HID STYLE bulbs

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HID STYLE bulbs
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Now I'm gonna sound stupid but are these bulbs safe? As in no burning ect lol

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/store...reId=10001

They are HID style bulbs, and my car is a Xreg phase 3 I heard there was an issue with phase 3 lamps and HIDs though, I know they aren't proper HID bit just style bulbs

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Err I hope not, I'm running hids and phase 3 lights
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#3
Not sure what you mean by no burning? They're sold as OEM replacements, should be absolutely fine.

Yeah, shouldn't run HIDs in normal crystal headlights, get too much dissipation and blind oncoming drivers, need projector headlights to run them really.
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Iv been running HIDs in my car for years, if you choose the HID bulbs with a coating to stop the scatter and align them correctly you do not blind oncoming traffic, takes time but trial and error you can save peoples sight...never had a fail on MOT...but i dunno if that is part of it Wink
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jesus christ and the HID debate begins.

What I imagine halfrauds are selling here is a bulb that is slightly less yellow than normal. You either have HIDs or you dont... there isnt an inbetween that gives you the colour and rightness but isnt actually HID...

I mean look at the structure of the bulbs... The halfords one doesnt look like a HID bulb. I highly recommend you just get some Osram Nightbreakers and fit them legally. People who run HIDs blind others unless your in the 0.0001% who claim that they have set them up properly... in which case they are still illegal but slightly less blinding.
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Yay! Im rare Big Grin

Can of worms here! Sorry Rowell Wink
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#7
Even new cars with these hid bulbs still blind! Lol
I can say osram nightbrakers are excellent bulbs Smile
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As in these bulbs Eeyore? http://www.nightbreakerunlimited.co.uk/n...-unlimited
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They do night breaker plus twin pack.

I've just bought myself a set
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(11-05-2015, 01:33 PM)kee616 Wrote: Even new cars with these hid bulbs still blind! Lol

Not been flashed for mine yet... Tongue

HIDs are old tech now anyway...it's the LEDs that blind these days I think. lol
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(11-05-2015, 05:51 PM)Toms306 Wrote:
(11-05-2015, 01:33 PM)kee616 Wrote: Even new cars with these hid bulbs still blind! Lol

Not been flashed for mine yet... Tongue  

HIDs are old tech now anyway...it's the LEDs that blind these days I think. lol

Decent LED headlights are bloody fantastic. Much more output than HIDs and don't blind anywhere near as much. Infrared is where its at though Wink
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