Hid Kit

[kam05]

Well I must be one of the last people with a IS200 to finally get a HID kit for my car.

I bought a 6000k HID kit off eBay for £56 (from a UK seller- I'd rather pay a bit more for a UK sourced kit, I didn't want to ship faulty items back to China/Hong Kong for replacements). I bought the kit on Monday and it was delivered the next day- free P&P as well! I installed the kit last night.

I am happy with the kit I have bought as the ballasts are tiny- they are the size of a credit card and they have the same thickness of a lighter.

A ballast from the kit I bought:

As you can see, the ballast is the same size as my Capital One credit card.

Can you tell which headlight has a HID bulb in and which one doesn't?

6000k's HID's installed in both headlights:

Kam

[TommyH]

They make a big difference mate, and the ballasts are the smallest one ive seen, very nice.

[kam05]

This is the seller who I bought my kit from. The link has a better picture of the ballast.

[Matt Hillyard]

Wow!! They look amazing!!! Ive resisted buying them because i have never been too sure with the eBay kits.

How easy was it to instal these and are they better when driving at night???

Thanks!!!

[kam05]

Wow!! They look amazing!!! Ive resisted buying them because i have never been too sure with the Ebay kits.

How easy was it to instal these and are they better when driving at night???

Thanks!!!

Hi mate- easy to fit, took me 30 mins to fit the kit- the hardest part is probably deciding where to mount the ballasts. I'd recommend the kit that I have bought- the slim ballasts makes finding somewhere to mount them a lot easier and also the seller is based in the UK, so if there is a problem, shipping faulty parts shouldn't cost much.

Apparanty, (just read on another forum), that the HID kits sold by this seller are made in Japan?

Night driving a lot better now with HIDs.

[Asi]

when i first got HID they were the best mod for the price and makes night driving alot better.

doesnt take that long to fit them

kam05 did you bolt them in or velcoro strips?

[kam05]

@ asi- I used velcro strips.

[Asi]

cool mate. just make sure you look at them now and then as some times the pop off mate

[kam05]

cool mate. just make sure you look at them now and then as some times the pop off mate

Thanks for the warning- will do.

[Matt Hillyard]

Could you post a pic of where you mounted the box for the HID's please!!!

Think i will be ordering a set of these at the weekend! Thanks people!

[kam05]

Could you post a pic of where you mounted the box for the HID's please!!!

Think i will be ordering a set of these at the weekend! Thanks people!

Will take some pics and post them up.

[kam05]

OK, some pics of where I have mounted the ballasts.

Drivers side:

Passengers side: (the ballast for this side is a bit harder to do, as there isn't much room, so smaller ballasts have worked to my advantage here)

Hope this helps.

[Matt Hillyard]

Thank you that is a help and really does show the advantage of such a small box to house!

Thank you!

[Asi]

i put my HID in same place and mounting the big box to those places is not hard mate

[lenny123]

Hi i was going to buy a HID kit today thinking 6000k but had a couple of questions first if i wanted the hid kit on both running lights and main beam do i have to buy two kits does anyone have this on here? and also which bulb set do i need for is200 and do i need one of the kits that work with warning light system canbus compatible thanks again.

[Matt Hillyard]

Just order the same kit as you Kam!

Hope it all arrives ok!

Cant wait to get these fitted!

[kam05]

Just order the same kit as you Kam!

Hope it all arrives ok!

Cant wait to get these fitted!

Nice one Matt.

You won't disappointed with this kit. Have you ordered some velcro strips as well to attach the ballasts to the bodywork?

[Matt Hillyard]

No i havent....... :(

Are these avaliable from most decent hardware stores??

[kam05]

No i havent....... :(

Are these avaliable from most decent hardware stores??

I bought these to fit my HID kit with.

[Matt Hillyard]

Ok cool I think i should be able to get something similar to tide me over till i can actually get some of that!

Just ordered these to go in the full beam...

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/HB3-9005-...bulbs-pair.html

Hopefully they should match quite nicely....now just got to get some new fogs!!!

[kam05]

Ok cool I think i should be able to get something similar to tide me over till i can actually get some of that!

Just ordered these to go in the full beam...

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/HB3-9005-...bulbs-pair.html

Hopefully they should match quite nicely....now just got to get some new fogs!!!

I bought the same as well, only from eBay for £8.

[Matt Hillyard]

Yeah im hoping that i should now be able to see where im going in the dark!! No excuses now for my sidewards driving!!! lol....

Cant wait to get them fitted....horns might get moved at the weekend too.

[Matt Hillyard]

Hi guys,

got the kit in front of me but struggling to get light....

I've plugged in as instructed and nothing is happenng....ding dong....

Is there any hint or things I need to check???

We have check both sets and no light, tried orig bulb again and lights up. I'm not using auto light setting. Please help asap as I am fitting these as we speak!!!

Please help....

Matt

[Parthiban]

I know I've heard this before, and something needs to be connected the other way round but can't remember what it is. Basically some kits have the power coming in the wrong way so need to be connected opposite to what's stated.

[TonyGoose]

Yes.

Usually plugging the wiring from the ballast into the car headlamp plug the other (wrong) way round sorts it out.

TG

I know I've heard this before, and something needs to be connected the other way round but can't remember what it is. Basically some kits have the power coming in the wrong way so need to be connected opposite to what's stated.