HID Euro headlight kit

VEEMAN · #1 February 25th 2004, 13:23

I was looking through E-bay and come across the above mentioned kit ( item 2462448814).
I was wondering if any one in the States can clarify with me that the above kit would be suitable for a right hand drive car.I have been in touch with the guy who is selling them, but he is not on my wavelength.All I asked him was the lights RHD or LHD spec.As I did not want to put an beam deflector sticker on the front of the lense to convert them into RHD format.My answer from this guy was " neutral ".
I must be talking in an alien language or something ( I know you are going to say " what's he talking about " ).
So can anyone on the forumn answer me,is the above kit on E-bay suitable
for RHD.
Cheers
VEEMAN

samcat · #2 February 25th 2004, 14:11

Its not a proper HID kit.... Its H4 bulbs in a conversion thingy...

2462384078 is a 'real' HID kit... Bit of a price difference

Cya,
Sam C

justdubbin · #3 February 26th 2004, 15:05

Like Sam said 'it's not an HID kit' but what I think what the seller means when he replied 'neutral' was that these don't have a beam pattern 'as such' like what you would tend to think of in the UK (left hand h-lamp having a longer beam than the right) in the US I think they both tend to be the same but they reflect lower to compensate for this.

Rob.

VEEMAN · #4 February 26th 2004, 15:44

Thanks for the info justdubbin and Sam.It did not make sense to me with the reply from the Guy as neutral.When I asked him to explain this term he did not have a clue.I even asked for him to check the specs on the lights but just got sorry do not know.
So how can you use such a light with a wide beam width over here in the UK,which will pass the UK M.O.T.Will a beam correction sticker on the lense deflect the unwanted beam pattern ,to correct it.
I'm a little bit in the dark with these new style lights,I know where I'm at with handed light units.But I'm willing to read comments and learn
Cheers
VEEMAN

justdubbin · #5 February 26th 2004, 15:59

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Originally Posted by VEEMAN

So how can you use such a light with a wide beam width over here in the UK,which will pass the UK M.O.T.Will a beam correction sticker on the lense deflect the unwanted beam pattern ,to correct it.
I'm a little bit in the dark with these new style lights,I know where I'm at with handed light units.But I'm willing to read comments and learn
Cheers
VEEMAN

Fit a cheap pair of sealed beams for the MOT the re-fit th Euro-spec once it's passed :agree:

Thats what I'll be doing with my all red US spec rear light lens.

Rob.

VEEMAN · #6 February 26th 2004, 16:08

Fair comment,but will still have to get the new lights aligned to use on the road.Hence I will be in the same boat again.Knowing my luck I would get pulled by the Law for misaligned headlights.
Cheers
VEEMAN

justdubbin · #7 February 26th 2004, 16:57

Are you a member of a VDub club? if not then why not

most clubs have a friendly MOT station who know the that actually Beetles & Buses DO have that amount of play in the steering etc. well if you have a word I'm sure they will be able to set these lights up to be as legal as possible :agree:
I think if you want it bad then you'll be able to get around it some way or another.

VEEMAN · #8 February 27th 2004, 10:51

No I'm not a member of a Vdub club,most of the one's in this neck of the woods just fold due to lack of interest.
I will take what you say on board and look into this matter further.Many thanks to every one for the advice and help
Cheers
Vince

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