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Philips HID conversion kit
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:48 am
by ckk125
Greetings,
Any one here bought and used the Philips Xenon HB4 conversion kit?
Where can i find it in Melbourne and what is the recommended retail price?
Thanks, have a nice day.
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:47 pm
by firthy13
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:41 am
by milobob
Not sure if you can buy it in actual proper shops in Aus as its illegal to retrofit a HID kit to our lancers (unless you go OEM). Ebay is probably your best bet
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:40 pm
by billy boy
you can buy it from autobarn - i've got these in my ra and has made a huge difference and well worth it
in our cars you'll have to get a separate low and high beam set up, i only went with the lo beam
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:31 pm
by exaltd
Burson Auto Parts is also a stockist of Philips. Give them a go. No doubt both Autobarn and Burson is more expensive than EBay though. Not sure about the RRP, sorry.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:08 pm
by SEB15
I was quote by Autobarn with $400 for a HB4 Phillips HID kit and i was i another place and i was quoted $450 for the same kit!
I end up to grab a kit from eBay for $120 express deliver from Melbourne!
Is not Phillips but does the work v good. I'm looking foward to get a kit for the high beam as well
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:13 pm
by milobob
Just be careful with the high beams - because there is a slight warm up time with HIDs, you can't get the instant on (or flash) with them. If you drive alot of city it probably doesn't make much of a difference but if you drive country there are times when having an instant on high beam is safer.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:13 pm
by SAM-24A
I have the Factory OEM HID's in my Aspire .... They come ON almost instantly ... the time lag is .5 sec at most.
The Good Quality Philips are the same .... that's why you pay for Quality.
Sam .....
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:53 am
by ckk125
Greetings bros, i think i'll be getting my philips hid from EBAY..
Regarding the ballasts, where can i place it and is it water proof?
Thanks.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:30 pm
by milobob
Sam, I was talking about the retrofit kits. not to mention they flicker as well. oem hids do warm up much quicker though.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:31 pm
by milobob
anyway that's my experience with the cheaper brands
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:39 pm
by ckk125
Greetings bros, i think i'll be getting my philips hid from EBAY..
Regarding the ballasts, where can i place it and is it water proof?
Thanks.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:39 pm
by milobob
Somewhere in the engine bay, theres not place you can really palce it where its really waterproof unfortuantely.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:50 pm
by ckk125
milobob wrote:Somewhere in the engine bay, theres not place you can really palce it where its really waterproof unfortuantely.
example..?
Thanks.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:46 pm
by milobob
I stuck a friends onto the wheel arch just behind the lights