[quote=""SimplyRed""] That's the colour I want. Is that 4300k·??? One more question. Are there any kits that do not require the drilling of the circular plastic cover? PS. Mines a 2005 facelift.[/quote] I went for 5000k and you will always have to drill the plastic cover for hid...

[quote=""storminmike""][quote=""Denis O""]OK. Ordered the Astra Kit from HIDS Direct so look forward to fitting it in due course. I have to say that HIDS Direct have been exemplary. I had ordered some H7 MTEC bulbs from them last year which turned out to be ru...

[quote=""Denis O""]One last question from me on this. Once you've changed to the HID's do the levers still work to change the beam direction from left hand lane driving to right hand lane driving on the continent,[/quote] I don't know if that question is aimed at me but I don't k...

[quote=""Denis O""] Thanks Sonny. Excellent write up and I've made up my mind to buy this kit for mine. I tried Philips Extreme 100% and didn't think it was a big difference from standard. They may have been Philips that were in there anyway. When I changed to Philips and Crystal...

I've just done this upgrade a couple of weeks ago, I did quite a bit of research so here goes: I got mine from hids-direct and after emailing the guy he recommended this kit: http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-kits-35w-canbuspro/vauxhall-astra-mk5-kit/vauxhall-astra-mk5-35w-canbus-pro-hid-conversion-k...

[quote=""Dan1502""]I was going to order the ones in the above link having previously been considering the 6W Mtech ones then spotted these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 97.c0.m619 They look the same and the only difference I can see in the description is that they ...

A great big thanks to UrbanFlow for this really thorough comprehensive guide. Got the Westfalia Tow bar and dedicated electrics for £330, cheapest quote to fit this was £660 so a massive saving. It's the first time I've ever tackled anything as major as this and with my old man we took 10 hours, h...