h.i.d's in a gti

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:08 pm

well james has some dark secrets thats why i dnt meet him at nite lol :D

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:28 am

Bepe wrote:yeah but mouse, i have some 8k hid's i was just wanting to change them onto the gti (as the 8k are obviously brighter then the normal gti xenons)

8000k arnt actually 'brighter' than the standard oem hid bulbs. the 'k' rating of these bulbs relates to the colour temperature, not brightness. the lower end (4000k-5000k) being the closest to white light, then rising up to bluer light (6000k-8000k) and then getting purple (10000k-12000k). so actually the higher the 'k' rating, the more colour you have which actually means they will be less 'bright' than the lower 'k' rating bulbs which give off a whiter (brighter) light.

i got a pair of decent philips hid bulbs for Â£45 from a seller on e-bay (there is a whole thread on here somewhere that i started last year about hid bulbs/headlights)

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:29 pm

well my 8k are far brighther then my mates 6k ones......?

8080 · Post by **8080** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:00 pm

I hate this thread

I think a hid faq is badly needed, I might write up one after my exams in April

The 8,000k are bluer so might appear brighter, but in terms of useful light 4,300k is best or 3,200k in foggy/wet conditions. 8,000k isn't good in the wet especially

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:28 pm

8080s right, as is Nogwuy.

It's a subject that always gets people tripped up on,

But at the end of the day any HID temperature is better than Halogen, so it's just down to personnal taste.

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:47 pm

hence why i like my 8k hids tim

lol

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:55 pm

Bepe wrote:hence why i like my 8k hids tim lol

yep

Have you got any pictures of them in action?

And whats the talk of you getting a GTi soon?!

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:59 pm

tim his h.i.ds are flipping bright couldnt look in my mirror..

watch this space :lol:

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:21 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:Awseme, I'm definitley going to get some when I get my next loan through,

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/store/product.p ... =23&page=1

Is it those ones you got Tom?

Yep, deffo get the code off Alex though, well worth it!

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:22 pm

Pictures dont do them any justice just hard to try to get a shot of them LOL

oh and for old times sake:

(notice the beam on the wall These were takin in broad daylight)

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:40 pm

Cheers James, they look great!

ModifiedMadness wrote: Yep, deffo get the code off Alex though, well worth it!

Will do

Prabz · Post by **Prabz** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:15 am

Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:08 am

Prabz wrote:Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play

ditto!

wish ide kept the ats cups i had on the golf now

are they 15 inch with a 22 offset? what size tyres you got? any rubbing they look awesome on a blue car.

jason11 · Post by **jason11** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:50 am

hes sold the cups (or shall i say i sold em for him)

watch this space guys...........

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:22 pm

nogwuy wrote:
Prabz wrote:Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play
ditto! wish ide kept the ats cups i had on the golf now are they 15 inch with a 22 offset? what size tyres you got? any rubbing they look awesome on a blue car.

no they are et 28 tyres were 165/50/15 bridgestone potenzas