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#1 ·
Hi all
I'm think of fitting a hid kit to my 147 does it put any warning lights on?????
What kits have others fitted????
Thanxs chris
 
#3 ·
I'm looking at a HID kit myself.

Thing is, all the "configurators" tell me that, for a 2003 2.0 147 Sillyspeed, I have H7 dipped and H1 main beam.

My car has H7 for both dipped and main. H1 is for the foglights.
(for what it's worth, dipped is the middle lens, fog the outer and main the inner of the three, is this right, or has someone screwed up the light wiring?)

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#4 ·
HID kit will never show a warning light /error message on 147 as it doesn’t have blown bulb check on H7 bulbs. Only on sidelights, numberplate, brake and indicators. Blown main beam or dipped beam bulb will not trigger the warning, so HID kit doesn’t need to simulate the bulb resistance.
 
#5 ·
Quite a few users over here have mentioned that it isn't legal to install HID kits on your car.
I'm not in the U.K. so I don't know if that is true or not. I checked a few sites where they mentioned that those kits are for exhibitions only and for road use. I'm not sure if that is right either.
In the U.S. they say it isn't legal to install a kit on a car that didn't have them from the factory in the first place.

I remember seeing an episode of Wheeler Dealers where Ed China installs a kit for a Lexus LS400. If it is illegal, why did they show that???
 
#7 · (Edited)
There are loads of topics all over this site!

To be legal, the whole system needs to be "Type Approved" for use with Xenon discharge lighting, so, the self levelling suspension, the light units and washers and even the wash system, so the bottles and piping!...

BUT... the HID retrofit kits are brilliant, as long as you get the H7R bulbs as they have a small portion blanked to prevent any beam scatter - standard H7's conversion kits, if adjusted are OK, as I drove 1000's of miles in the dark without a flash from anyone!! But have swapped as they were bright, too bright as some of the light still went where it was not needed!!

So it is your choice really - HID kits are illegal if being fitted into an existing halogen unit (on the roads anyway!), but if the right ones are fitted (H7R's) and adjusted correctly then they are fine, they will pass MOT's and the like - there are a lot of scare stories that MOT test stations are going to be failing cars with them in from 2011, this is rubbish! along with them failing cars that have none OEM maps on the ECU!! funny!!

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#6 ·
its not illegal and dont tink it will be for along time to come, i just put some in my car the other week and the diffrence is amazing, when diving on the back roads really lights the place up i dont use my main beam half as much any more neither, i got a 6000k kit which looks amazing i will post pics, i would recomend getting some LED side lights to go with it so it looks all complete, best 50quid i will every spend i think :)
 
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