HID light conversion

[stardog]

Has any 1 done a HID light conversion for on their mu they are selling them on fleabay the H4 full kits with high and low beam .Theres also driving lights wide and pencil beam.

[kcsoft]

i'd be interested to see the results of a hid conversion too, before i buy a kit

[stardog]

Im thinling of getting the kit to put into my mu kit comes with every thing in and not that expensive.

[Captcol]

There has been alot of converstation about this on the forum, unless it is a full lamp replacement it is illegal in NZ due to the fact that the HID bulbs do not have the cut-off for low beam and the reflector is not designed to for HID as the bulb is a different shape or the filament is a different distance from the reflector. This may not be the case in Aus but they check the headlights for our Warrant of Fitness.s

[PaladinAus]

7x5 Headlights are cheap enough. Get a set and open them up. You just need to add a polyellipsoidal reflector our of a projector headlight to make them legal. It provides the cut off to prevent blinding other drivers.

[stardog]

I just bought a hid conversion kit 55w 6000k for my IPF driving lights i will do them first and do the head lights later if im happy with this kit.
I have sealed beams at the moment but will get a set of 7" x 5" open lights and a hid kit for them to install if i go ahead with it.

[Captcol]

I would be interested to see how the reflector mod is done

[stardog]

Look on youtube there are lots of things on it there

[geeves]

You can buy off the shelf hid driving lights and as there is only a few lens/reflector types
conversion kits should be easy especially for the good brands

[stardog]

Geeves have you seen the price of them off the shelf whooa i should have conversion kit early next week will see the diffrence then between the normal driving lights and HID then will report back the diffrence then.

[kcsoft]

i'd like to see a write-up if successful so i can do mine. i see kits from china are as cheap as $25 for a 35w kit and $45 for $55w

[Drurban]

I have an HID kit in my Mu Iam running Hi/Low Hid's and in the 5000K spectrum of light, which is mostly white.
Installing them is simple as, the only thing is I had to replace the lens in front as I had sealed units.

Cheers

Ruben

[kcsoft]

I have an HID kit in my Mu Iam running Hi/Low Hid's and in the 5000K spectrum of light, which is mostly white.
Installing them is simple as, the only thing is I had to replace the lens in front as I had sealed units.

Cheers

Ruben

better than stock?? and how many watt hids?

[stardog]

Just got the hid conversion installed in my ipf 900 spotlights what a diffrence heaps better going to get the ones for hi and low beam next and change the lens as well.
Very easy to change over with the kits.

[muzila]

Its not the lenses that are the problem when changing over its the refectors.
The standard haleogen bulb reflectors throw the hid light in wrong directions and end up blinding on comming traffic.

Just make sure you get everything you need in the kits.

IPF 900's are dam good spotties! Looking foward to hearing your results.

[stardog]

Update on the HID lights i installed the spotlight ones first very bright at night very impressed with them. I have just installed the high and low beam kit even more impressed with these all working like a treat and so easy to install.

[kcsoft]

hey guys i bought a set to install into the spotties on the mu (dunno what brand spotties, prob cheap crap as they were already on it).

the hid bulbs have a sort of a steel shield on them what way does this need to be orientated??

also

do i need to change the reflector in the spotlights and can i just put the hid's in the spotlight in exactly the same manner as the halogen globes??

[Captcol]

I would think you could put them straight in as the spots are not meant to be used when there is on coming traffic. but then again I am guessing

[kcsoft]

I would think you could put them straight in as the spots are not meant to be used when there is on coming traffic. but then again I am guessing

thats what i thought. still quite confused about the metal shield

[stardog]

They can only fit in 1 way square notch 1 side half moon on the other side if they are the same as mine H4 globes. You also need to wire it up to high beam wire as well.