne

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #2 on: 30 September 2014, 23:26 »
Nope as the beam pattern is hopeless, just run uprated bulbs.

Offline reedy20vturbo

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #3 on: 01 October 2014, 08:23 »
Ahh right ok, so what's everyone doing to get the nice blue/white lights?

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #4 on: 01 October 2014, 09:25 »
If you really want HID's fit some decent projector headlights, or better still, hold out for some OEM xenon/.:R32 headlights.

These are still technically illegal without auto levelling and washers, but I doubt you'd ever have an issue with them.
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Offline reedy20vturbo

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #5 on: 01 October 2014, 17:26 »
Ahh right ok mate, thanks for the info :)

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Re: Hid's
« Reply #6 on: 01 October 2014, 18:43 »
These are still technically illegal without auto levelling and washers, but I doubt you'd ever have an issue with them.

Ther's no point spending double the money and fitting OEM xenons then lol


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