I bought a kit from this guy for my wifes Cadillac and it has been 9 months now and they still work fine without any trouble and the kit came plug and play i didn't have to cut or splice anything just like replacing a bulb. The only problem i ran into is where to mount the ballasts.

 

I'm curious to know how you made the HID bulbs hold in the housing without cutting the OEM metal part that holds the OEM bulb.

 

I've been using my ebay HID for 3 years with no trouble, it has been 50K.... D:

 

which one would i need for my 2000 passat? could u link me to one of his 400 something products? lol thanks

 

For your 2000 B5, you need more than just the bulb 'n ballast listed here. You also need projector housings to go with it. If you put HID bulbs in your non-projector housings, you will blind everybody on the road.

SirWired

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Xeno...QitemZ250191097070QQihZ015QQcategoryZ36476QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just make sure that you type what bulb do you want yours will be H7 and temperature that you would like. I recommend 6000k but this one is all up to you.

 

$74.98shipped? Great deal!!!!!!!!!!!! x1000

 

thats what i have, nothing to complain!!

 

is this for real? under $80 for hids?

 

yep the real deal

 

1.8Tabamoura are your HID's made by Xentec by chance? I bought mine from this seller on ebay:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZautoluminate

Mine are the Xentec brand and so far I'm happy although it hasn't been that long. I took both my ballasts apart on arrival and caulked both of them for better weatherproofing. I recommend others do this as well as they weren't sealed to well. We'll see how they hold up through the winter. All in all I agree good bang for the buck.

 

yep, Xentec will reinforce the seal, thanks for the tip.

 

yes real deal. mine coming in the mail any minute now. fingers crossed! uu8

 

yes real deal. mine coming in the mail any minute now. fingers crossed! uu8

 

Wow, that's a great deal. Even though I've never heard of this company, you've all got people vouching for the quality here. Jump on this guys. HIDs are probably one of my favorite mods.

 

maybe its a piece of sh&^ and we dont know cause we never had the "good kind" :lol:

 

Bought xentecs from the same seller 5k oem white 6 months abslolutely no issues:lol: And just ordered a h3 kit for my fogs

 

That's exactly what I have and it works great. And using it on non-projector headlight it is not blinding the oncoming traffic, I asked for my wife to drive the car passed me and it looks normal.

 

Could somebody address Sirwired and Rafboy BEFORE I order my kit please..... Thank you.

 

See below ...

For your 2000 B5, you need more than just the bulb 'n ballast listed here. You also need projector housings to go with it. If you put HID bulbs in your non-projector housings, you will blind everybody on the road.

SirWired

I'm curious to know how you made the HID bulbs hold in the housing without cutting the OEM metal part that holds the OEM bulb.

It's not a necessity to get projectors to run HIDs, but it's ultimately most definitely highly recommended, and definitely worth it. And if you are at all thinking about upgrading to projectors later, the bulb size will likely change, forcing you to buy different bulbs and incur extra cost (I learned this the hard way).

Explanation: B5 stock headlight housings use H7 bulbs, so you should specify to the seller that you want H7 bulbs for your HID kit. But then later you decide to upgrade to say Hella projectors. These projectors use the smaller H1 bulbs, an incompatible fit for H7 bulbs.

So just think ahead.

And as far as cutting material, that shouldn't be happening as long as you've purchased the correct size bulb for your housing. Though it's been discussed that some kits' bulbs have a thicker/different material base than the OEM bulbs.

 

Wow, that's cheap! And here I just spent $270 on a McCulloch HID kit for my wife's car a few days ago. Oh well, no regrets since I have that kit on mine for a year now w/ no problems.

 

that work beautifully. it has been a month and they are solid . I'm not the seller I'm just trying to pass the deal along ,

my a4 came with regular non hid projectors , so I decided to buy a conversion kit, saw these on ebay and I was skeptical because of such low price , but I was wrong , good product they work beautifully. it has been a month and they are solid . I'm not the seller I'm just trying to pass the deal along to you guys.


http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZhid4u

Thanks for posting it! I can cross my car off the christmas shopping list

:lol:

 

Thanks for posting it! I can cross my car off the christmas shopping list

:lol:

Installed the kit this morning and I wish I ordered the 5K kit instead of the 6000. It is very blue, a lot bluer than I though it would be.

The install was a breeze though. Took about an hour from start to finish.

 

is vag-com necessary for the hid upgrade? and would anything happen to the high beam after installing the hid?

 

no and no

 

why is the sky there?

 

Last night I installed the eBay H3 3000k HID kit mentioned above ($74.98) in my W8 fog housings and I gotta say they look very good! This is a shot (a poor one at that!) with the front left HID bulb installed and a regular Hella H3 bulb on the right. Take a look:

The install wasn't too difficult, although I had trouble finding room in the W8 engine bay to place the ballasts. My good camera was busted, so I only took a few pics with my phone- this is one of the better ones.

I found it best to feed cut off the weather proof connector ends the kit came with installed on the wires. Doing this allowed me to run the bulb wires out through the small half-circle hole in the weather cap housing just opposite the back of the projector opening. I then drilled two small holes- about the diameter of the wire insulation- in the 1" diameter cap that covers the half-circle hole and fed the the red and blue wires through to the additional primary wire extension not provided with the kit. All wire connections were connected with weather proof spade connectors and wrapped tight with electrical tape, which actually came out looking very clean. The original housing power plug was sealed with silicone to ensure water-tightness.

All in all the install was very easy, but I would DEFINITELY would have been lost without all the wonderful information stored in the forums. I'm proud that i am a noob and know how to use the search function! Who woulda thought?:lol: :thumbup:

By the way, the color is perfect for fogs.




uu8

 

holy shit , thats awesome ,

 

Yeah, pretty impressive, huh? The one bulb on the right was doing the work of 3 regular H3 bulbs.

It was raining extremely hard that night! Thanks, Mom and Dad, for letting me use your garage once again!



uu8

 

i also have the xentec setup love it to death 5000k got me the oem white that i liked,

 

has anyone here ever tried putting in some hids in ebay halo projectors??

my stock ones were scratched/fogged so i bought the ebay projector and now i really would like to have hids but i heard you can crack the housing...

if anyone has some more info on this it would be helpful. thanks

 

thats the best scenario for the HID conversion , if you have the projectors go on, the hids burn cooler and use less amps than the normal halogen. the projectors would only crack if you used a higher wattage bulb ( 80W and 100W HID immitation bulbs )

 

I tried every bulb on the market and still not satisfied.What do you guys suggest. The 5000 or 6000 kit. I am starting to get up there in age and would like to see again at night. I dont want anything that is going to project color. thanks

 

:lol:

yeah 6000K is the your best bet

 

5000k

 

paulpassat, i have 6000k for the low beams and they are just barely blue, so for you not wanting any color i would agree with 1.8Tabamoura regarding the 5000k....or mabe even 4300k. Remember: lower k# = higher lumen rating.


Good luck, my friend!




uu8

 

any yellow HID?

 

Yes, the picture below is 3000k HID (one bulb installed on the left, compared to a normal H3 bulb on the right)

Here are some more pictures showing my setup. The low beams are 6000k HID, while the fogs, as previously stated, are 3000k HID.

uu8