[s-cars] HID upgrade GP

[James Murray (LMC)]

Definetely!!! love mine.

A few things to investigate:

1) Will the kit affect your Auto-check lamp system? (if so you will need to do the Fred M. conversion, see UrS4.com)

2) Ask if you need to change your fuse (i.e. is the current draw minimal?). You might need to change your fuse to compensate for the in-rush current, if it's not too high it's still ok for your wiring (it's a small spike).

3) Check the ballast wattage, When they rave that it's only 35Watts, remember that's the bulb, not the ballast, find out the combine wattage of the kit (this should be your main concern).

4) Check that the "Hot Spot" is in the same location as your OEM bulb (I wouldn't see why it isn't)

5) Decide on your mounting location and make sure you have enough wire, most kits only provide short thick wires (short wires mean the starter is integrated with the ballast, longer wires have the starter seperate from the ballast).

6) There are different intensity bulbs on the market, make sure you aren't getting cheap ones, 5,000K (color temp) bulbs or more are good (unless you want cheaper bulbs). They should have a life of 2,000 hrs or more.

7) A good kit will provide all the mounting H/W you need, and a waterproof grommet for the external wires to the Ballast. If not you could probably get this stuff from a H/W store and save some bucks...

http://www3.sympatico.ca/wadleigh/LLTEK_HID_Install.htm

Hope that helps, enjoy your improved lighting !

Cheers, /Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:25 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] HID upgrade GP


Just a quick note...the P-car heads over on the Rennlist (www.rennlist.org)
are having a group purchase on HID upgrades. $380 for an H1 (eurolamp)
upgrade.

I'd consider doing it, but I'm a bit leery of lobotomizing the bulb out
system. Is life really that much better after this upgrade?

For more info, go to rennlist.org, 993 Forum, search on HID. They're doing
the purchase through http://www.liteswap.com/, with Catz upgrade kits.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant


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