HID Kit and No Bulb Failure Message!

[JamesT5]

Interesting, the HID kit fitted to the S60 doesn't cause a bulb failure message yet the one fitted to the V70 does, yet the later (V70 version) claims to be a 'Canbus Error Free' kit (rubbish, I know!) whereas the version on the S60 doesn't. Different kits on different cars. Obvious answer is either the S60 lacks the bulb failure warning system (lower spec car) , or the kit is inadvertently stopping the bulb failure warning. Either way I'm pleased as punch....

[claymore]

Thanks for sharing that very useful information with us all.

[JamesT5]

Thanks for sharing that very useful information with us all.

It's useful to someone who may not want to fart about fitting load resistors.....

[dant5r]

Thanks for sharing that very useful information with us all.

Don't you mean "useless information"

[claymore]

How is it useful, you have just stated that one set works but you don't know if you have a bulb failure warning on the car, and the set that should work doesn't.

[JamesT5]

How is it useful, you have just stated that one set works but you don't know if you have a bulb failure warning on the car, and the set that should work doesn't.

Colin, this is a forum. 'Healthy' discussion on the matter should be encouraged.

[Ettienne]

Colin, this is a forum. 'Healthy' discussion on the matter should be encouraged.

Again James your encouraging people to fit hids to cars not designed for them, will they pass the mot whilst fitted?

[JamesT5]

Again James your encouraging people to fit hids to cars not designed for them, will they pass the mot whilst fitted?

I haven't done that actually, this is about whether the electronics will make the car throw a bulb failure message, not the suitability of the headlamp unit to support a HID kit; that's a separate topic. I refer you to the 'title' of this thread...

[Ettienne]

I haven't done that actually, this is about whether the electronics will make the car throw a bulb failure message, not the suitability of the headlamp unit to hold a HID kit; that's a separate topic. I refer you to the 'title' of this thread...

So why do it at all if it's not legal?

[Ettienne]

How is it useful, you have just stated that one set works but you don't know if you have a bulb failure warning on the car, and the set that should work doesn't.

he's an obsessive poster.

Plus not forgetting the hids in the non hid lights and reflectors etc.

Another useful post.

[p fandango]

my 52 plate S60 didn't throw a bulb failure light, but my old mans 03 plate S60 did. I think that has more to do with it than being a S60 or a V70

[JamesT5]

my 52 plate S60 didn't throw a bulb failure light, but my old mans 03 plate S60 did. I think that has more to do with it than being a S60 or a V70

Which supports me theory that V70's and S60's of a similar age have different specs, the V70 is more 'trumped up'. In this case, the lack of bulb warning is actually a blessing....

[claymore]

Which supports me theory that V70's and S60's of a similar age have different specs, the V70 is more 'trumped up'. In this case, the lack of bulb warning is actually a blessing....

It has nothing to do with age, it has to do with the fact that one car is a poverty spec diesel while the other is a T5. We have had this discussion with you before, now either you are too thick to understand (which I don't believe) or you are posting just to get a reaction.

[p fandango]

Which supports me theory that V70's and S60's of a similar age have different specs, the V70 is more 'trumped up'. In this case, the lack of bulb warning is actually a blessing....

i'm lost, they were both tested in S60's we don't know anyone with a V70. What it does show is that there was a software change between 52 & 03, which could be seen with some of the changes within the cars (my traction control off message disappeared itself, the 03 had to be clicked before the message would go)

[JamesT5]

i'm lost, they were both tested in S60's we don't know anyone with a V70. What it does show is that there was a software change between 52 & 03, which could be seen with some of the changes within the cars (my traction control off message disappeared itself, the 03 had to be clicked before the message would go)

My V70 is a 2001 and it throws a bulb failure message with the HID kit on it.

[Santa]

i'm lost, they were both tested in S60's we don't know anyone with a V70. What it does show is that there was a software change between 52 & 03, which could be seen with some of the changes within the cars (my traction control off message disappeared itself, the 03 had to be clicked before the message would go)

My V70 is a 2001 and it throws a bulb failure message with the HID kit on it.

Duane's post still could have merit. Do we know the versions of various software (and even hardware components) of each car? As I understand it, you bought both cars used, software updates (and even software settings) among other things could have been changed during the life of the car before you got it.

Could this be a "spec" thing, possibly...........sounds to me like it would cost more to include/exclude it at a hardware level than it would be to just implement on every car. (So if it is a spec thing, it could be software, which again could merely indicate a software setting).

Sounds potentially like the canbus error free kit you bought is junk, probably worth returning.

Does the S60 throw up a bulb warning when the bulbs are disconnected? (Any bulb).
If you swap the S60 kit into the V70, does the V70 still present a bulb warning?

Either way, there is no obvious answer based on the information provided in your first post.

[Harvey]

So what wattage kits are fitted as hid kits use less power when running but use a fair bit more to fire them up over stock bulbs.

[JamesT5]

So what wattage kits are fitted as hid kits use less power when running but use a fair bit more to fire them up over stock bulbs.

55W 5000K on dipped and main, brilliant bit of kit, lights the road up like a football stadium. I've only been flashed once plus I'm fitting the H7R anti-glare bulbs soon.

[Ettienne]

55W 5000K on dipped and main, brilliant bit of kit, lights the road up like a football stadium. I've only been flashed once plus I'm fitting the H7R anti-glare bulbs soon.

Why not sell both and buy a later d5 with hids and more bhp?

[JamesT5]

Why not sell both and buy a later d5 with hids and more bhp?

Because I don't want to.