Fitting HID's??

[Dom1988]

Got my HID's the other day and was wanting to fit them over the weekend.

Does anyone know how long it should take for a novice?

And does anyone have a guide how to fit them? Even a rough one will do

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370257575637&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123

These are the ones i've bought, im guessing i dont need to fit the thing that stops the warning light as i've heard ibiza cupra tdi's don't have them.

Is there a way of taking the whole lighting section to make it easier? As diesel doesn't leave much (if any) room under the bonnet.

 

[vroomtshh]

I took off the bumper, removed both lights, fitted HIDs to my dipped, main and fogs and had it all back together in 4 hours.

I'd imagine if you were in a rush you could halve that time

 

[Dom1988]

wow, only wanting to do the dipped beams. lol.

How do you get the bumper off? easy or difficult?

 

[vroomtshh]

wow, only wanting to do the dipped beams. lol.

How do you get the bumper off? easy or difficult?

Remove the undertray, half a dozen screws in each wheel arch, a couple under the bonnet, and two in behind the grills.

All Torx T25 screws.

Half an hour will remove the bumper

 

[ben-ducky]

My advice would have been to have gone for a slim ballast set so then you would have been able to fit them inside the headlight unit itself. But with the ones you have bought you will more than likely have to take the bumper off.
If you go on the Forge website there is a guide on there on how to remove the bumper...there is a link on this forum somewhere but I couldnt find it for you.

 

[rich3001]

I fitted mine in about 1 1/2 hours and i didnt remove lights or bumper, but that will depend on how much space you have to work with. As for a guide i used one off here but i cant seem to find it.

 

[mazzerati]

Took me 20 minutes to do with out taking bumper off
was rushing tho and I've fitted quite a few kits before

 

[Keir]

^ snap I even cooked a dinner inbetween lol.

hardest part was finding somewhere to stick the ballasts.

 

[mazzerati]

Lol well it's not hard really only have to plug it in and route it somewhere but I suppose my job as an aircraft electrician sort of helped with speed lol.
I got rid of them pads they are crap!
Tyrapped mine in the wing

 

[Cal91]

I just mounted the ballasts on the headlight screw.

Yeah, it may look untidy but tbh... I don't care. They are sturdy and don't look bad at all in my eyes. These are the fat ballasts too.

Took me 30 mins, but most of that was thinking time. Took me 15 mins on my second Ibiza.

 

[beezanick]

Mounted mine behind the bumper. It also allows you to remove the headlight which will result in a lot less swearing. Looks neat aswell.

 

[Neo]

Got my HID's the other day and was wanting to fit them over the weekend.

Does anyone know how long it should take for a novice?

And does anyone have a guide how to fit them? Even a rough one will do

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370257575637&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123

These are the ones i've bought, im guessing i dont need to fit the thing that stops the warning light as i've heard ibiza cupra tdi's don't have them.

Is there a way of taking the whole lighting section to make it easier? As diesel doesn't leave much (if any) room under the bonnet.

Hi Dom, looks like a good kit. You`re right about the resistor as the mk4 does`nt use bulb warnings.
With the ballasts you have the best place as said will be behind the bumper on the crashbar or crashbar mounts, which is where I originally had mine before I got slim ballasts:

If you want to remove the headlights then the bumper will need to come off but as said its not too big a job.

 

[Neo]

Lol well it's not hard really only have to plug it in and route it somewhere but I suppose my job as an aircraft electrician sort of helped with speed lol.
I got rid of them pads they are crap!
Tyrapped mine in the wing

What aircraft you on Mazzer?

 

[Dom1988]

i've fitted them now, but i reckon there not icey white, i reckon they've got a yellow tinge to them, ever so slightly tho, is there a time period for them to bed in? or should they be ice white. 5k versions. oh and one of the warning signal controller boxers looked like it had already been use.

 

[mazzerati]

What aircraft you on Mazzer?

I'm on eurofighter typhoon mate

leave them on for 15 minutes the first time it says onthe box (same ones I have) they do in the light mate just wait till night time

 

[Dom1988]

oh right, must have missed that on the box. cheers

 

[Neo]

i've fitted them now, but i reckon there not icey white, i reckon they've got a yellow tinge to them, ever so slightly tho, is there a time period for them to bed in? or should they be ice white. 5k versions. oh and one of the warning signal controller boxers looked like it had already been use.

Exactly what Mazzer said.
Also I`ve noticed that no two bulbs from different manufacturers are the same colour, so 5K from say, hids4u will be slightly different to 5K from diane shop or where ever.

Xenon bulbs do "age" though. It takes at least 100 hours use for it to noticably start to move up the temperature scale. I have`nt noticed it on mine yet though.

 

[Neo]

I'm on eurofighter typhoon mate

Ah the MOD do have some then lol!
The only time we see one is a fly-by every so often and my mate joked that they only have one and just keep it flying round the country!

I`m on sea kings atm, before that 10 years hawk.

 

[mazzerati]

cant say ive noticed any change on mine either still like having stadium lights on the road

seems you have more experience than me neo!
im not out of my apprenticeship yet well not till september!
worked on hawk fuselages and nimrod computer crates
but as far my employers are concerned im only a pretend aircraft electrician till september lol!

 

[Cal91]

I noticed a change on mine... hence why I changed them

They started off quite blue (6000k from Diane-shop), then after 13 months or so, they turned into 8000k.

I felt they were took blue so bought some 6000k bulbs from Hids-Direct and they look very white. Almost 5000k IMO.