Xeon bulb conversions
25 February 2002, 05:27 PM
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If you mean HID Xenon, then Scoobysport do a kit for about £400. I've got these fitted in my Morrette headlamps - very nice
Chris
If you mean HID Xenon, then Scoobysport do a kit for about £400. I've got these fitted in my Morrette headlamps - very nice
Chris
25 February 2002, 05:33 PM
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Chris,
How much of a pain is it to fit these? Do they require a new loom and replacement housings (assuming I didn't want to replace the existing one).
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Neil
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How much of a pain is it to fit these? Do they require a new loom and replacement housings (assuming I didn't want to replace the existing one).
Cheers
Neil
Brighton, Sussex
28 February 2002, 09:45 PM
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Sorry for the late reply
I had these fitted with the Morettes. In basic terms, there is a Xenon bulb fitted into the dip beam lense which is attached to the ballast unit that produces the 25000+ volts needed to arc across the bulb and produce the light. As far as I know they come as a self contained kit. Speak to Scoobysport for more details or have a chat with Dave T-S - he has the same system in his car and I know he will be transfering it from his current MY01 into his new STI soon - so it can't be too hard (not that I'm saying Dave is no good at the DIY lighting thing (sorry Dave
), just that it must be quite a straight forwrd job).
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Sorry for the late reply
I had these fitted with the Morettes. In basic terms, there is a Xenon bulb fitted into the dip beam lense which is attached to the ballast unit that produces the 25000+ volts needed to arc across the bulb and produce the light. As far as I know they come as a self contained kit. Speak to Scoobysport for more details or have a chat with Dave T-S - he has the same system in his car and I know he will be transfering it from his current MY01 into his new STI soon - so it can't be too hard (not that I'm saying Dave is no good at the DIY lighting thing (sorry Dave
), just that it must be quite a straight forwrd job).Chris
28 February 2002, 10:18 PM
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If I read your post correctly, you still have the original bugeyes fitted. If so, you cannot fit HID to these as it has an H4 twin filament bulb. There are some HID kits around that *allegedly* deal with this but most opinion seems to be that they are expensive (£800 ish IIRC) and don't work very well.
If I assume wrongly and you do have Morettes fitted, adding HID to these is easy, and as Chris says I shall be putting mine into my STi when it arrives next week
(Chris - no insult taken mate
- you owe me a pint when I see you on Sunday)
If I read your post correctly, you still have the original bugeyes fitted. If so, you cannot fit HID to these as it has an H4 twin filament bulb. There are some HID kits around that *allegedly* deal with this but most opinion seems to be that they are expensive (£800 ish IIRC) and don't work very well.
If I assume wrongly and you do have Morettes fitted, adding HID to these is easy, and as Chris says I shall be putting mine into my STi when it arrives next week
(Chris - no insult taken mate
- you owe me a pint when I see you on Sunday)
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