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HID Conversion kits

Fitted the Carnewal system, it's a piece of cake. Takes a little fiddling to fit it all inside the headlamp unit, but it does get in there in the end. The transformation is quite remarkable, I can actually see on a dipped beam now. I personally wouldn't bother with the high beam conversion as well, as other than the old high beam bulbs projecting a yellow light, the experience on high beam is just fine. I will sort out a set of new high beam bulbs with a whiter light at some point.

Overall this is a great upgrade and one that I am happy to recommend.

Wouldn't bother with the LED's for fogs though - looks a little max-power for my liking, so I swapped back to the original bulbs...[:)]
 
Sounds like a result.

Will you (and the car) be at the 993 Ivan Dutton day on Sunday 16th October?
 

ORIGINAL: Richyd

John - I havn't heard about the Ivan Dutton day..??
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See this link: http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=638204

From the number of posts on here (lack of) I would guess there are spaces available - perhaps give Ken a call to check.
 

ORIGINAL: Richyd

Fitted the Carnewal system, it's a piece of cake. Takes a little fiddling to fit it all inside the headlamp unit, but it does get in there in the end. The transformation is quite remarkable, I can actually see on a dipped beam now. I personally wouldn't bother with the high beam conversion as well, as other than the old high beam bulbs projecting a yellow light, the experience on high beam is just fine. I will sort out a set of new high beam bulbs with a whiter light at some point.

Overall this is a great upgrade and one that I am happy to recommend.

Wouldn't bother with the LED's for fogs though - looks a little max-power for my liking, so I swapped back to the original bulbs...[:)]
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Hi,

Is the fitting easy for someone of limited technical ability?
 
I have just ordered the Carnewal kit for the dipped beam. Out of interest which bulb have people put in their main beam to "match" the HIDs?
 
its a little more complex than that. you need to plug a few wires in too, but it's not difficult. A 10 min job each side really.
 

ORIGINAL: lmellman

I have just ordered the Carnewal kit for the dipped beam. Out of interest which bulb have people put in their main beam to "match" the HIDs?
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Never found a incandescent bulb to match the hids, not even close & I tried a lot, in the end fitted another hid kit to the high beam
 
I personally don't think HIDS on high beam are appropriate.... they take a few seconds to warm up, hardly ideal if you need to see in a hurry..

I havn't bothered to change my high beam bulbs yet, as TBH they are just fine, low bean was the problem. I will try a set of the 50% brighter and whiter bulbs from bulbs direct at some point for the high beam though... I'm sure these will be fine.

From a "look" point of view, finding a set of whiter driving light bulbs would be nice though. anyone got any ideas.??
 
Have to disagree on that, yes on older hid kits there was a slight delay, but on the latest 55 watt hids, once warm there is no delay when you flick in high beam to the light of your already on low beam, that's why I dont understand the "if you need light in a hurry comment" all high beams doing is adding in more light.
Have yet to hear of anyone whos fitted hids to both high and low beam, changing back the high beam to incandescent bulbs
 
i just dont have a problem with the high beam, there is nothing wrong with it. The issue is with low beam, which is like driving with two candles stuck to the bonnet. My HID kit is brand new, and when you switch the lights on they do take a few seconds to warm up and get to full brightness. Not a prob on low beam, but why bother on high beam when the high beam works just fine as it is...

In addition, fitting the new kit to low beam just about fits inside the headlight unit, so no faffing about with external ballast units etc..
 
I had zenon kits on both high and dipped and to be honest the full beam was no way near as effective as the dipped as there is no projector lense so I changed back and put better bulbs in the full beam. The full beam is still v poor compared to a zenon dipped beam though. Also a tidier install with just one kit in the headlight (slim ballast).
 
Still haven't gotten areound to sorting this as I've not been driving in the dark... until now.

Has anyone tried HIDS-DIRECT in Swinton, Manchester? I'm over that way regularly so if I had a problem I could nip to their sales unit to get it sorted which is handier than waiting on the post.

Also, most people fit 35W. Was tempted to fit 35's and some 50Ws to main beam (they sell 50W slims) but if it's not worth bothering I won't; which begs the question, could I fit 50W to dipped? Or would they really just blind everyone for 2 miles in front of me?
 
If the beams are properly adjusted you shouldn't blind oncoming motorists. However I wouldn't bother with 50W; 35W is more than enough. I remember chuckling at the difference when I first fitted them, but then I did have to go and get them aligned as one was blinding pilots of light aircraft.
 
I finally ordered some. There were a few bad reviews about HIDS-Direct and they stopped being an Amazon seller - there feedback wasn't great.

The slim ones at HIDS4U looked the same as the ones at Gert Carnewal's - same lugs and shape - but £116 at HIDS4U vs. €75 at carnewals. So I've gone with Gerts.
 
Hi,
A short update. I went with Gert Carnewal's kit. It arrived within two days. A quick email and even quicker reply resolved a very simple query. I fitted them and now my system works a treat. I understand the whole kit will fit inside the light unit but for simplicity I put them outside. No probs. Thanks for the advice and recommend Gert he is so helpful.
Hanhams81
 
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