xenon question?
16-12-2010, 04:37 PM
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xenon question?
being as i know nothing about them im asking here, i want to put them on my escort and ditch the candles it has but id like my spots and gogs matching, is there a certain kit id need? cheers
16-12-2010, 04:44 PM
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A decent set of uprated halogen bulbs will give you a better light output. Used a HID kit a few years back, failed MOT due to no beam pattern and although it was a really white light, was no brighter than the philips blue vision halogen bulbs i replaced them with!
16-12-2010, 05:22 PM
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i have went with a 6k hid kit on my mk5 fiesta the color looks the dogs but doesnt light up the road anymore than a set of decent headlight bulbs and when you have xenons it is very hard too find sidelight bulbs too atleast get any sort of color match would steer clear of xenons from now on
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16-12-2010, 06:29 PM
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hid vs xenon will only have one winner, and that's the xenons
the hid kits don't actually have any pattern so even though they give out loads of light, comparing the mondeo with the hid kit and the xenon fitted it's like night and day, but with sunglasses on if that makes sense
if you can get another set of escort headlight units and build a proper xenon kit inside them they you should be sorted
the hid kits don't actually have any pattern so even though they give out loads of light, comparing the mondeo with the hid kit and the xenon fitted it's like night and day, but with sunglasses on if that makes sense
if you can get another set of escort headlight units and build a proper xenon kit inside them they you should be sorted
16-12-2010, 08:31 PM
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As far as I have been able to ascertain there is rumour that lamp type will be checked as part of the MOT but this is only a whisper and to the best of my knowledge has not been verified by any credible source. Until then providing there is a beam pattern and the alignment is fine there should be no reason to fail.
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tbh its swings and roundabouts, the fact remains old escort lights are like candles which are useless in lanes etc, will prib opt for uprated bulbs or something as didnt really want diff colour bulbs just wanted decent quality lights so i can see the road lol.
18-12-2010, 02:36 PM
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why dont you fit the twin spotlights which sit above the bumper, i had these on an orion 1600i ghia mk 3 back in the day.. uprated headlight bulbs and spotlight bulbs running through a relay... job done. also you can direct the spots to light up higher or however you want them.....
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I tried HIDs in my S1, and took them back out after a week. Absolute shite for the lanes. They created a clearer light but just didn't light up the road as the beam was so concentrated in 1 area. I just made sure my fuse box had a decent power supply from the battery and refitted the halogens.
19-12-2010, 11:07 AM
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think of it as going from the escorts vhs to dvd, with the xenon being the bluray
19-12-2010, 01:48 PM
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i understand they are the same thing mate, but a retro fit kit in your standard headlights dones't have the same lamp unit as the proper kit so won't produce the same level of clarity of light
think of it as going from the escorts vhs to dvd, with the xenon being the bluray
think of it as going from the escorts vhs to dvd, with the xenon being the bluray
HID uses Xenon to provide an ionised path for current to flow, of which roughly 85 to 90 VAC flows between 2 electrodes via the ionised Xenon gas. To ionise the gas, a high and sudden current overload is requred to create initial ignition, hence the term High Intensity Discharge.
19-12-2010, 02:56 PM
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but thats like saying you are going to run your ps3 through all the fancy amps and stuff and then play the games on an old black and white 14 inch crt telly
the xenon headlights as fitted to cars are standard are set up to make the most of the bulbs and technology, retro fitting the lights into units that are not designed to do what they are supposed to do is the same thing
as far as i see it anyway, having done the hid upgrade to the standard mondeo headlights and then gone and fitted proper factory xenon lights, the beam pattern and the light you see when you are driving at night is much better
the xenon headlights as fitted to cars are standard are set up to make the most of the bulbs and technology, retro fitting the lights into units that are not designed to do what they are supposed to do is the same thing
as far as i see it anyway, having done the hid upgrade to the standard mondeo headlights and then gone and fitted proper factory xenon lights, the beam pattern and the light you see when you are driving at night is much better
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