HID Picture Thread

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HID Picture Thread

Post by alexperkins »

Hi all,

This thread is for those who have purchased aftermarket HID bulbs.

If ya wanna post one or two pics of your new headlamps in action that would be quite awesome :D

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Post by flyfs6 »

Here are my post conversion camera phone pics :( as well as some old ones

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I fitted them with great success and new sidelights :) - I like :D

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Post by alexperkins »

Superb difference :D
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Post by 8080 »

If anyone has any pics showing their beam pattern it'd help me out a lot. Hopefully the beams don't come out like the top pic below:

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Post by suby786 »

pics of my 6500k kit are below... there roughly £150 and that was cheap 2yrs ago
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1 x 6500k HID vs 1 x 55w Bluey Bulb
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1 x 6500k HID vs 1 x 55w Bluey Bulb
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And lastly 2 9N's with sidelights and dipped beam - fairly obvious which is which;
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Post by M7 »

M7 wrote:got my delivered and all fitted!!

very impressed 8)

i didnt get any before pictures with the dips, but i got a couple pics of just my main beam and then just the HID's

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Post by MaxZ »

i've noticed that if you get the main beam, it only helps with HIDs if you have a long distance ahead of you
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Post by alexperkins »

MaxZ wrote:i've noticed that if you get the main beam, it only helps with HIDs if you have a long distance ahead of you
Howd u mean max? Thats kinda confusing :P
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Post by suby786 »

that has totally confused me... what do you mean by that?

do people count dipped beam as NORMAL DRIVING, and MAIN BEAM as FLASHING SOME1?

many people get confused and i may be now
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Yup dipped beam normal driving

main beam flashing someone or dark roads :)
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he means an hid main beam is only beneficial on a long straight road as the hid's do a good enough job
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Post by alexperkins »

Ahh get ya. Yours look very blue i presume they sent you the 6000k kit?
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