Pure hid conversion done today

(21-10-2013 09:27pm)BA74 Wrote:  That would be perfect, thanks!
Am keen to do but watched a you tube clip that said I had to remove headlights... What you say makes sense.
Any info greatly appreciated.

I also watched the youtube clip,

The way i used was simple 35 mins start to finish

No headlights removed, no cutting or lterations

(21-10-2013 09:17pm)Jonathon555 Wrote:  No just remove the original bulbs, and undo the two 10mm bolts on the top of the nearside headlight . Pull yhe lever on the right side of the headlight and pull the light forward . That should give you more room to work with.

I am about to do my friends evoque , would some pictures / videos help ?

Removing the whole headlights is a bumper off job, so doing what Jonathan55 says is spot on. This gives you plenty of room to access the light bulbs etc and will save dropping the bumper off

(21-10-2013 08:32pm)Jonathon555 Wrote:  Good write up, same seller as i used bu i ot 8k

I also removed one of the feed wires and flipped the red feed

@Jonathon555 Whats the quality like on the 8k bulbs? My 5k bulbs are a whiteish colour and are close to what the front fog lights put out.

How do you mean about the feed wire and flipping the red feed? Has that made it better somehow?

Thanks

(23-10-2013 07:46am)BRO-T Wrote:  @Jonathon555 Whats the quality like on the 8k bulbs? My 5k bulbs are a whiteish colour and are close to what the front fog lights put out.

How do you mean about the feed wire and flipping the red feed? Has that made it better somehow?

Thanks

The 8k seem a reasonable quality with a clean output, i may try the 5k next

The bulb feed wire from the car seems to be reversed polarity. If you use the full hid kit including the wires with the rubber grommet on you are fine.

But i cut out the rubber grommet and removed the wire that goes from the old bulb feed to the ballast.

I just plugged the old feed straight into the ballast , but because of the old feed reversed polarity connector . I needed to flip the connector upside down to plug into the ballast to work correctly.

I bet the 8000K HID's will look pretty cool, but I doubt that the light output on the road will be sufficient for most folks who do lots of night driving. They will look bright, but the light output won't be as good. Personally I would stick to either 4300K (best light output of all, but slightly yellow light), 5000K (pure white, probably the best match for the LED's and very good light output) or 6000K (white with a slight hint of blue, good light output) colour temperature, for MOT purposes down the line, as 8000K may be too blue for some VOSA testers to pass. Paula xx

Now you can change the halogen headlamp, yo can put the original xenon headlamp with signature leds, but you have not auto leveling beam, you can use the manual leveling. But in your inspection, they not to know if you have autoleveling. If you put xenons in a halogen lamp, in the lamp is needed to put the abbreviations DE-DR-DL. With this abrevations you can put a xenon system in this headlamp, it is a law.

Hi

I read carefully the advice here and other forums and went for the same 5k kit recommended on this thread. Time to fit was about 30 mins and easily reversible with no damage/holes/screws required. All hardware fitted in the lamp cavity, just plug and play, but big thanks for the tip about reverse polarity!

Driving at night in the smaller country lanes is a revelation and so much safer. Considering this £40 upgrade does a similar enough job to what would have been an £800 upgrade at purchase time i am well happy. Am very conscious about the dangers of dazzling other drivers accidentally so have manually dialed the dipped headlights down a bit from the dial in the cabin. But seriously an excellent upgrade. Did try a few specialist upgrade auto centres and they were quoting me 3 times the price!

Hi All
Just lick to thank everyone for the great tip on fitting the HID kit. I was a little worried to start but it all went smoothly.
Was able to do the RHS without moving the heat light assembly. I had just enough room with the LHS with the light moved forward ( didn't have to remove the grill ) Did one last night and finished the other a couple of hours ago. Haven't had a chance to really see them in full operation. Daylight saving here in Australia so not completely dark yet, but if what I could see with them shinning on the fence, it is a great step up. thanks for the tip on reversing the plug, i'm sure it would have stumped me.

Waiting for my set to turn up from the UK.
Just a quick one. Can you explain the reversing the plug part to me?
Thanks

(14-12-2013 01:33am)BA74 Wrote:  Waiting for my set to turn up from the UK.
Just a quick one. Can you explain the reversing the plug part to me?
Thanks

Hi BA
With mine, the lead that you unclip from the original globe has a little locking type lug on it, with the new HID system it looked like it would plug straight in , wit the same little lug locking device, but plugged in that way it wouldn't work. I just had to turn it around and push in, it holds in perfectly as it has a rubber type "o ring " type arrangement around the bottom of the plug.
I think once you get your system you will work it out, I first plugged it in the wrong way, then worked out what was meant by reversing the plug, I'm no auto electrician by any means. Did the passenger side first as you have a bit more room to work with.
Good luck with it
P.S. drove last night, first time with HID fitted , major improvement, can now see in the dark ( even the wife noticed)