Thread: General: - E46 Bi-Xenon (budget) retrofit
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Old Apr 20th, 2017, 17:23   #17
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Originally Posted by poiuytre111 View Post
I have all the bits to go hid so I guess I will have to look into this, though I suspect it may then cause mot issues as I don't have any hid levelling or headlight washing provision in place.
I am not sure about rules in UK, in Ireland car would fail mostly on lack of washers but you better check it with MOT centre.
Going HID is a huge improvement over halogens (especially with D2S) but you must do proper research before doing so as C70 may have the same issues as S40/V50. So disable DRL's and run extra ground cable for each lamp to prevent frying up the wiper module. Also dont buy chepest ballasts available - chineese cr*p can fail and go badly much more often than decent set.
EDIT: maybe you can still return the new aftermarket set and get H7 version instead? It will improve over your burned ones and wont need to have hassle with HIDs?
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