Join Today
Page 2 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast
Results 21 to 40 of 66
  1. #21
    Banned
    Power of a Sports Car, Turning
    Circle of a Bus.

    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Posts
    4,813
    Thanks
    1,529
    Thanked 806 Times in 636 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Ettienne View Post
    Oh sorry my mistake, so if you want to illegally fit hids to a non hdi, drive in contrary to your mot, dazzle other road users and possibly cause an accident, then the best car to do this in is a piece of crap early s60 d5. Thanks for clearing that up and I'll sleep better at night now
    So long as they're EU approved they aren't necessarily illegal plus you can get the anti-glare bulbs or projector fittings for them.

  2. #22
    Banned
    Power of a Sports Car, Turning
    Circle of a Bus.

    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Posts
    4,813
    Thanks
    1,529
    Thanked 806 Times in 636 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Ettienne View Post
    Why not sell both and buy a later d5 with hids and more bhp?
    Because I don't want to.

  3. #23
    Senior Member
    This user has no status
    MIKESC70T5's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Sunny Bournemouth
    Posts
    2,999
    Thanks
    851
    Thanked 1,102 Times in 727 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by JamesT5 View Post
    So long as they're EU approved they aren't necessarily illegal plus you can get the anti-glare bulbs or projector fittings for them.
    What is an anti glare hid bulb? Any links?

  4. #24
    Senior Member
    855r 6sp lives
    Ettienne's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Waterlooville
    Posts
    4,554
    Thanks
    517
    Thanked 1,004 Times in 790 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by JamesT5 View Post
    Because I don't want to.
    I thought that was a sensible idea, I've witnessed the poor performance from the t5 on the Dyno, and you wanted to save money.

    You'd have cheaper road tax, more power, less insurance, 1 mot, more mpg and hids if you choose a decent spec.

  5. #25
    More cars than a Showroom
    This user has no status
    volvokid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    Cruden Bay (Scotland)
    Posts
    6,355
    Thanks
    1,464
    Thanked 1,624 Times in 1,141 Posts
    I've wrote on this issue before when you mention the S60 is the inferior of Volvos 2 models and you genuinely are an idiot! I have no idea why you keep saying this , I have both and my S60 has all the options that my R has appart from the R specific parts! the interiors are nearly identical and the same can be said for the engine bay everything is in the same place and there is no inferior parts fitted to the S60, you really need to stop saying this it gets on my tits every time I see it posted, it's utter gash.
    Thanks
    Martyn

  6. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to volvokid For This Useful Post:

    Biff (Monday 9th February 2015),LeeT5 (Monday 9th February 2015),S70T5Chris (Sunday 8th February 2015),stribo (Sunday 8th February 2015)

  7. #26
    Senior Member
    This user has no status
    MIKESC70T5's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Sunny Bournemouth
    Posts
    2,999
    Thanks
    851
    Thanked 1,102 Times in 727 Posts
    Martyn, your responses are what he wants, just ignore him mate

  8. The Following User Says Thank You to MIKESC70T5 For This Useful Post:

    volvokid (Saturday 7th February 2015)

  9. #27
    More cars than a Showroom
    This user has no status
    volvokid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    Cruden Bay (Scotland)
    Posts
    6,355
    Thanks
    1,464
    Thanked 1,624 Times in 1,141 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5 View Post
    Martyn, your responses are what he wants, just ignore him mate
    Cheers Mike I will, I've never had someone on a forum that has the ability to wind me up like this before.
    Thanks
    Martyn

  10. #28
    Whiny Old Git
    Aching bones :(
    claymore's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    Shrewsbury
    Posts
    9,069
    Thanks
    4,385
    Thanked 4,999 Times in 3,015 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by volvokid View Post
    Cheers Mike I will, I've never had someone on a forum that has the ability to wind me up like this before.
    he does it to us all, the place was much nicer when he was suspended for a month.
    PIC][/SIGPIC]
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa

    Facebook^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Old T-5 Kompressor Thread^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ New TT-10 Kompressor Thread

  11. The Following User Says Thank You to claymore For This Useful Post:

    Ettienne (Saturday 7th February 2015)

  12. #29
    Senior Member
    Owner of a SupeRioR
    Sharkey R's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Newbury, Berkshire
    Posts
    1,304
    Thanks
    186
    Thanked 530 Times in 341 Posts
    I'm not gonna say anything other than:

    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...-headlamps.pdf

    Now my understanding of this is that if you want "AFTERMARKET HIDS" you need to buy specific headlights to fit them in. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. When I converted my old E34 BMW to HIDs I bought aftermarket Halo style headlights that actually were designed to be used with HID bulbs.
    Last edited by Sharkey R; Sunday 8th February 2015 at 09:43.
    Doing my bit for the environment by driving a 'Green' car!


  13. #30
    Senior Member
    Keeping it looking stock
    Harvey's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Newton abbot, Devon
    Posts
    5,567
    Thanks
    920
    Thanked 1,581 Times in 1,296 Posts
    don't forget to tell you insurance company you cars headlights are no longer typed approved for on road use (hid kits state for off road use only in the small print).

    That's one reason I just got some type approved fog lights ,as fitting hids to the factory fog lights would make the cars lights illegal as they haven't been tested and signed off for road use.

    No big deal, you have a bad crash your insurance company will be happy to get you to refund them, what they had to pay out,as you insurance would be void.

  14. #31
    Old Fat Git with Grey Beard
    Need to prepare to do
    Santa-ing
    Santa's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Frimley
    Posts
    7,795
    Thanks
    1,497
    Thanked 102,999 Times in 1,826 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by p fandango View Post
    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)
    Quote Originally Posted by JamesT5 View Post
    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.
    Any suggestions, information, complaints or grievances relating to this forum please feel free to contact us, talk to a mod or administrator

    Cars : 2009 VW Passat CC 140 CR & 2015 VW Golf R. Uploaded Albums. Past Statuses (Or is that Stati?). Past Posts.

  15. The Following User Says Thank You to Santa For This Useful Post:

    LeeT5 (Monday 9th February 2015)

  16. #32
    Senior Member
    This user has no status
    S70T5Chris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Dull Southampton!
    Posts
    3,058
    Thanks
    1,124
    Thanked 1,841 Times in 1,058 Posts
    On the the one hand James, I find most of the posts you write to be irritating, completely useless and a constant attention seeking wind up.

    But then on the other hand it's 'THE' 'HUGE' '££££ING' 'OVERUSE' 'OF' '££££ING' 'INVERTED' 'COMMAS' 'FOR' 'EVERY' 'OTHER' '££££ING' 'WORD' 'THAT' 'REALLY' 'MAKES' 'MY' 'D!CK' 'ITCH' 'THE' 'MOST'. <----- Yes this was 'SHOUTING'.

    Good luck getting your stadium lights to function properly. Maybe you just ££££ed something up? That wouldn't be out of the ordinary would it?

    As you were.
    Last edited by S70T5Chris; Sunday 8th February 2015 at 10:40.
    Factory White 855R : 2.5 Bottom End : Ported & Flowed Cylinder Head : TD04 19T Turbo
    VXR Injectors : ME7 Manifold : TWR Throttle Body : Blackbeast IC : AEM Progressive WI : Ferrita 3" Downpipe
    Milltek Cat-Back : BC BR Coilovers : IPD ARB : AP Racing Brakes : M56 & Gripper LSD

  17. The Following User Says Thank You to S70T5Chris For This Useful Post:

    Biff (Monday 9th February 2015)

  18. #33
    Senior Member
    This user has no status
    MIKESC70T5's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Sunny Bournemouth
    Posts
    2,999
    Thanks
    851
    Thanked 1,102 Times in 727 Posts
    Seriously guys, he knows exactly how to start a thread that will press all the right buttons to wind so many people up on this forum. All the angry wound up replies is exactly what he wants. Just don't reply and this thread would just get forgotten about very quickly, James would get bored and just go away.

  19. The Following User Says Thank You to MIKESC70T5 For This Useful Post:

    volvokid (Sunday 8th February 2015)

  20. #34
    Senior Member
    This user has no status
    MIKESC70T5's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Sunny Bournemouth
    Posts
    2,999
    Thanks
    851
    Thanked 1,102 Times in 727 Posts
    At my work we fit a lot of tow bars and it's very hit and miss as to whether we need to fit multiplex wiring kits. One car going by the application list will say it doesn't need it, but when the car arrives we find it does. This happens a lot even when the cars are the same year of manufacture.
    With bulbs as another example, led side lights, my Bm I've fitted Osram led side light bulbs so they match the xenon headlamps and have no issues whatsoever. I've sold loads of these, but some fitted to other Bm's of the same age as mine, will either flicker when fitted or throw up a bulb failure light on the dash. Other times people come in having fitted cheap Chinese ones and they throw up a code, but fit the Osrams and have no issues.

  21. The Following User Says Thank You to MIKESC70T5 For This Useful Post:

    shepbomb (Sunday 8th February 2015)

  22. #35
    Senior Member
    Still more fettling needed,
    will it never end?
    stribo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Tadley
    Posts
    13,326
    Thanks
    2,620
    Thanked 4,587 Times in 3,404 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Ettienne View Post
    Why not sell both and buy a later d5 with hids and more bhp?
    Because even if he sold both of them, he wouldn't clear a grand, so there's no way he'd be able to afford a decent P2.

  23. #36
    Senior Member
    855r 6sp lives
    Ettienne's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Waterlooville
    Posts
    4,554
    Thanks
    517
    Thanked 1,004 Times in 790 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    Because even if he sold both of them, he wouldn't clear a grand, so there's no way he'd be able to afford a decent P2.
    With all the new parts he could break them lol.

  24. #37
    Senior Member
    Still more fettling needed,
    will it never end?
    stribo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Tadley
    Posts
    13,326
    Thanks
    2,620
    Thanked 4,587 Times in 3,404 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Ettienne View Post
    With all the new parts he could break them lol.
    The parts would be no good by the time he'd cut them off with an angle grinder.

  25. #38
    Banned
    Power of a Sports Car, Turning
    Circle of a Bus.

    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Posts
    4,813
    Thanks
    1,529
    Thanked 806 Times in 636 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5 View Post
    What is an anti glare hid bulb? Any links?
    Oh yes, there most certainly is...... http://www.hids4u.co.uk/h7r-anti-gla...hid-bulbs.html

  26. #39
    Banned
    Power of a Sports Car, Turning
    Circle of a Bus.

    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Mid Wales
    Posts
    4,813
    Thanks
    1,529
    Thanked 806 Times in 636 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by S70T5Chris View Post
    On the the one hand James, I find most of the posts you write to be irritating, completely useless and a constant attention seeking wind up.

    But then on the other hand it's 'THE' 'HUGE' '££££ING' 'OVERUSE' 'OF' '££££ING' 'INVERTED' 'COMMAS' 'FOR' 'EVERY' 'OTHER' '££££ING' 'WORD' 'THAT' 'REALLY' 'MAKES' 'MY' 'D!CK' 'ITCH' 'THE' 'MOST'. <----- Yes this was 'SHOUTING'.

    Good luck getting your stadium lights to function properly. Maybe you just ££££ed something up? That wouldn't be out of the ordinary would it?

    As you were.
    PMSL! Your comments made me laugh!

  27. #40
    Gearbox Killer
    Proving the power of the
    15g....13.4@104.3mph
    MoleT-5R's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Mid-Wales
    Posts
    5,624
    Thanks
    2,798
    Thanked 2,673 Times in 1,797 Posts
    Surprise this thread hasn't been locked up yet, as other than some useful bmw info I can't see any further good coming from this thread......MOD's ?????

    Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
    Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
    My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection


 

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
This website uses cookies
We use cookies to store session information to facilitate remembering your login information, to allow you to save website preferences, to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.
     
ipv6 ready