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As I said, replace with LED for best look. Or philips blue vision for a not so good but better look.
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If you want a maginal upgrade, definitely get LEDS. there aren't any bulbs out there that cut it relaly IMO.
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if you want to upgrade your xenon bulbs you no where to go OMZ as i had them for my gti but i havent got it anymore :(
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alex will the 6000k bulbs work with out the ballast? as im wanting to upgrade the xenons?
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The GTI Xenon HIDs already have ballasts, so its just a case of installing replacement D2S bulbs :)
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polo_gti21 wrote:alex will the 6000k bulbs work with out the ballast? as im wanting to upgrade the xenons?
Get the ones from HIDs4U though mate. There's been incidents with cheap bulbs (say from eBay) not powering properly with OEM ballasts.
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and like in my Pm mate, i have a brand new Set for sale which i got from HIDS4U
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Bepe wrote:and like in my Pm mate, i have a brand new Set for sale which i got from HIDS4U
PM'd ya fella
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Tim_GTi wrote:
polo_gti21 wrote:alex will the 6000k bulbs work with out the ballast? as im wanting to upgrade the xenons?
Get the ones from HIDs4U though mate. There's been incidents with cheap bulbs (say from eBay) not powering properly with OEM ballasts.
i wouldnt dream of buying lighting equipment from ebay cant trust everything on there plus its a hassle to get things changed.
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polo_gti21 wrote:
i wouldnt dream of buying lighting equipment from ebay cant trust everything on there plus its a hassle to get things changed.
Good man 8)
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tim which bulbs you got in yours? i'm buying the 8k ones off bepe on friday so it should be a good little project installing them. you had a problems
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We both got 6000k ones. Those 8000k ones will look very blue bear in mind :P could be stopped by the cops for them :(
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you reckon?
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Projections make things look stronger anyway - the 6000ks i had before look bluer in projections than they do in non projections. Just be weary that you could end up with a far less usable, and beneficial light - possibly a decrease in performance
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ah that changes things then alex may have to think twice about this then as i didnt think it was gonna affect the lighting but taking into count what you have said i can see what your on about.
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