Sidelight/headlamp pics

[Jas11n]

Jas your keen! Im going to buy some myself just a little down the list at the moment.

I can live with the 5.5k rating................. just!

Always one for trying stuff out matey

Well, I'd take the lumens rating they have with a pince of salt Jamo. The higher the "K" rating the bluer they are. So in theory 5500K should be slighty yellower than say my 6000K HID's.
But in reality they are bluer.

BUT, I'm well happy with them. It's not so much the colour, but the fact that these give off a good bit of light. I suppose this is due to some of the light actually reflecting of the reflectors.
The best I've tried so far, by a long way.
A beer owed to Lloyd I think


This shot is just to annoy Si (HPsauce, I mean HPmuirt)



Closer:



Without fogs (just to get back in Si's good books)



And finally the sidelight on it's own:

[Jamo]

Strike a light they do look good! O.K i'm sold on them

[Lloyd]

They do look the part after all. Good work Jas. Thanks for the pictures.
Can't wait to get them fitted.... Now where are those HID's....

Whilst we're on the subject of lights, what's the 'best' match for main beam bulb?

I've got some Osram Silver Stars onroute from Alan at VAG parts, which I beleive are OK but not exactly a 'super nova' spectacular match. The chap from PRI Racing highly recommended PIAA's Xtreme Force bulbs, and said he'd tried the entire range on his Audi against some 6000k HID's and found them to be better than the rest of the PIAA range....

However, PIAA bulbs are expensive (these ones are £31.00 the pair AND they're the cheapest PIAA bulbs - reason being they are now being discontinued by PIAA.)

Why is supposedly the best HID matching bulb now discontinued?

http://www.priracing.com/section.php?xSec=32&jssCart=0fa824cc1ab650b47fe52107d05a93af

Does anyone have any first hand experience/feedback on main beam bulbs regards partnering HID's? (Yeah, I know they are almost redundant with HID's but...... )

[Lloyd]

Bummer, the ones used on my Golf forum are as follows only thing is they are from China so maybe long shipping:

Online Store: www.mydepots.com
eBay Seller ID: flashplus
Click http://myworld.ebay.com/flashplus/ to see what others say about these products on eBay.

Product Price: GBP70 including shipping to UK for single beam models and GBP 95 for bixenon models.

Product Location: Beijing, China

Shipped via EMS express delivery (a service run by China Post). 6-10 days to arrive in UK.

Available Bulbsizes:
H1/H3/H4/H4-2 (Hi/Lo)/H7/H8/H9/H10/H11/9004/9005 (HB3)/9006 (HB4)/9007 (HB5)
There are also bi-xenon models available in H4, 9004 and 9007.

Available Color Temperatures:

4300K/6000K/8000K/10000K

If you are interested in this product or have any questions regarding hid conversion kits, please feel free to send me an email at sales@mydepots.com.

Thanks Jamo for this post. I've since bought a set and with help from Corey and Rick from Quattronics, had them fitted at the weekend along with a Neuspeed 19mm RARB.

I have to say that the kit looks top notch, and their email support is good and highly responsive (I deleted my original courier tracking email - they emailed me the codes within 10 mins!!)

Price wise, for £67.92 DELIVERED, I think that's unbeatable - certainly as far as the market stands today. Recommended!

[Jamo]

Glad to be appreciated mate

[irvind]

Is the MD01 kit the one to get? i see they do a 'slim' version too..

Mine's a 93 ABY, is that liable to need the wiring mod for the full/dipped beam prob?

[Corey]

Mine's a 93 ABY, is that liable to need the wiring mod for the full/dipped beam prob?

Very easy to check if it does, put your lights on, then put main beam on (all with ignition on) if the dipped lights don't go out when main beam is on, then no you don't need to do the wiring mod.

[Lloyd]

Is the MD01 kit the one to get? i see they do a 'slim' version too..

I bought the non slim MD01 kit. I didn't see the value in paying an additional $40 for a slim ballast which weighs the same as the 'fat' one. Space is not an issue for fitting.
Anyway at 2.2Kg it's not a big problem.

I'm so impressed with them I'm now looking into an H3 kit as above for the fogs!

@ Jas, any tips for fitting the kit behind the front bumper?

[irvind]

Thanks for the info guys!

[Jas11n]

@ Irvind. Before going off and buying a kit that may not fit, what style of headlamps have you got?
H4/H1 or ellipsoids?
What Corey is on about will mean diddly squat if you have the H4/H1 as standard. (IIRC 1993 S2's have H4/H1's "unless" you have retrofitted ellipsoids)
If they are H4/H1's then the MD01 kit that Igrees has will NOT fit your lamps.

@ Lloyd, I can show you pictures of mine fitted, but then I haven't got an RS2 bumper, so don't know/can't say if it will have anymore/less space behind than you will have.
The pictures are on my cameras memory card at work, so will put them up tomorrow.

[Corey]

@ Irvind. Before going off and buying a kit that may not fit, what style of headlamps have you got?
H4/H1 or ellipsoids?
What Corey is on about will mean diddly squat if you have the H4/H1 as standard. (IIRC 1993 S2's have H4/H1's "unless" you have retrofitted ellipsoids)
If they are H4/H1's then the MD01 kit that Igrees has will NOT fit your lamps.

Good point Jas, naturally assumed he would've had the projectors

[Bibby]

Those sidelights look the bomb Jas, might have to bag a set of them.

[Stick Insect]

[QUOTE=Jas11n;219587]@ Irvind. Before going off and buying a kit that may not fit, what style of headlamps have you got?
H4/H1 or ellipsoids?
What Corey is on about will mean diddly squat if you have the H4/H1 as standard. (IIRC 1993 S2's have H4/H1's "unless" you have retrofitted ellipsoids)
If they are H4/H1's then the MD01 kit that Igrees has will NOT fit your lamps.

/QUOTE]

I looked at the kit and it said that they had an H4 option, I was worried by the h4-2 lettering as I feel the -2 might mean -2 lights ie no main beam.......

Does someone fancy ordering a set to check for me?

David

[Stick Insect]

If you have h4 headlamps CQ20v like mine or the 3b headlamps, I think the bixenon are the ones to go for at £28 extra. I believe there is an electro magnet which moves the reflector to go to main beam etc.

cost including shipping £101.22
David

[irvind]

Ah.... Anyone want to buy an MD01 kit when they arrive........? (I'll see if I can stop the order actually.) My lamps are standard, ie non-ellipsoid type, so what kit do I need to order to get some decent lights then? What about the kit that VAG Parts do?

@Stick Insect: Was that bit about the bi-xenons meant for me? (how's that roof-rack doing btw...?)