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Originally posted by Quicksilver:

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I am with Antonio on this one. No reason to use the stupid plugs anyhow...

With the kind of voltage produced, and we are talking about up to 23K Volts here guys, the plugs can only aid in making something go wrong.

Should you decide to buy an HID kit, always makes sure that there are no plugs involved...

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That looks like the plug off a standard philips-type HID ballast. I'm not sure why it failed, but I doubt the plug was at fault; there are hundreds of thousands of HID systems, including OEM that use that same plug. More likely, autolamp's custom 9006 base was the culprit.

Originally posted by Quicksilver:

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I am with Antonio on this one. No reason to use the stupid plugs anyhow...

With the kind of voltage produced, and we are talking about up to 23K Volts here guys, the plugs can only aid in making something go wrong.

Should you decide to buy an HID kit, always makes sure that there are no plugs involved...

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ALL OEM systems use connectors!! How the hell would you change a failed burner!! Yes they are supposed to last the liftime of the vehicle BUT they DO fail (ring Audi europe!) autolamps-online use philips burners & philips ballasts(known as the best in europe) They are NOT korean kits,i was trying to help you out,if you don't want to listen then go ahead & buy what you want.........Pictures of the kit below:

Originally posted by Mondeo V6:

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Pictures of the kit below:

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OK, where in this pic do you see a BIG ORANGE goddamn plug?

I am not stupid, I know that the bulbs do need to be changed, and in order to do so they need to be a separate piece.

The pic you have is exactly what I was trying to tell people to buy. I have that exact same kit, though a bit different. As you can tell, there is no plug associated with the bulb.

The custom kits I was reffering to is what you saw in Antonio's hand, in which you have the bulb, THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE WIRES VIA BIG ORNAGE plug... In your pic, it is pretty obvious that there is no plug.

As far as the OEM systems having a plug, this is totally out of scope, since we were discussing aftermarket kits anyway...

Man i cant wait to get mine.

So if I wanted a blueish look to my HID's, what should I be looking at? 5000k-6000k?

Originally posted by Bridge:

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So if I wanted a blueish look to my HID's, what should I be looking at? 5000k-6000k?

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A bluish tint would be anywhere around 4800K. The 6000K kit is purplish.

Holy crap, a 10000K HID kit!

www.sportsimportsltd.com/hidxenconkit1.html
www.sportsimportsltd.com/hidxenconkit.html

Originally posted by Quicksilver:

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Originally posted by Mondeo V6:

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Pictures of the kit below:

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OK, where in this pic do you see a BIG ORANGE goddamn plug? (This was My point exactly,doh)
I am not stupid, I know that the bulbs do need to be changed, and in order to do so they need to be a separate piece. (haven't you just contradicted your earlier post of "no need for stupid connectors" there?)

The pic you have is exactly what I was trying to tell people to buy. I have that exact same kit, though a bit different. As you can tell, there is no plug associated with the bulb.

The custom kits I was reffering to is what you saw in Antonio's hand, in which you have the bulb, THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE WIRES VIA BIG ORNAGE plug... In your pic, it is pretty obvious that there is no plug (What the hell are those two WHITE connectors then?)
As far as the OEM systems having a plug, this is totally out of scope, since we were discussing aftermarket kits anyway...

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(Which use OEM philips ballast's,why is it out of scope,you were saying there is no need to have connectors,I pointed out that even OEM HID use connectors!)


READ the whole thread! This is what i was trying to say,Antonio was saying autolamps supply the kits with the philips connector on(The orange plug)they don't.
Christ this is hard work,WTF to you define as a connector!! The bulb in the picture has TWO connectors/plugs whatever you want to call them,just because it has a lead from the bulb to the connectors doesn't mean they are not connectors! The connector in Antonio's picture was from what looked like a philips ballast with the factory connector on-this is how philips make them,autolamps cut this off and install their own connectors. For it to be black like that i would guess he had a short somewhere(or water ingress) which caused a high voltage flash. Antonio was saying autolamps kits are Korean crap when this is simply NOT true.Philips don't have factories in Korea,ALL philips HID is made in Germany.In fact Antonio was blaming the philips component that you find on hundreds of cars.

Anything above 6000K is useless,go ahead and buy a 10000K system,you be able to see where you are going(these figures are bullshit anyway)
4100K WILL give the brightest output,6000K will give the best compromise of colour/output.To say there is no link between colour & output is bollocks!
Post up a pic of the the ballast with the burnt connector on Antonio and all will be able to see it is a philips component you are blaming.

This is the darnest thing! First time I saw that a person from England cannot read ENGLISH!

Maybe you just can't see, so I'll type in nice bold letters for you!

WHEN I SAID PLUG, I MEANT THE ORANGE PLUG THAT ANTONIO IS HOLDING IN HIS HAND.

THE TWO WHITE PLUGS IS NOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, NOT WAS I TRYING TO POINT TO THEM.

THE PLUG THAT ANTONIO HAS IN HIS HAND, SLIPS ON TO THE BACK OF THE HID CAPSULE, AND THEN FROM THAT PLUG THERE ARE WIRES THAT IN TURN LEAD TO THE STARTER.

I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT I RECOMMEND BUYING ONLY THOSE HID KITS THAT HAVE BULBS THAT LOOK LIKE THE ONES YOU POSTED. I TRUST ONLY THOSE LIGHTS THAT HAVE TWO WIRES COMING FROM THE BULB, AND NO ORANGE OR RED PLUG BEING PRESENT THERE.

AS FAR AS ME CONTRADICITING MYSELF, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY SOLD KITS WITH ORANGE PLUGS AND NOT THE ONES THAT YOU POINTED TO. SO THEREFORE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT THING.

AS FAR AS THE COLOR AND STUFF, AS YOU SAID YOURSELF, SUIT YOURSELF.

I HOPE THIS CLEARIFIES YOUR CONFUSION...

oh dear.......guess you can't read more than one post at a time or something......... maybe try printing out the whole thread and READING it......