they came in the week sometime, 19.99 off ebay, with 19.99 for postage from hong kong or summit.. so £40

they aint half bad!!

the box


the ballests

right side


left side (its moved now, not on the side, its top up like the other one)


the lights


beeeeeeam!


not too shabby for £40 off ebay!!!

dont un plug one with them switched on, it hurts

ill bare that in mind!! lol

NICE

Looks good, bargain for £40!

you dirty law breaker

i what what

Don't get me started on HID's and the law. I threatened to drive to south end and severly beat beau for his filthy ways .

i'm sure there are plenty in your local area that need severely beating, do them in first, booboo's time will come.

They look like cheap hids. Cheap hids will cause alot of glare and looking at the picture of the beam on the wall you can see how scattered it is. If i find a pic i'll show you what i mean.

£40 is a good price but not for quality or safety. You should avoid products from china aswell. Japans ok. Your lucky you never had to pay import tax.

they are the same kits other ebayers are selling for 75 quid

Im afraid theres alot of different ones on ebay, they are not all the same. Some maybe rebranded but theres alot of inferior kits out there.

For example - Like a cheap halogen bulb compared to a Philips halogen bulb. Cheaper inferior products will cause more glare and will not put the light down where it should do and will dazzle on coming vehicles. Good quality bulbs will put the light where it should and give a good spread of light on the road. Hence the autoexpress bulb tests.

Theres a reason some aftermarket kits cost over £200? Are they just as good as £40 kits? High profit margins maybe? Its to do with the quality, some of the cost is the shipping over here but buying in bulk reduces that cost.

All im saying is be very careful with those lights. They may fail within a few months, they can dazzle oncoming cars, they can fail an MOT due to bad light output (not because they are HIDs, i've passed all my MOTs with them in) etc or they may work for 20 years. I mean they are cheap and cost ALOT less than my kit but you've heard the phrase "You get what you pay for". Your best to do your research before buying HIDs.

One thing to look out for is are they DOT approved or E4 certified. Quality kits come with metal or ceramic bulb holders. Bad cheap ones come with Plastic ones.

Anyway happy motoring.

but there are kits that cost a lot branded bosh (sp) and they dont even make one

how are the lights going?i'm considering getting hids. don't want to pay out loads for them..but don't want to get anything that could be cheap and nasty!!

ive no idea. car went off the road the day they were fitted so i havent even driven with them yet!!

not impressed

I have about the same kit (diff "brand" though) and it works swell.

BTW, Joske's wrong about the glare. If you put HIDs into poly lamps, there is no such technical possibility. A screen cuts off anything that could blind oncoming motorists.

Fitting HIDs into traditional headlights is a different story - don't even think about that!

ya I think I'm going to get a kit and see how it goes. Any tips on what to look out for when buying them?

Tomasso said:

I have about the same kit (diff "brand" though) and it works swell.

BTW, Joske's wrong about the glare. If you put HIDs into poly lamps, there is no such technical possibility. A screen cuts off anything that could blind oncoming motorists.

Fitting HIDs into traditional headlights is a different story - don't even think about that!

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yeah, i got the car off the drive, and parked it face on to my dads car but further back, and sat in my dads car and they dont dazzle at all. the pollys are really good for getting nice spread beems that dont have hot spots or anything.

as soon as the car is back on the road ill be able to give a proper review of the HID's!

Tomasso said:

BTW, Joske's wrong about the glare. If you put HIDs into poly lamps, there is no such technical possibility. A screen cuts off anything that could blind oncoming motorists.

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that screen is sized, shaped and positioned to deal with a halogen filament bulb. an HID is different in size and shape and light pattern, so the screen needs to be different. if you dont change it then you arent set up for HIDs. i've seen polys with HID's fitted and imo they gave off a lot of glare, not as bad as normal lights, but still dangerous and illegal.

Tomasso said:

I have about the same kit (diff "brand" though) and it works swell.

BTW, Joske's wrong about the glare. If you put HIDs into poly lamps, there is no such technical possibility. A screen cuts off anything that could blind oncoming motorists.

Fitting HIDs into traditional headlights is a different story - don't even think about that!

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I agree and disagree with you Tomasso. Different bulbs regardless of the type of headlight they are fitted can cause glare and can project a perfect beam onto the road. As i stated the autoexpress reviews are done using one headlight and one fitment. They can measure glare, output, beam projection, distance etc. Being from Poland and driving with the lights on all year round you should know everything about bulbs.

But seriously my HIDs dont give out that sort of glare. I agree it should have a straight cut off on the top, but if you look at the kaylorz pic and the pic of cheap aftermarket HIDs you can see they are similar.

Kaylorz


Bad HID Glare from one headlight on a right hand drive car with poly light.



This is what you should more or less get with a decent HID Kit. (This is also from one headlight.)



For all i know Kaylorz kit maybe a decent one with a bad picture but im not totally convinced. If the picture of the lights on the wall was taken further back maybe they're ok. My Hids have a cut off just like those above with Marea lights. If i get the time i'll take a pic on the wall. I do have a little bit of a cloud of light above the cut off line but its faint.