Thread: HID upgrade early D2

But the big upside is that by using them your vehicle is still legal and
hopefully not as big a ***** to other oncoming road users...

You have to remember that 130/90s have exactly the same cutoff and scatter characteristics as 60/55s. I am very confident that on low beam the cutoff is just as sharp as the 60/55s. I have never been flashed .
I would say to you that wrongly adjusted 60/55s are far worse than correctly adjusted 130/90s.
HID are a different thing altogether as the light scatter is much greater due to the position and shape of the light source, and even then I can tell you a correctly adjusted factory HID is far worse than a 130/90 when they are cresting a hill towards you, yet the authorities seem to disregard this.
Regards Philip A

I have used 130/90 hi lo but better than that I have just installed German made Osram Night Breaker Unlimited...fantastic. I also got their blue white globes for the park lights and they are too cool for school. Both look more like HID than trad globes.

Cheers

I have 35 watt HID's in my 02 pre facelift D2. Entirely legal as it has headlight washers and self leveling suspension. I have also adjusted the headlights correctly and have never had a complaint or been flashed by an oncoming vehicle. I bought mine from a seller on ebay called 95soarer. My dad and i have had a kit in 6 vehicles so far without a failure or issue. Highly reccomended.

Thomas

Originally Posted by TJS-70Y

I have 35 watt HID's in my 02 pre facelift D2. Entirely legal as it has headlight washers and self leveling suspension. I have also adjusted the headlights correctly and have never had a complaint or been flashed by an oncoming vehicle. I bought mine from a seller on ebay called 95soarer. My dad and i have had a kit in 6 vehicles so far without a failure or issue. Highly reccomended.

Thomas

It's not completly legal as the bulbs dont match the reflectors. It's not about having washers or SLS it's about beam pattern and as HID bulbs are such a different shape than the H4 bulbs, they can't maintain pattern.

Happy Days.

And 130/100w halogens are just as illegal.

Originally Posted by garrycol

And 130/100w halogens are just as illegal.

But you are far, far less likely to be pinged with high wattage halogens that are properly adjusted than when running HID's.

Not if the HIDs are also adjusted correctly.

Except the HID's are a little more obvious, and you still get that scatter as the arc isn't in quite the same place as an H4 filament.