Audi A3 HiD kit?

I'd rather be a snob than drive around with crap £4 Xenons in a cruddy old reflector lense ;)

If being a snob means you don't take a cavalier attitude to the quality and safe operation of things you fit to your car then I guess yea, I'm a 'snob'.
 
[TW]Fox;12340586 said:
Ah so you are one of those who drives around with a cheapo HID kit in a reflector lense? No wonder you felt the need to get defensive.

Hopefully you'll get pulled and fined or fail your MOT or something before you blind too many other road users with your Chinese junk.
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I don't drive around with a HID kit fitted at the moment in any of my cars no. Have one in my bike though. Not being defensive, just telling it how it is. As I say MOT's are fine and they don't "blind" anyone.
 
jaybee said:
I don't drive around with a HID kit fitted at the moment in any of my cars no. Have one in my bike though. Not being defensive, just telling it how it is. As I say MOT's are fine and they don't "blind" anyone.
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Makes you wonder why they went to all that bother legislating for projector lenses for HID's if a guy on a forum who buys junk from China knows better. Have you informed the car manufacturers and the EU of your findings?
 
[TW]Fox;12340666 said:
I'd rather be a snob than drive around with crap £4 Xenons in a cruddy old reflector lense ;)

If being a snob means you don't take a cavalier attitude to the quality and safe operation of things you fit to your car then I guess yea, I'm a 'snob'.
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Well which is it Xenons bulbs or HID kits? As I thought we were discussing HID kits here? You can barely buy a Halogen bulb for £4 let alone a HID kit. I bet you have a Dyson Vacuum cleaner don't you.
 
I just picked a random figure out of the air to illustrate a point. A quick check of Ebay shows I was wrong and they are £17, whatever, point remains the same.

Coincidently I have a Dyson vacuum cleaner but I didnt buy it, chose or do anything at all with it other than use it :p
 
[TW]Fox;12340682 said:
Makes you wonder why they went to all that bother legislating for projector lenses for HID's if a guy on a forum who buys junk from China knows better. Have you informed the car manufacturers and the EU of your findings?
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Unfortunately I don't have as much time on my hands as you Mr 68000 posts to continue this "debate" if you can call it that. So I'll let you rant on about how your right like in every other thread in this motors forum. Happy reading people.
 
jaybee said:
Unfortunately I don't have as much time on my hands as you Mr 68000 posts to continue this "debate" if you can call it that. So I'll let you rant on about how your right like in every other thread in this motors forum. Happy reading people.
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Keep thinking the whole world is wrong and you are right ;)
 
Does anyone actually have any concrete info surrounding Xenons and the law? I read that they're only permitted when manufacturers fit them and they have EU approval
 
Anyway, back to the OP - provided you've got projector lenses, which I would imagine an A3 almost certainly has, pick up a decent enough HID kit from a reputable UK supplier for about £100. It'll do the job, work properly, blind nobody, pass an MOT without issue, give you loads more light and look great.
 
[TW]Fox;12340759 said:
Anyway, back to the OP - provided you've got projector lenses, which I would imagine an A3 almost certainly has, pick up a decent enough HID kit from a reputable UK supplier for about £100. It'll do the job, work properly, blind nobody, pass an MOT without issue, give you loads more light and look great.
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Whats wrong with a "reputable" Chinese supplier??

Most kits in uk probally come from China anyway????

Let me know where to get them £4 HID kits, ill stick a couple on my pushbike aswell!
 
howardcanning said:
Does anyone actually have any concrete info surrounding Xenons and the law? I read that they're only permitted when manufacturers fit them and they have EU approval
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Yes - read the link I provided above.
I don't know why the bickering really.
According to the official link above they aren't legal.

It is no different to the number plate issue.
Many number plates out there are illegal as they don't carry postcodes, BS codes etc.
However nothing happens, they get through an MOT etc.
However it doesn't stop them being illegal.

The link above certainly indicates that unless they are fitted at the time by the manufacturer then they aren't legal.
However as you'll see in this thread there are people claiming many years of trouble free driving around.
Because they aren't legal I personally wouldn't consider it - because my car not getting an MOT when it's due in 20 months time is not an option!
 
The cheap kits you can get on ebay are pricey enough for what you are getting. Discharge lamps have been around for ages and the control gear required isn't exactly pricey, highly advanced stuff. £60 for two bulbs and some control gear is actually pretty reasonable.

What’s not reasonable is fitting said cheap kit to a car with reflector lenses, it’s not cool and it blinds other drivers. People who fit them tend to just go into denial mode about the whole topic, but on most reflectors it scatters the beam. My mate got a kit for his CTR recently and fitted it, then removed it the next day because he was dazzling people.

Sure am glad the tegs got projector headlights so I dont have to be a giant hypocrite :D
 
[TW]Fox;12340759 said:
Anyway, back to the OP - provided you've got projector lenses, which I would imagine an A3 almost certainly has, pick up a decent enough HID kit from a reputable UK supplier for about £100. It'll do the job, work properly, blind nobody, pass an MOT without issue, give you loads more light and look great.
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The A3 doesnt come with projector lenses unless its specced with xenon lights, the halogen lights on them are shockingly bad. As for projector lenses because a car has them doesnt make them "E" compliant so although the beam pattern is alright its just as wrong to fit them.
 
Dandle said:
As for projector lenses because a car has them doesnt make them "E" compliant so although the beam pattern is alright its just as wrong to fit them.
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It doesn't make it "just as wrong" at all. At least I won't be being blinded by HIDs retrofitted to projector lenses.

HIDs retrofitted in reflectors (that aren't designed for HIDs - some now are) = dangerous
HIDs retrofitted in projectors = do not fall under legislation, but aren't going to cause accidents.
 
wez130 said:
Well, i've bought a new car (audi A3 Sportback 2.0T FSi) pics when i pick it up on Monday :D, and it doesn't have HiD's as standard, seen kits on ebay for about £60, are they the real deal because it seems really cheap for a whole kit.
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The best way to get Xenons on your A3 is to source a set of factory Xenons and retro fit them. After a quick search the last 2nd hand set went for £310 on ebay with all the bulb/ballasts/ignitors which isn't too bad.

You will need wiring adaptors from here

http://www.kufatec.de/shop/product_...-HID-curvelight--Bi-Xenon-A3-8P---8P-Spo.html

If you are feeling flush the full auto leveling system and headlight washing system is also available from the above site. (Although total cost will still be around the factory option price) Once you have fitted the Xenons you need someone with vagcom to enable xenon control and disable the bulb warning. Audi/VW/Seat/Skoda forums usually have members willing to do the vagcoming free.
 
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randal24 said:
@ the OP, do yourself a favour and join the http://uk-audis.net/ forums. Should be able to get an answer that doesn't descend into bickering. :rolleyes:
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ta for the link, i joined audi-forums last night too :)

Just to clear things up, i am interested in the legal side of it, i'm not going to spend £11k on a car then chav it up with something that looks cheap and tacky, i was just wondering why the kits on ebay are so cheap, i mean a decent set of halogen bulbs is nearly the same price as some of the kits.

How do i know if my audi has projector headlights anyway?
 
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