hids

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 16:42

areet peps am after some HIDs for my t5r and have read that theres 2 diff bulbs on the 850s H1 and H7 which 1s do i need for mine its a n reg 854 t5r
cheers

**Volvostorm** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 16:47

H1's are the dip beam, H7's main beam. I'm not 100% on the mains, they could be H1's aswell

I've only got HID's fitted to my dip, they are bright enough to do without mains!

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 17:02

cheers pal just i have the chance of a set from a local lad , brand new for 45quid

**p fandango** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 17:10

Originally Posted by leet5r

cheers pal just i have the chance of a set from a local lad , brand new for 45quid

brand new for £31 LINK

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 17:38

the kits that the lad has are h7 , i think another lad was tryin to sell them on here

**t5 pete** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 21:39

for the 850's with the later style head lights like ours lee both bulbs are h1's diped and main

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:01

Originally Posted by t5 pete

for the 850's with the later style head lights like ours lee both bulbs are h1's diped and main

cheers pete m8 , you 100% m8 , just a want some asap as the nites are dark very dark

**t5 pete** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:08

yep 100% also go for the 50/55w ones

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:14

Originally Posted by t5 pete

yep 100% also go for the 50/55w ones

cheers m8 , you got any links , theres a local lad got some h7s like for 45 quid

**Dangerous Dave** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:18

Volvo 850's never had H7 bulbs. The first 850's up to 1994 had H4 bulbs, then after 1994 they had two compartment headlamps which both used H1 bulbs.

H7 bulbs were used when the x70 series was introduced in 1997.

That is unless you have some aftermarket headlamps (which could possibly be different)

edit - Lol, missed t5pete's post, where he says this.

**leet5r** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:26

thanks people

**t5 pete** · Tuesday 30th November 2010, 23:36

just type in h1 50/55w hid kit on ebay it should bring a load up and then just buy the ones which look the best and offer the best service

**Dangerous Dave** · Wednesday 1st December 2010, 00:28

Got mine from www.hids-direct.co.uk no problems so far and had them on a while (passed mot too)

Heres the H1 kit
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-con...its-p-283.html

Got mine in 5000k which is a pure white, 6000k is a cool white, and further that that will be a blue-white

**leet5r** · Thursday 2nd December 2010, 22:51

any 1 got any experience with these 55/55w 1s
cheers

**Dangerous Dave** · Friday 3rd December 2010, 00:03

Yep, got them in mine, had them for 6 months or so now

**leet5r** · Friday 3rd December 2010, 00:51

Originally Posted by bomb192uk

Yep, got them in mine, had them for 6 months or so now

are they easy enough to fit and do ya dazzle any 1 , with ya lights lol

**Dangerous Dave** · Friday 3rd December 2010, 01:11

Originally Posted by leet5r

are they easy enough to fit and do ya dazzle any 1 , with ya lights lol

They are a generic kit, so take a bit of fiddling to mount the ballasts and route the wiring into the headlamp unit. Wiring is simple, you just plug the factory bulb connectors into the ballast (via the included leads), connect the ballast to the bulb and thats it. No need to cut into the existing wiring system, or anything dodgy like that.

I have the level adjuster turned down in the car, and so far have only had one guy flash in the whole time I've had them on (and that was because I had got my headbeam on) and I do a fair bit of driving after dark (especially this time of year), so no problems yet. But they are very bright.

I'm currently looking for some projectors to retrofit into the standard headlamps as a little project.