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so the lights are crap on the evo upgraded to orsam umlimited an still not the best so was thinking of a hid kit,can these be fitted an do they need to be canbus error free and hi/low kit.

thanks,also i know there not legal but had them on my last 5 cars an never been pulled and passed mots with them in.
 
Any help on this would be great as I'm looking at doing this on my evo sporting too...

Also looking at if its possible to get projector bulbs?


Tango Red - Fiat Punto Evo 1.6 Multijet Turbo Diesel Sporting!
 
I would only put them in the dipped beam and you can buy kits on ebay for about £20 you need the can bus error free ones or you will get a bulb failure light on the dash


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Wilkie09 said:
Any help on this would be great as I'm looking at doing this on my evo sporting too...

Also looking at if its possible to get projector bulbs?


Tango Red - Fiat Punto Evo 1.6 Multijet Turbo Diesel Sporting!
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The projector is the headlight unit itself you could try getting some abarth lights


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Don't like at all this kind of modification - it's not legal but the main problem that is dangerous for other user.

Sometimes, when driving at night, I desires to break the headlights of poor tuners that put 55W HID in a car they are not designed for.
The beam pattern are not the same, the orientation of arc is opposite of filament orientation, etc. Search posts for technical info. :mad:

Hope one time the authorities will make something against that, but they prefer to make money with parking fines are put speed cameras where it's not really dangerous.... (n)
 
Mkala said:
Don't like at all this kind of modification - it's not legal but the main problem that is dangerous for other user.

Sometimes, when driving at night, I desires to break the headlights of poor tuners that put 55W HID in a car they are not designed for.
The beam pattern are not the same, the orientation of arc is opposite of filament orientation, etc. Search posts for technical info. :mad:

Hope one time the authorities will make something against that, but they prefer to make money with parking fines are put speed cameras where it's not really dangerous.... (n)
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Surely there not illegal if you have the correct projector lens and correct set up, which I'm willing to pay good money for?


Tango Red - Fiat Punto Evo 1.6 Multijet Turbo Diesel Sporting!
 
If you find a headlight designed for HID it can be a lot better ! ;)

It still will not be legal because you need to have automatic height correction built-in, and in most countries headlight washing.
But to be honest with a projector designed for it should not disturb others users.

But I never seen an headlight designed for xenon. An headlight with a lens does not mean it's for HID, for example the Mk2 Punto has lenses, but for halogen.
 
Oh I see! Thanks for that information! Do you have any recommendations for he best headlights?

Personally I do like a blue tint
However I have had Nightbreakers in the past and those bulbs were good,

Do you know any as bright but with a slight blue tinge.


Tango Red - Fiat Punto Evo 1.6 Multijet Turbo Diesel Sporting!
 
You welcome :)

If I have to change standard bulbs, I think I will go for nightbreaker. But I have not a lot of experience/done tests withs a lot of bulb.

It's hard to become a little bit blue with halogen because the base is yellow-white, not white blue.
Blue coating on glass of halogen is only to remove the yellow tint, but you can't reach color temperature of HID.
With a stronger blue filter you will lose a lot of intensity.

To be as blue as possible, try to choose bulbs with color temperature as high as possible. Color temperature is expressed in ° kelvin. 3200°k is standard recent halogen, 4000°k is a high efficiency halogen, 4200°k is the best you can achieve in halogen I think.
But be careful, a higher °k mean an hotter filament, and the life can be really short....
4500-5000°k is the really nice HID color, but it come with the help of lenses too - my old Mk2 Punto had a bit of blue even with standard halogen :)

Hope someone can help you to choose the best bulbs ;)
 
Mkala said:
You welcome :)

If I have to change standard bulbs, I think I will go for nightbreaker. But I have not a lot of experience/done tests withs a lot of bulb.

It's hard to become a little bit blue with halogen because the base is yellow-white, not white blue.
Blue coating on glass of halogen is only to remove the yellow tint, but you can't reach color temperature of HID.
With a stronger blue filter you will lose a lot of intensity.

To be as blue as possible, try to choose bulbs with color temperature as high as possible. Color temperature is expressed in ° kelvin. 3200°k is standard recent halogen, 4000°k is a high efficiency halogen, 4200°k is the best you can achieve in halogen I think.
But be careful, a higher °k mean an hotter filament, and the life can be really short....
4500-5000°k is the really nice HID color, but it come with the help of lenses too - my old Mk2 Punto had a bit of blue even with standard halogen :)

Hope someone can help you to choose the best bulbs ;)
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So you are telling him get night breakers even tho you haven't got them??? Yet I have got them and think there crap yet me getting hids is a disgrace coz you don't like them? As I said my other cars have passed mots with them, so back to op do I need canbus error free hids an also should they be hi/low ones?
 
bravowes2 said:
So you are telling him get night breakers even tho you haven't got them??? Yet I have got them and think there crap yet me getting hids is a disgrace coz you don't like them? As I said my other cars have passed mots with them, so back to op do I need canbus error free hids an also should they be hi/low ones?
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Read my message completely, I read tests and nightbreakers are good. (And I suggest other users with better experience to post a feedback.)
Although you can do what you want, 35W HID output 50-100% more light than any 55W halogen bulb.

It's not what I like/dislike or you like/dislike : HID retrofitting is dangerous and illegal (and it will always be illegal because of technical constraints). Point.
On the road there are other users and you have to respect law for your car's components and state.

bravowes2 said:
What's about the clio sports headlights ? Projector and washer jets? No other clio has them and no other Clio has hids other then the Clio sport ?
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Don't know the Clio, but yes they have to put automatic height correction and washers.

A good example is the Fiat 500, only the Abarth can have Xenon. And yes they have washer jets and height correction :
[ame]http://youtu.be/CzdsWDAg37s[/ame]
 
Any ideas where I can purchase xenon Abarth Evo headlights?

Would they fit my Punto Evo Sporting?


Tango Red - Fiat Punto Evo 1.6 Multijet Turbo Diesel Sporting!
 
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