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Any chance of some photos of the installation / Kit. It is always good to see a couple of photos of what you get when you order the kit. It is even better to see some photos of an installation. Thanks. Have fun.
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27th May 2010 7:39 pm
Salty Spuds
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I'll see what I can do. I'm busy for the next week so I probably won't get chance to do much until a week on Monday ish. I need to suss out uploading photos, not done it on this forum yet so be gentle with me
27th May 2010 10:38 pm
Phillw
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Thanks for that Salty Spuds. I uploaded my first picture into my gallery tonight. It was quite easy. All you need to do is select upload photo from you gallery. When you have done that an orange box will appear with the following text in:
If you have never created a gallery album then you must follow the instructions to create an album of your own BEFORE uploading: Gallery Album Creation Instructions
If you select “Gallery Album Creation Instructions†it will give you a step by step procedure to creating a new Album and uploading pictures into your gallery/album.
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Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 GS
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27th May 2010 10:52 pm
hids4u
Member Since: 12 Apr 2009
Location: Leeds
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Salty Spuds wrote:
Well! I placed the order yesterday afternoon & paid for the "standard" delivery, they arrived lunchtime today. First impressions are that it appears to be quality kit. The manual is clear & in "proper" English not Engrish As soon as I get around to fitting it I'll update you. I need to get to BAS first to get the xenons activated.
glad you like the English - i wrote it myseld a few years ago from scratch and updated it last year
Look forward to seeing the pics
R
Ian
27th May 2010 11:16 pm
Salty Spuds
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Just a quickie, managed to get them fitted today, took me about an hour to do both. Tried them out in the dark tonight, the Xenons are excellent but the stock halogen main beam infills are pitiful, very weak & yellow compared to the 5000k xenons. As soon as I get the photos sorted I'll post an update.
29th May 2010 11:18 pm
Salty Spuds
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Here are the photos of the conversion as promised. Upto now the xenons have performed brilliantly, the only problem being that the halogen infills are p s poor to the point where they might as well not be there. I now need some replacement H7s with a whiter light, any suggestions? I have used the Xenons in anger over the last week & they are a vast improvement over the stock halogens. No problems so far with the ECU.
Before the install
All the kit in place
Get the colour orientation right or they don't work
Ballast in place at side of main beam infill housing. Fixed using the supplied sticky pad.
All fitted & ready to re-fit
Halogen / HID comparison, guess which is which.
All in all it took about an hour to do both, as Ian mentioned, there are no holes to make & the lights could be returned to original in about an hour with no trace of the conversion apart from the Xenon activation in the CCF.
7th Jun 2010 9:14 am
hids4u
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Location: Leeds
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Thanks for the update and pics
Ballasts looks a nice snug fit in the headlamp
For sure the performance in the lights - converted halogen to xenon vs original Xenon is none.
You dont get the bixenon of course but you can put uprated bulbs in the main or for the hard core fit a second kit to the main beam. but for main beam i recommend this is done via a relay and fed from the battery
Any chance of a nice pic with the bonnet down and both lights on you could mail to [email protected] we will blank the number plate out
BTW the glare in the pic from the xenon isnt glare its just the cameras cant cope with the extra light. My OEM xenons are just the same in the pictures.
thanks
ian
7th Jun 2010 10:52 am
Salty Spuds
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I'll do you a photo as soon as the car comes home, my missus drives it, I get the white van!
BTW Ian, I tried to fill in your customer survey but the webpage kept spitting it out saying I hadn't completed question 5, even though I had. You might want to take a look at it.
Which uprated bulbs do you recommend, the Philips or the Osrams?
7th Jun 2010 11:18 am
hids4u
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great thanks
thanks for the tip on the site our guys are looking at it now
all the best
ian
7th Jun 2010 3:20 pm
hids4u
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Hi Salty spuds
did you manage to get the car back from the wife?
I dint see all the emails these days to sales - but if you have some can you post here or email me at [email protected]
thanks
ian
21st Jun 2010 10:07 pm
hids4u
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Sorry for the delay Ian, been very busy. I'll try & get some photos tonight when the boss gets in, after I've run her perfumed bath, massaged her feet & shaved her back!!
23rd Jun 2010 11:13 am
Salty Spuds
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OK, after attending to her ladyships needs ( I hate filing her teeth ) I managed to take some photys. Let me know if they are ok or you need some different ones. I managed to get hold of some H7 Osram nightbreakers £14.99 +vat/pair at Makro, they are an improvement on the oem philips main beam, but still obviously yellow compared to the Xenons (5000K) Overall I'm very happy with the conversion, it saved me a mint & is a quantum leap over the oem halogens. The sidelight LEDs finish it off quite nicely, but are not too obvious in the photos due to the bright Xenons.
23rd Jun 2010 9:13 pm
01coccobet
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Pete
any news from the halogen to std xenon swap?!?
What do we need?
and about euro4 EGR blanking kit?
tx figuring it out!!!!
the best feeling:getting airborne.
13th Jul 2010 8:35 am
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bump figuring it out!!!!
the best feeling:getting airborne.
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As soon as I get around to fitting it I'll update you. I need to get to BAS first to get the xenons activated.
s poor to the point where they might as well not be there. I now need some replacement H7s with a whiter light, any suggestions? I have used the Xenons in anger over the last week & they are a vast improvement over the stock halogens. No problems so far with the ECU.
) I managed to take some photys. Let me know if they are ok or you need some different ones. I managed to get hold of some H7 Osram nightbreakers £14.99 +vat/pair at Makro, they are an improvement on the oem philips main beam, but still obviously yellow compared to the Xenons (5000K) Overall I'm very happy with the conversion, it saved me a mint & is a quantum leap over the oem halogens. The sidelight LEDs finish it off quite nicely, but are not too obvious in the photos due to the bright Xenons.
