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Jack
19-01-09, 08:21 PM
Celica has gone to FCM in Bristol to have some work done, and I'm not expecting to have it back til Friday at the earliest.

This means using the Nova this week. Not a problem.

Just went out to remove some stuff out of it, and check the headlamp alignment. Sidelights, check. Dipped beam, fzzzrrrrt pop goes a ballast.

TYPICAL - one of the few times I need the damned car to work and it breaks. Now I only have one working dipped beam headlamp, and its the one with the most cockeyed aim. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Moral of the story, cheap Ebay HIDs are crap.
Andy_L
19-01-09, 08:50 PM
Surely you've got some ballast to give the Nova RJ :p
Jack
19-01-09, 08:51 PM
Arf :p
Lynsey
19-01-09, 08:53 PM
Only use it in the day then. Goof.
Spudly
19-01-09, 08:54 PM
In which case you gots to rip them back out and refit normal blubs then bud, dont buy eghey tat in future lol
Jack
19-01-09, 08:54 PM
I start work at 7, which means driving in about 6:40. Its dark then :p

Might have a fiddle tomorrow, if it still plays gayhats I'll rewire back to halogens and buy some proper HIDs (as tbh after having them in the Celica there's no way I'm putting up with candles)
Spudly
19-01-09, 08:58 PM
I couldnt go back to normal blubs now either, i gots my kit from apex performance in bradford (woot, jap tuners jack wink wink) and mine R reliable and i r happy lol
Lynsey
19-01-09, 09:02 PM
Ooh, I was in Hull today. No effing food places in that area eh?! Glad I'm back on the West side now :D

Jaxypoo- I leave then too, it's cool in the morning darkness :)

Are the HIDs expensive then?
Spudly
19-01-09, 09:05 PM
Really lynz, what were you doing here then?

We have got a couple of KFC`s depending whereabouts you are, used to have three burger kings and are only left now with shatty donalds lol

My kit is a low beam only kit and was £60 from apex, i think the high/low beam kits are about £80 or so!
Jack
19-01-09, 09:11 PM
Are the HIDs expensive then?
Depends what you get. Cheap ones are about, but as you can see are rubbish.

I have a set on my Celica, cost £100, from a UK seller on CCUK, came with battery harness etc and tbh they're the best HIDs I've seen - decent brightness and colour, and quick warm up too.