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Curtis 21st July 2011 05:51 AM

i could do with one of those aswel.

ainarssems 27th August 2011 08:02 AM

A word of warning.

After 1.5 years 1 of HID lights stopped warning and is blowing fuse. I opened ballast and it has not been sealed properly so moisture got in and killed it.

I bought a new one from e-bay one of those newer style 2 part ballast that has high voltage part separate and sealed in epoxy. I opened other part and that was not sealed all that well so I resealed it now and it is ready to go in car.

I will also remove the still working one from car, open up to investigate, clean and dry if necessary and reseal to put back.

I am also getting set for A6 and will open and reseal them before putting in car.

Nollywood 27th August 2011 08:25 AM

I'm looking to replace the yellow sidelight bulb with an LED one, and the halogen main with a HID. I have Bi-Xenon's already, just these two bulbs spoil it with their yellow look.

Does anyone know what the side and main bulb types are, on Xenon Plus?

ainarssems 27th August 2011 08:39 AM

You should not replace main beams with HID as they must have ability to flash but HID' take time to ignite and frequent turning on/off will wear them out soon that's why they were not HID's in first place

Nollywood 27th August 2011 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ainarssems (Post 26579)
You should not replace main beams with HID as they must have ability to flash but HID' take time to ignite and frequent turning on/off will wear them out soon that's why they were not HID's in first place

Of course! I forgot about the warm-up time.

I'll get some ice-white items then.

SilverS8 28th August 2011 09:23 AM

Hi. I run HID 8000k in the seperate Highbeam on my reflector headlamps with Xenon pluss. Those have been installed many years ago and works like a charm and no delay when flashing(do this several times s day due to stupid drivers in front of me). :D

Nollywood 28th August 2011 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverS8 (Post 26636)
Hi. I run HID 8000k in the seperate Highbeam on my reflector headlamps with Xenon pluss. Those have been installed many years ago and works like a charm and no delay when flashing(do this several times s day due to stupid drivers in front of me). :D

8000k? That must be purple as hell. I'm just going to get ice white halogens.

Do you remember the bulb fitment for the main halogens?

The_Laird 28th August 2011 02:07 PM

There are 2 types of bulb in the sidelight, but it's really easy to removeone to see what type you have. One is a push fit and the other an off-set bayonet bayonet. There are a couple of threads here on the topic if you run a search. I did the side lights on mine - I'll go look for the link....

......http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2500

dazarooney 12th September 2011 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by B@fink (Post 16116)
but remember folks...aftermarket HID is for show use only. I'm fed up of being blinded by dodgy HID's bolted onto a large selection of chav'd up wonders around my area. To be legal HID's need headlamp washers and auto levelling, of course, no one on here would ever consider running HID's pointing at pluto.

Yeah I agree, I'm fed up by that too.

Architex_mA8tey 12th September 2011 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dazarooney (Post 27045)
Yeah I agree, I'm fed up by that too.

are you "for real" dazarooney? If youre a newbie then let us know more about yourself - I noticed that your signature happens to be a link to "LED Lighting" and we would take a "Dim View" of anyone using this forum as an opportunity to just plug their business! :rolleyes:


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