HID Lighting Kits From Ebay

[lukevs]

Anyone tried 'em?

There's a couple I've seen kicking around on Ebay this afternoon. Some pretty cheap prices, dunno how good the quality is of course. But these ones do offer 2 and 5 year warranties.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... K:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... K:MEWAX:IT

Also, how hard are they to fit? Even changing the standard bulbs on a GSXR k5 takes 15mins and most of the skin off your knuckles.

[rossm]

I've used some cheapo ebay HID kits and they're all still working and not that hard at all to fit, but spend a little more and get a kit with the small HID unit makes fitting it somewhere on the bike a lot easier

[banoffee]

+1 for slim ballast for ease of fitting to a bike.

what bulb type? the H4 ones need more wiring (as there is a mechanical 'flip' from lo to hi beam), the other single beams are easier.

also, don't go too high on the kelvin (colour) rating, you'll loose strength. about 5000-6000 is recommended I think.

[lorenzo]

average daylight in this country tends to be not much more than 7000 kelvin anyway, it's not going to be bad at 5500 kelvin or so.

[Calum452]

I thought about these for my Z but ended up buying 80W normal Xenon bulbs and they work good, a lot beeter than the standard, dont melt the headlight and have a nice colour, dont ride in the dark too much though. Worth a try at a tenner for a set.

[Evilchicken0]

I thought about these for my Z but ended up buying 80W normal Xenon bulbs and they work good, a lot beeter than the standard, dont melt the headlight and have a nice colour, dont ride in the dark too much though. Worth a try at a tenner for a set.

Remember to fit relays with those

[Calum452]

Remember to fit relays with those

Had them in for the past year and they have been fine, bikes in bits at the mo so had a check of the wiring and there are no signs of problems, any bigger and you might want relays though.