What are the thoughts on these?

[vwthunder]

Message Matt (FknDubbin)

I got some form him and they were about the same price, had them in my car for about 4 months now and love them, no problems with it

He also has the same kit in his Mk4

[Mrk_Mickey]

If your lights have "poor output" there is a reason....
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Haha well all I know is that my headlight bulbs are poor because they are crap...I'm sure if I get philips bulbs to just simply replace my ones now it will improve vision. I just thought to myself, for 100 bucks, crystal visions versus some no-name HID's..but it's a good thing I asked, because now I know I can get them aligned!

I just happened to be browsing eBay without purpose when I found these, and it reminded me that I need to get more light happening. When I can bother getting around to it (as it isn't actually that bad a problem, lol) I could justify spending some more money to get HID's, providing I can get them aligned. So Pete can the HID's be aligned just like the normal bulbs?

[MattyT]

Fail........

Fail........

Fail........

KORREKT, SIR.

[MattyT]

Seriously though, they're illegal, dodgy and peoples car's have caught fire thanks to stuff like this.

Yes, I think the stock vr6 headlights suck badly. I couldnt see jack from mine. So ditched em for Hella Projectors. Still halogen bulbs but they're crystalvisions. Light output is easily triple what it was. The high beams still suck but oh well, cant win em all. At least I can see SOMETHING now at night.

[rayray086]

If your lights have "poor output" there is a reason.

I have fixed lots and lots of cars with bad lighting simply by getting the headlights properly aligned. Even out of the factory headlights can be way off. (Especially in Australian made cars.)

The cure to this is to find a reputable auto sparky who has an Optical Headlight aligner. The service only costs around $15. I have seen cars that were un-drivable at night transformed by this simple adjustment. A really good sparky will even sandbag the car to approximate the drivers weight.

That's interesting Pete - what exactly is involved in realigning the headlights? Is it by adjusting how the headlights are mounted (adjusting where the bolts sit) or actually using the supports that hold the chambers in place? Reason for asking is that I reckon my light output can be MUCH better and I know it's because my headlight supports are broken... I have reattached the supports together but I don't think they'll be able to be "adjusted" anymore...

[bboyskidz]

I want to see the rules about why HID's are illegal. - I can't find anything about it on any government website. If anything, i think the "illegalities" will come from the headlights not being aligned properly.

I have the same problem as Ray with my lights - most (if not all) of the supports are broken and the adjustment bolts do nothing. They are so bad, that when I go around a roundabout, the left light will actually swing around and point to the ground... Once I get off the roundabout, it will realign itself, but I have to do weelky alignments at the moment - I am getting a new set this pay...

I don't see how there could be that much of a difference between this set of HIDs and any other... They are all produced in the same place so they should be pretty similar.