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John and Sue wrote: wrote:

Remember, I from the Cibie generation of old farts!

Been there, done that. (I suppose that a few of us here have).

I'm neither a leccy nor a mechanic. In fact a year ago I was hard pressed to find the dipstick. But these lights took me all of 3 minutes to fit so it's an easy enough job. I did try and be as safe as possible by letting the wife turn them on the first time. I'm much better at first aid than she is.

Arguments aside.. HID's and Xenons, call them what you will, are definately the future fittings in our new cars. I saw a few blinding merc lights on the way up to the lakes run and that was in broad daylight. These 4300k lights didn't seem so bad. But I've yet to test them at night. Soon though. Either way, I'll keep it informative and real enough and the 30 quid, well I can afford to put that down to experience. But it'll feed a family somewhere in Shanghai for a month.

My eyes! My eyes!

There mega bright.... I've changed my mind.

And back to yay! now. I'll give it a while. I'm still faffing / breaking things again

They look dazzling at night, but the video was shot from the perspective of someone standing, not from the eyeline of a fellow TF driver.

Leigh Ping wrote: wrote:

I'd say they're at least two to three times better than the originals. They're 4300k and have a slight yellow tint to them, which makes them look almost like the original lights (many brand new cars use 4300k). I've read that they become 'whiter' after approx 100 hours of use. So, I'll be back to let you know (if they last that long)

Interestingly, that beam pattern looks as though it has changed looking at the road in front of the car.

I fitted a 6000k kit to my car yesterday, I will post a picture for comparison to the 4300k bulbs fitted here, I have had mine fitted to various cars over the last couple of years and had no issues with mot or annoying other drivers....I will see how it goes in the tf

They look dazzling at night, but the video was shot from the perspective of someone standing, not from the eyeline of a fellow TF driver.

Yes, many 'hids' can be quite dazzling. However, filming headlights tends to diffuse the beam without a proper camera lens filter. So, the video is quite deceptive. To that end, there'd be no real point filming from a lower perspective.

I did test them further by driving around for a couple of hours after midnight last night and nobody flashed their lights at me for dazzling them. Not even on pitch black country roads. So, initially it appears that they're not overly bright. Just considerably brighter than the oem bulbs.

Interestingly, that beam pattern looks as though it has changed looking at the road in front of the car.

I've had to adjust the lighting using the youtube built in video enhancements. Otherwise the original lights are just too dim to see at all. Consequently, it's also amplified the xenon beam pattern on the road too. Quite possibly it may have changed. But I won't know for sure until my mot, next July.

In summary - They're quite a cheap but apparrently effective mod. They were a doddle to fit. They light the road pretty well. They don't appear to bother anyone coming in the opposite direction (although, I'm not sure if I passed a TF yet, due to it being very dark). They may or may not last long. They're 35w 4300k and don't seem to be having any more impact on the cars system than the ordinary bulbs. So far, deep breath, fingers crossed, so good.

It looks to me that the headlamps are set pretty low, judging by where the full beam illuminates. Have they been properly adjusted recently?