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[X5Sport]

[quote=""wilkoturbo""]My mate own his own shop selling led/s and no error codes [/quote]

Do tell......

Do you find that the Main Beam takes a while to warm up, or have you got some sort of fast rise time lamps?

** Technical Note for those who don't know about HIDs: High Intensity Discharge bulbs use a high voltage 'starting pulse' of up to 25,000 Volts which generates an arc and a plasma of highly charged particles in the Xenon gas and that emits light. Once started, the voltage is reduced as a plasma has now formed which conducts the current so less is needed to keep the arc sustained. This is why you see a 'flash' as the lamp is first switched on and it takes a few seconds for the lamp to warm up to full brightness. End of note **

Having read that constant starting of HID bulbs shorten their lives considerably it would be interesting to know how your bulbs/ballasts are doing life wise?

The fogs look good. Were you able to keep the ballasts in the main engine bay, or are they close to the backs of each light unit? Did you go for 35W or 55W?

Interested as I'd like to do the same to our E53. I'd like to do the same on the X6, but it as no headlamp in tbe inner pair and the fog lights are also cornering lights so no easily adapted to HID due to the changing supply voltage.

[wilkoturbo]

Lol boys he's just starting out so I've just been telling people on here his prices then posting them for Him.
As for the Hid fitting and colours I used to have 6000k all round but now I've gone for 8000k much brighter and they look better , full beam take like 0.5 sec to flash but when using on a dark road they are brill here are some more pics hope u all like


Chrome bulbs













Corsa d is the second car chrome plus blue bulbs and 6000k hid

[X5Sport]

Interesting you should say the 8,000K are brighter, but is that your perception or the light on the road? Everything I've ever read states that the higher the colour temp, the lower that actual light output really is to the viewer because our eyes are centred on a green spectrum and the more 'blue' you go from 4,300K the dimmer the lights actually are. I thought that 8,000K (a good deal 'bluer') were actually 30% dimmer that the approved 4,300K standard temp. Are your higher temp lamps actually higher power consumption- say 55W instead of the more usual 35W - to get over this?

[wilkoturbo]

Wow you know your stuff , as for the 8000k be dimmer I to have seen it all over the net but I just think they are better to drive with in the real world bit that's just me And yes all my car is 55w

[X5Sport]

I'm a photographer so I have to know about colour temps

You've got round it by using 55W.

[wilkoturbo]

You can tell me which camara to buy then for under £150 ???? And how to take some good photos !!?

[X5Sport]

There's a lot available at that price point. You should be able to get at least 12MP for that money.

Have a look through this lot: http://www.warehouseexpress.com/digital ... 1&SortBy=1

[ianmaney]

This still doesn't tell me where to get the driving light bulbs from lol

[X5Sport]

Er, yes, there was a set of car reasons for this thread wasn't there! HIDS4U do kits that fit.

Unless we're going to get the details of this other supplier......

[Raj]

Let me ask a mate of mine for the cost of a complete set of interior led bulb upgrades.

[Rusty]

[quote=""Raj""]Let me ask a mate of mine for the cost of a complete set of interior led bulb upgrades.[/quote]

If the price is right, I may be interested if a group buy would help



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[gobiman]

I'd be in for a purchase.

[dirtymonkey29]

What colour temp do I need to match the factory xenons?

[wilkoturbo]

4300k

[dirtymonkey29]

Are they fairly blue then? I was thinking more 8000k. Is yours 4300k and how do they compare to the standard factory xenons