Technical xenon HID

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Technical xenon HID

So when I'm driving down a country road in the dead of night and some chav in their Clio has 6000k+ HIDs installed and their fog lights on and I'm approaching a bend its nearly impossible to see.

Do what I do and blind the tossers back by switching to full beam. I have driven my B to Southern France at night on various occasions where the street lighting is non existent and to be honest the standard lights are fine. Eat more carrots!
 
I think that Richpea and Afroking are dead right. Especially sat low down in the Barchetta I get dazzled regularly by people with these wierd bright headlights.

Surely high beam is the thing for unlit country roads, especially designed so it can be dipped and thus avoid dazzling fellow road users.
 
I was very apprehensive to buying the HIDs (especially since Lee was mentioning them in every two posts :)) - but if there's one mod I do not regret doing it's installing the HIDs. Finally it's possible to actually see something when it's raining and dark. The standard bulbs are not much better than a pair of candles.
 
Yup - would have helped me see the the ditch getting nearer and nearer :)
 
No worries :)

I spent about £5000 fixing it and am driving it every day (y)
 
I think the HID upgrade was the most useful of all mod's I have made to my b, they do not dazzle and the light projected from them is a lot clearer and crisper than the original beam. When I first fitted them I was very worried that I might blind others so conducted a couple of highly technical tests at night driving towards friends on unlit country roads etc!

I am currently commuting 400-ish miles a week at the moment, most of it in the dark on the M4 and M5 and am bloody glad I have a half decent set of lights!

I understand the concerns about the legality of the lights and there is still a grey area, its not actually down to them being self levelling - its down to the lens type (I have the bumf somewhere, I will see if I can dig it out).

Just to demonstrate the difference the above photo shows my b with HID's in the middle, ROGUE's with the nightbreakers to the left and KC's with standard bulbs to the right, judge for yourself!!

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