HID help

**HowHard** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:00

Hey,

So I'm planning to buy some HIDs for my P1 V70, I've never done this and just wanted to ask a few questions.

Afaik, I should need H7's, can anyone confirm this?

Canbus? Don't even know what it means but is my car canbus?

Anything else I should maybe know about buying/fitting HID's to my P1 V70?

Cheers,

H

**deathrider311271** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:05

Originally Posted by HowHard

Hey,

So I'm planning to buy some HIDs for my P1 V70, I've never done this and just wanted to ask a few questions.

Afaik, I should need H7's, can anyone confirm this? Correct altho if your using standard headlampd get H7R bulbs

Canbus? Don't even know what it means but is my car canbus?

No canbus on the P1 cars

Anything else I should maybe know about buying/fitting HID's to my P1 V70?

Cheers,

H

answers in bold above

**Volvostorm** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:06

You don't have a CANBUS system

H7's sound right to me

**Santa** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:07

Anything else I should maybe know about buying/fitting HID's to my P1 V70?

Be really really careful, secure the ballasts well (I can show you a pic of one that had been dragging along the floor) and make sure no wire contacts come in contact with the body or yourself!

**HowHard** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:14

Originally Posted by deathrider311271

answers in bold above

Cheers m8y! Sorry but what do you mean by if standard headlamps get H7R bulbs?

**HowHard** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:16

Originally Posted by Santa

Anything else I should maybe know about buying/fitting HID's to my P1 V70?

Be really really careful, secure the ballasts well (I can show you a pic of one that had been dragging along the floor) and make sure no wire contacts come in contact with the body or yourself!

Awesome thanks, I'll make sure they're secure and try not to shock myself, definitely just saved me from letting them touch the body too

**Volvostorm** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:18

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H7R-35w-UL...item5635123ed5

H7R have an anti-glare shield for use in non-projector type headlights

**HowHard** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 20:22

nice1, thanks guys!

**sartain87** · Sunday 20th January 2013, 21:46

Originally Posted by Pault5estate

You don't have a CANBUS system

H7's sound right to me

You sure? My phase 1 V70 threw a fault code up on my old HIDs til I got the canbus kit

**Spooky** · Monday 24th February 2014, 14:29

Did you go with the canbus kit or not mate? I am about to do mine and I have a P1 V70 as well

**mikealder** · Monday 24th February 2014, 18:00

The phase one x70 has bulb current drawn monitoring for the bulb failure indication, if the HID units you purchase draw less current than the standard bulb intended for the car you might get a bulb failure indication on the dash. I fitted HIDs in my 2000 phase one V70 with no issues so sometimes it simply works. H7 HID bulbs are for use in projector lens headlights (aftermarket addition to the car which is what I use) the H7R are intended for use with standard headlights that contain a reflector assembly needing the bulb in a specific location (the focal point of the reflector) BUT the lens of the headlight can still scatter the light if the front glass of the headlight has a beam focusing/ beam steering effect within it, plain clear glass lenses are a better option when you combine HIDs with standard headlights - Mike

**M-R-P** · Monday 24th February 2014, 18:07

the quick and cheap way round the bulb warning is to fit a 50w load resistor across the power cables to the ballast. you can then use the cheap 16quid eBay HIDs.

**mikealder** · Monday 24th February 2014, 18:38

Originally Posted by M-R-P

the quick and cheap way round the bulb warning is to fit a 50w load resistor across the power cables to the ballast. you can then use the cheap 16quid eBay HIDs.

The correct way to fit load resistors is to measure the current drawn by the HID kit then work out what that equates to in Watts (W=IxV) then deduct this value from that of a standard bulb (55W) you then calculate the actual resistive value needed to top the current drawn through the wire up to the original 55W value.

Simply adding a 50W resistive load to the lighting circuit will overload the wiring as the HID kit could be drawing 35W in the first place - Mike

**M-R-P** · Monday 24th February 2014, 19:45

been fine for 18 months tho Mike and it's better than the 100w bulbs I had in there before

**Spooky** · Monday 24th February 2014, 23:14

thanks guys. I am thinking of going with these? Any issues you envisage? Also, do i need to do anything about the full beam or is that part and parcel of the main lamp?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2513573431...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

**Spooky** · Monday 24th February 2014, 23:36

Also how do I tell if I have projection lens' fitted or not?

**stribo** · Tuesday 25th February 2014, 07:07

Originally Posted by Spooky

Also how do I tell if I have projection lens' fitted or not?

Standard headlight on the left, projector on the right.

**Spooky** · Tuesday 25th February 2014, 08:26

Ahhh right. Yeah defo standard on mine lol

**Spooky** · Saturday 16th August 2014, 20:30

finally got round to doing this and fitted the main beam ones.... MUCH brighter!!!

I am now doing the fog lights...what a pain in the arse this is LOL!

Had to chop the lamp holders up to get them in.. which i managed to do first time

just gotta sort the wiring out now in the morning. anyone ever done their fogs?

If so where did you mount the ballasts?

**M-R-P** · Saturday 16th August 2014, 20:41

I screwed the ballasts to the horizontal plastic that reinforces the lower valence. (P2 V70)

You need to make sure you stop any possible water ingress... One of mine went bang