Right had a search around the forum and i cant seem to find it covered

i have:

HID KIT on my 1.0 mk5 6n2 and iam wanting to transfer the hid kit onto a Mk5 6n2 gti is it possible???

The mk5 gti's come with HID's.

Edited 5 March, 200818 yr by westcoast dubz

The GTIs come with HID kits, but they are only 4300 K, so you may want to transfer yours across if it has a higher K rating.

there xenons? what i have got are HID's?

yeah basically i have a HID kit for my other polo, and there 8k and iam wanting to transfer them across to the gti, is it possible if so how?

there xenons? what i have got are HID's?

xenons are H.I.D's mate

yeah basically i have a HID kit for my other polo, and there 8k and iam wanting to transfer them across to the gti, is it possible if so how?

I'd presume that all you have to do is remove the kit from your old polo, and then just refit it to the GTI.

xenons and HID's are different hense the reason you get hid dipped beam and xenon main beam but cant remember the technical differances

xenons and HID's are different hense the reason you get hid dipped beam and xenon main beam but cant remember the technical differances

There is bi-xenon and xenon. Bi being the hi and low one where you use the same bulb for both full and dipped beam. But I thought HID just stood for high intensity discharge of xenon?

i thought that HID was where the light was produced by the electricity jumping from side to the other (abit like lightening) i think they call it arcing and that xenon was a type of gas discharge

i thought the k has a limit and then its illegal to put any higher

is thiss correct

i thought the k has a limit and then its illegal to put any higher

is thiss correct

I don't think that there is a legal limit to the K rating, but the higher the K rating the more attention you will recieve from the police, as the light becomes bluer and heads towards purple, so most people tend to go for 6k. I will personally be using 8k as I want the ice blueish effect to be distinctive, but the seller I am buying from says I should be fine with 8K. It's when you go to 10 and 12 K where you may run into problems.

so i will be ok by just swapping the 8k hids off of my other polo onto the gti?

I don't know what the Polo Gti uses as standard, I don't care.

Fillament Xenon bulbs are different to HID Xenon bulbs.

HID bulbs work like a spark plug, creating a spark between two points which creates light at a relatively low temperature and power using the metal particles in the bulb to increase the light intensity. The Xenon gas is used to warm the light upto temperature in seconds, if it weren't used, the bulb would take minutes to warm up to temperature. They use far less power than the fillament bulbs to generate their power. I don't know why, they just do.

Filament bulbs burn a coil of wire in the gas which generates a lot of heat, the Xenon gas is used to produce the light. These bulbs have a shrter life due to the sacrificial tendancy of the coil, repeated heating and cooling and thus have a shorter life.

The k rating on an HID bulb defines the colour of the light. 6,000K is a white light but not one that is harsh on the eyes.

These are the wikipedia definitions

HID

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_discharge_lamp

Xenon, Bi xenon and HID

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlamp#HID_...and_bi-xenon.29

so is the answer yes or no lol :p

so is the answer yes or no lol :p

Well the standard mk5 uses h7 dipped beam bulbs, so if the GTI is the same, then yes you will be able to transfer across.

Providing the bulb mountings are the same then yes, of course it is possible.

H4 for example is a bulb fitting, a universal bulb to lamp mounting and 3 pin type power connection.

Edited 5 March, 200818 yr by Quinny

has anyone actually done this...

id like to actually see how it is done to be honest??

iirc the rear of the gti headlight clusters are sealed up, so be ready to slice into the backing to replace the bulbs

has anyone actually done this...

id like to actually see how it is done to be honest??

I've done it on my MX5 if that counts.

The MX5 headlamp is a sealed beam unit so I had to source some new lamps, fortunately the company that made the originals also made th eolder Range Rover lamps, these were far cheaper to buy in a non sealed beam lamp.

Disconnect the battery.

Put the bulb with the light shade into the lamp as per normal, they only fit in one way like any other bulb.

Find a suitable location for the ballasts either side and bolt them in place. This was the most difficult part on my car, they kept fouling the lids.

Connect the ballasts to the bulbs.

Route the cables and connect the ballasts.

Fix the original lamp pin block to the kit's equivelant, mine was a block but some people have female connector blades.

Fix the amp into place and bolt the earths to the body.

Bolt the live to the battery live or if your battery is boot mounted like mine, the timing light live.

Check all the connections.

Reconnect the battery.

Should only take about an hour at the very most. I did mine in less than that and I had to remove my lamps and fiddle around mounting the ballasts and keeping any fat cables away from the lids.

Edited 6 March, 200818 yr by Quinny