Hi everyone.

I've not posted very much on here before, but I'd really appreciate some recommendations and advice for a headlight upgrade for my Polo.

My previous car had Xenons and I find driving at night with the Polo is so hard as the light output is quite minuscule.

Advice and experiences would be ace as I'm currently trying to avoid unlit roads like the plague.

Thanks to everyone,

Dave

Hi everyone.

I've not posted very much on here before, but I'd really appreciate some recommendations and advice for a headlight upgrade for my Polo.

My previous car had Xenons and I find driving at night with the Polo is so hard as the light output is quite minuscule.

Advice and experiences would be ace as I'm currently trying to avoid unlit roads like the plague.

Thanks to everyone,

Dave

Squint your eyes and lean forward, works for me anyway.

I've leant forward so far sometimes I've thought about installing a seat on the end of the bonnet!

Fit an aftermarket Xenon HID kit.

There are other options but to be quite honest you won't get the results your looking for after previously having Xenons in your last car.

You will find yourself trying the different options and not being happy with them, then you will end up eventually get a xenon HID kit. So why not save the money time and hassle and get the HID kit from the offset.

Nathan

Anything that I need to know about fitting one? Recommendations on ease of fit etc? :)

Very easy to do can be done it 10 minutes flat.

Many members on here run our kits and some have done so for over 4 years same kit same bulbs.

Which polo do you have?

Nathan

Hi Nathan,

It's the latest shape Bluemotion :)

Send me the details dude :)

Dave.

Edited 20 January, 201214 yr by dave-p

May be a silly question but are the headlights adjusted down to setting 3 on the headlight adjuster switch? From my experience the 9r had quite good light output!

If your looking at a his kit then get h7r as they prepuce less glare then the normal h7 ones. Also the metal base ones will be easier to fit.

HTH

Yeah, the angle adjustment is set as high as possible, but the beam is still quite dull.

I've ordered the H7r from Nathan. I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks for your help :)

Do you have projector headlights??

Nope, just the standard reflectors.

You should have just got some Osram Nightbreakers off Ebay.

HID's in non projector headlights will scatter the light everywhere and blind other drivers. They can be set-up fine on a beam setter but they will still dazzle other drivers, and you will have the hassle of changing them come MOT time.

Thanks for the info, I shall make sure they're sorted.

I won't have the car come 1st MOT time, the standard bulbs will be back in when I chop her in for a nearly new one :)

If anyone has pics of HID kits with reflectors....

Did the 6r could with projector lights? I haven't seen any with them..

Newer cars, I've found seem to handle hiss better then older ones, but being brighter they will naturally cause more glare then halogens, but if they are aligned properly then you will never have any problems.

It will be interesting to see what happens. I shall share my experiences so nothing will be in vain.

I could always get some projectors... I really do need bright lights as I don't like avoiding my fave country roads.

Edited 21 January, 201214 yr by dave-p

HID's will be more than enough for what you want. IMO, in non projector headlights they don't look good.

What colour temperature did you go for??

Went for 6000k in the end :)

You should have just got some Osram Nightbreakers off Ebay.

HID's in non projector headlights will scatter the light everywhere and blind other drivers. They can be set-up fine on a beam setter but they will still dazzle other drivers, and you will have the hassle of changing them come MOT time.

This gets brought up time and time again. With H7r bulbs light scatter is greatly reduced, properly adjusted headlamps also reduce light scatter. MOTs, we've sold thousands of kits and are yet to have a customer fail an MOT because of our HID kits. Not to mention the same story every year regarding MOT laws changing and clamping down on HIDs. I've heard this every year for the last seven years and I'm still waiting to see the changes. ED|IT *( Well changes that are actually enforced by the MOT stations)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, until the majority of the cars on the road are installed with HIDs, were going to get people complaining about them. The same happened when halogen cubs were first introduced.

One more thing Nik, "No advice is better than bad advice"

Nathan

Edited 21 January, 201214 yr by Xenons Online

The GTI items are Xenon and have running light and in my opinion are the best looking lights for the 6r.

Edited 21 January, 201214 yr by leonh

You should have just got some Osram Nightbreakers off Ebay.

HID's in non projector headlights will scatter the light everywhere and blind other drivers. They can be set-up fine on a beam setter but they will still dazzle other drivers, and you will have the hassle of changing them come MOT time.

This gets brought up time and time again. With H7r bulbs light scatter is greatly reduced, properly adjusted headlamps also reduce light scatter. MOTs, we've sold thousands of kits and are yet to have a customer fail an MOT because of our HID kits. Not to mention the same story every year regarding MOT laws changing and clamping down on HIDs. I've heard this every year for the last seven years and I'm still waiting to see the changes. ED|IT *( Well changes that are actually enforced by the MOT stations)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, until the majority of the cars on the road are installed with HIDs, were going to get people complaining about them. The same happened when halogen cubs were first introduced.

One more thing Nik, "No advice is better than bad advice"

Nathan

The change happened in Jan 2012 and is being enforced by MOT stations.

If a non factory HID kit is fitted, it must meet the requirements of having headlamp washers and self-leveling otherwise it WILL fail.

You should have just got some Osram Nightbreakers off Ebay.

HID's in non projector headlights will scatter the light everywhere and blind other drivers. They can be set-up fine on a beam setter but they will still dazzle other drivers, and you will have the hassle of changing them come MOT time.

This gets brought up time and time again. With H7r bulbs light scatter is greatly reduced, properly adjusted headlamps also reduce light scatter. MOTs, we've sold thousands of kits and are yet to have a customer fail an MOT because of our HID kits. Not to mention the same story every year regarding MOT laws changing and clamping down on HIDs. I've heard this every year for the last seven years and I'm still waiting to see the changes. ED|IT *( Well changes that are actually enforced by the MOT stations)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, until the majority of the cars on the road are installed with HIDs, were going to get people complaining about them. The same happened when halogen cubs were first introduced.

One more thing Nik, "No advice is better than bad advice"

Nathan

The change happened in Jan 2012 and is being enforced by MOT stations.

If a non factory HID kit is fitted, it must meet the requirements of having headlamp washers and self-leveling otherwise it WILL fail.

Do you want to put money on it?

You should have just got some Osram Nightbreakers off Ebay.

HID's in non projector headlights will scatter the light everywhere and blind other drivers. They can be set-up fine on a beam setter but they will still dazzle other drivers, and you will have the hassle of changing them come MOT time.

This gets brought up time and time again. With H7r bulbs light scatter is greatly reduced, properly adjusted headlamps also reduce light scatter. MOTs, we've sold thousands of kits and are yet to have a customer fail an MOT because of our HID kits. Not to mention the same story every year regarding MOT laws changing and clamping down on HIDs. I've heard this every year for the last seven years and I'm still waiting to see the changes. ED|IT *( Well changes that are actually enforced by the MOT stations)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, until the majority of the cars on the road are installed with HIDs, were going to get people complaining about them. The same happened when halogen cubs were first introduced.

One more thing Nik, "No advice is better than bad advice"

Nathan

The change happened in Jan 2012 and is being enforced by MOT stations.

If a non factory HID kit is fitted, it must meet the requirements of having headlamp washers and self-leveling otherwise it WILL fail.

Do you want to put money on it?

Nik, just like they got "enforced" Jan 2011 aswell? They've been saying this for god knows how long...

Hey, I'm only saying what I've been told by an MOT tester.

But like everything else it could still pass at the discression of the MOT tester.

I have one of their kits and have done for near on 4 years. And can't fault the kits flew through every MOT

I got checked over at a VOSA checkpoint (heads of the valleys) on the way home today and when asked admited what my lights (Yellow 3000k HID's) were and he checked them over pattern (made me fit a normal H4 for comparison), bulb mounting and security of components and was happy with them but he wasn't too happy that one of my HID fogs had a cracked/smashed lens (small 2cm piece missing) and the burner was open to the elements (so classed as risk of electric shock/injury to bystander). So I had to disconnect that ballast for that side and he let me go.

So even with new MOT rules there is still a huge grey area. I queried him on them and he said my lamps were spot on but advised that I fit a cleaning system sooner rather than later.

If a non factory HID kit is fitted, it must meet the requirements of having headlamp washers and self-leveling otherwise it WILL fail.

But like everything else it could still pass at the discression of the MOT tester.