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Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T (sold  ) & IS300 Sports Luxury
Posts: 2901
Reg: 07-2005
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Callum Finch wrote on Monday, August 27, 2007 - 04:09 pm:I hope all you people getting HID's are aligning your lights properly. I dont want to be blinded by you guys! =P
Automatic self-levelling HIDs on my IS FTMFW!!!  |
Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1026
Reg: 04-2006
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my new car has BLUE bulbs and rusted connectors.
I can wait for the HIDs |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 82
Reg: 07-2005
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How is the best way to align the headlights? I think mine are pointing down too much if anything. I dont want to bring them up too high, they really are blinding to look into. |
Rod Iseppi
TryHard
wa
uzz31 v8 limited x2
Posts: 111
Reg: 01-2006
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point your car at a wall or something about 2m away so you can see the beams on it they should point about level with the headlights. |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 83
Reg: 07-2005
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Cheers Rod!, yeah will try that, I don't think they are too far off |
Rod Iseppi
TryHard
wa
uzz31 v8 limited x2
Posts: 113
Reg: 01-2006
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yeah no worries cliff, they should be ok at that level, thats what i align all the lights to at work, they seem fine.  |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 3307
Reg: 09-2005
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Daniel Czechowski wrote on Monday, August 27, 2007 - 04:25 pm:Automatic self-levelling HIDs on my IS FTMFW!!!
And thats how they should be! ;) |
Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T (sold ) & IS300 Sports Luxury
Posts: 2903
Reg: 07-2005
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It looks cool on start up, when you switch them on, they go up and down for a sec and then level out. When you go over a bump, or up a hill etc. it dips accordingly, pretty smart. |
Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T (sold ) & IS300 Sports Luxury
Posts: 2906
Reg: 07-2005
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Easiest to see, when it's dark and you are in front of a wall, you can see the headlights adjusting themselves when switched on, that's what I meant. It's also easy to spot it adjusting itself when driving... |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 3314
Reg: 09-2005
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It also stops fools who dont know how to re-angle their lights properly from blinding oncoming traffic with their 4800k colour or whatever.. |
Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1039
Reg: 04-2006
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Well my HID's arrived - 4 days after postage from Hong Kong.
They are Bosch branded and i cant wait to have them installed.
All i need is to give the headlights a super clean before installation |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 84
Reg: 07-2005
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You will be impressed Adam! Sounds like the same HID's I got.. I flattened my battery with all the excitement on the first night of the installation. My battery was already on the way out, I think I killed it this time. ha ha |
Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1055
Reg: 04-2006
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I got to my car this morning and found there was more water inside my lights than the outside. Looks like fun ! |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 2926
Reg: 10-2005
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Finally got my replacement drivers side light back in on Sunday night, just in time for 12 hours of rain the following day. Two more lots of rain during the week since, and no sign of leaks!
At last, I think I've managed to beat it! 
Now I have to decide if I'm going to pull the spare apart again and do the same thing to it. |
Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1072
Reg: 04-2006
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guess what .. and you're going to love this.
The car yard in Sydney DRILLED HOLES IN THE FRONT OF THE LIGHTS TO DRAIN THE WATER OUT. Now i have these stupid holes in my headlights to plug up. Thats where all my water is coming from.
Man what is it with idiots these days. |
Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Soarer GT-T (sold ) & IS300 Sports Luxury
Posts: 2918
Reg: 07-2005
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Adam Peterson wrote on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 12:30 pm:Man what is it with idiots these days.
New plates idea for Adam's car... [IDIOTBAIT] hahaha |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 3324
Reg: 09-2005
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Haha, Adam.
The trick is to drill holes on the bottom! =P
Also on the top as well. Has worked a treat on mine.
Hell if they are gonna leak then may as well make the gap big enough for the water to get out! |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 85
Reg: 07-2005
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Ok, finally got some pics of where I mounted the ballasts...
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Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1084
Reg: 04-2006
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Cheers cliff.
We´ll be doing that very soon. Just have to wait till all the moisture evaporates first |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 86
Reg: 07-2005
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yeah they are unbelievably easy to install. They look pretty neat there. I just used the existing bolts from the battery holder and radiator bracket. |
Adam Peterson
Goo Roo
Western Australia
Bugatti Veyron
Posts: 1093
Reg: 04-2006
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Cliff, i just tried to connect everything according to the instructions in the box and they didnt light up.
Im sure i connected it properly.
What am i doing wrong ? |
Cliff Newton
Tinkerer
W.A.
TT
Posts: 87
Reg: 07-2005
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Umm,Adam, make sure you got the polarity around the right way, because i'm pretty sure its possible to put the plug in both ways. So make sure you got the red wire of the ballast going to the positive wire in the existing headlight plug. I know the wiring on my headlight plug had a red stripe to indicate the positive wire. You can check it with a multimeter ( if you have one ) just to make sure.
Did you get the ones in the 'Bosch' box? |
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