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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: liver on September 28, 2009, 12:54:15 pm

Title: HID's
Post by: liver on September 28, 2009, 12:54:15 pm

now i know there are a few doidgy threads about these around the internet etc

tried to fit them on friday night, got the bulb holder and the decoder for the golf gti but couldnt sort the wires out as in my headlights both the wires are in black palstic so you can not tell which one is positive etc. so couldnt wire them up

does anyone have a clue as to which is positive??

has anyone else fit these into there car ive seen a few on the road so it can be done

cheers

liver 

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: JPC on September 28, 2009, 01:19:42 pm

dont do it mate!!


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Title: Re: HID's
Post by: T88OMM on September 28, 2009, 01:22:50 pm

I love that picture of Joe  :grin:

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: liver on September 28, 2009, 01:37:16 pm

the vision is so much better with them in

thats why i want them

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: JPC on September 28, 2009, 01:46:17 pm

for the addition in vision you get, it completely takes away from the on coming driver.

to the point, on a dark country road, that it is completely blinding and INCREDIBLY dangerous.

I used to use HIDs in a halogen housing, but when someone else went past me, i really saw how dangerous they were. I might aswell have shut my eyes for 2-3 seconds. try that at 60mph, scary!

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: VC on September 28, 2009, 01:48:20 pm

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 :grin:

can you not peel back the plastic to reveal the inner sheath colour?

^^^ i tried to write that in a non sexual way but it's impossible  :grin:

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: liver on September 28, 2009, 02:30:48 pm

yeah this would be a possibility with regards to pealing back the plastic

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: VC on September 28, 2009, 02:33:15 pm

theres bound to be an inner core sheath in there, just try not to remove to much when cutting. once youve sussed it mark the cables with a bit of electrical tape for easy identification should you need to get in there again

you can repair the outer sheath using 'heat shrink'

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: liver on September 28, 2009, 02:41:35 pm

Quote from: Very Cherry on September 28, 2009, 02:33:15 pm

theres bound to be an inner core sheath in there, just try not to remove to much when cutting. once youve sussed it mark the cables with a bit of electrical tape for easy identification should you need to get in there again

you can repair the outer sheath using 'heat shrink'

yeah this what what i will do unless someone knows for sure

was gutted after taking bumper off and removing both lights to have to put it back together with no change lol

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: JPC on September 28, 2009, 02:42:15 pm

 :jumpmove: have a look at at least buying some projector lense headlights to sort out the beam pattern

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: liver on October 05, 2009, 08:25:45 pm

heres a pic to show what i mean

towards the top on the left as you look is a black coated wire
towards the bottom on the right as you look is also a black coated wire

anyone know which is positive and which is negative please

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cheers

Liver

Title: Re: HID's
Post by: liver on October 06, 2009, 08:56:48 am

anyone lol