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Sasha94 · Sep 17th, 2016, 20:22

I had a HID kit in my S40 and it was sound, actually I fitted it to my 407 first and when that was written off I took it out, bought new H7R bulbs and installed it in the S40. It was an eBay kit, about £30 and worked fine for me with no flicker and I sold the S40 on with the kit installed and it never blew a bulb. My Dad has the same kit on his Alfa 159 and has had it for 3 years with no issues at all. The trick is to get digital slimline ballasts and they then fit in the Volvo light unit without any cutting, or at least it did in the S40 for me.

Colour wise my Dad's is 5000k and it's a very palatable colour, factory is 4300k which I used in the S40 and I found the colour looked a bit green. I hear that's normal with lower cost HID's.

Have you considered LED headlight bulbs? No legal issues, no cutting and they should be long lived. I am considering a set for the V50

I am very glad my 50 has auto lights with DRL's as the XC70 also had an appetite for bulbs as the lights were always on!

Sep 17th, 2016, 20:22	#4
Sasha94 The Dumb Blonde Last Online: Mar 17th, 2019 10:58 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Bangor, Gwynedd	I had a HID kit in my S40 and it was sound, actually I fitted it to my 407 first and when that was written off I took it out, bought new H7R bulbs and installed it in the S40. It was an eBay kit, about £30 and worked fine for me with no flicker and I sold the S40 on with the kit installed and it never blew a bulb. My Dad has the same kit on his Alfa 159 and has had it for 3 years with no issues at all. The trick is to get digital slimline ballasts and they then fit in the Volvo light unit without any cutting, or at least it did in the S40 for me. Colour wise my Dad's is 5000k and it's a very palatable colour, factory is 4300k which I used in the S40 and I found the colour looked a bit green. I hear that's normal with lower cost HID's. Have you considered LED headlight bulbs? No legal issues, no cutting and they should be long lived. I am considering a set for the V50 I am very glad my 50 has auto lights with DRL's as the XC70 also had an appetite for bulbs as the lights were always on! __________________ 2014 Skoda Octavia vRS with loads of toys! ex 2012 V50 1.6D DRIVe SE Lux, 2008 XC70 D5 AWD SE Geartronic, 2004 S40 2.0D SE, 2008 C30 1.6 S & 2000 C70 2.0T Last edited by Sasha94; Sep 17th, 2016 at 20:24.