HID'S for 406 hdi

[conchurl]

hi i want to get a set of hid's for my 506 but i want them for dipped headlights and full headlights but all the sets i see on ebay can only be for dips or for fulls is there any kit that can do both, my 406 is a hdi 110 year 2000. can ye post links to sites if ye know where they can be got.

[midsmike]

Hi mate i have a hid kit on my d8 406 and the best think i ever got for it had it in just under 2 years wiv no problems never had to change a bulb i have mine on my head lights u will have to get 2 sets of hid kits to do main beam aswell because its a seperate bulb if the 406s took h4 bulbs then headlight and main beam is the same bulb but the 406s use h7 bulbs so u will need 2 h7 hid kits

[midsmike]

Oh forgot to say i never need to use my main beam the hid kits that bright

[conchurl]

Hi mate i have a hid kit on my d8 406 and the best think i ever got for it had it in just under 2 years wiv no problems never had to change a bulb i have mine on my head lights u will have to get 2 sets of hid kits to do main beam aswell because its a seperate bulb if the 406s took h4 bulbs then headlight and main beam is the same bulb but the 406s use h7 bulbs so u will need 2 h7 hid kits

could you send me a ebay link of the 2 kits i will need

[midsmike]

Soon as i get home i will

[Welly]

You can't really have HID's for the full-beam as they suffer a warm-up to full colour temperature I don't think they'd be much use.

I always thought the 406 had fantastic standard headlights especially if you fit Osram Nightbreakers or Philips X-treme vision's.

The headlight has a large reflector design so would be quite annoying to other road users with HID's in there (even if they have 'shielded' bulbs).

Here's where you nod, or just ignore me:

There's loads of arguments on these sort of Forums about whether they're legal or not, I believe they leave you wide-open to your insurers washing their hands of you in a claim (when you need them the most). Some folk also say they've 'sailed though' 3 MOT's with them but that depends on the bloke's opinion on the day.

Fact is you've shoved a bulb into a reflector which weren't designed to be together, a compromise is reached and the light pattern produced is 'ok' other mistakes people make is ordering HID's with a colour temp of more than 6000K - anything over 5000K is starting to be Blue in colour and this reduces illumination of the road by about the same amount as your attraction to the Police grows. Finally, increasing the foreground lighting produced with a reflector design makes your pupils close down, reducing vision. That's why HID's are fitted to projector lenses .

[nutski]

I totally agree with Welly as i always thought the headlights on my Saloon were excellent once i uprated the bulbs, my Coupe on the other hand was like having candles fitted so i installed a 55w HID kit from CarModShop, very good kit which i've had fitted for nearly a year now. If you do go with HIDs they sell two different types, H7 and H7R... now for some cut and paste....

H7 - Normal H7 bulbs with a metal base designed for PROJECTOR style headlights (this is when you look into the headlight the bulb is hidden behind a magnifer)
H7R - Blackout sticker on the bulb to reduce glare for NON-PROJECTOR style headlights (this is when you can see the bulb when looking into the headlight)

[Doggy]

For once, I agree with welly too.

There's no 100% leagal way of retro fitting HID's, but at least ones fitted with projectors are not a danger to other road users.

[conchurl]

would i be better off getting good bulbs instead of hid's as my dims are very bad

[jonsowman]

Putting Nightbreaker Plus H7s in my dipped beams has made a world of difference to mine