The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by CJ » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:35 am

Nice job Seb, you happy with them? I really think that the FTO benefits significantly from a seet of HIDs - theres not point having a set of diffusion lens if you're not gonna stick HIDs behind them!

CJ

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:58 pm

yeah , happy, a very cool mod .
Makes a huge difference in the night time
and i have to agree with your statement as well

by **colm_mcm** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:01 pm

where did you end up mounting the ballast? space was tight on the passenger side.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:02 pm

in the boot :lol:

by **colm_mcm** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:03 pm

Cool. might as well keep things simple.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:05 pm

i'll post some pics with them . place was tight allright , but i manage to squeeze them in

by **colm_mcm** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:10 pm

did you nip over to Halfords for LED sidelights yet? :lol:

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:25 pm

weekend is the time when ''she'' will get some attention

i still have to take those bloody things out somehow :roll:

by **colm_mcm** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:28 pm

Lucky I didn't have to go through that. WD40 isn't an option as it's too far in. I'd suggest giving it a few licks of a hammer and swearing at it.

by **steelroe** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:18 pm

Got some 9005 6000K HID bulbs from china in 5 days. Now to convert the main beams

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:32 am

I don't think converting the full lights is a great idea.

by CJ » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:50 am

colm_mcm wrote:I don't think converting the full lights is a great idea.

Why not? I find the hi beams a bit inadequate at the best of times.

CJ

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:25 am

I was under the impression that turning HID systems on and off repeatedly is bad for them. a bit like flourescent lights. This would happen with full lights.

by **steelroe** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:39 am

I have a spare set of ballasts so lets see how it works out. Worth a try
Do BMW's not have HID in both dip and main beam lights??

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:55 am

I reckon the bigger problem will be the heat buildup in the units from 2 sets of HIDs - I doubt that the FTO lense and plastic casing will be able for the heat generated - they barely seem able for the standard lights without bubbling and heat marks on the lense.

by **Kace** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:23 pm

What is the situation with the stock HIDs that come with a GPVR ? Are these on both low and high beams ?

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:45 pm

Kace wrote:What is the situation with the stock HIDs that come with a GPVR ? Are these on both low and high beams ?

Low beam only AFAIK.

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:47 pm

Not worth posting a new thread, but what do ye think of these:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Xenon-HID-Conversion ... 286.c0.m14

€38.50 for postage and €11.40 for the actual kit makes €49.90, which is well cheap!

What I'm wondering is: If customs cop what they are, how much import duty do they charge you. The last set I got was marked as "GIFT". Is it 10% of the invoice price? do I have to pay VAT too?

I don't think there's any difference in the HID kits for this price and the dearer ones in the UK etc. none of them are big branded stuff.

EDIT: just ordered them regardless!

by CJ » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:31 pm

colm_mcm wrote:EDIT: just ordered them regardless!

Ditto. Colm, if they're crap, I'm blaming you ;)

He's got mostly good feedback so fingers crossed. I went for the 4300k set for that OEM look - not exactly white, but not yellow either...

CJ

by **steelroe** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:45 am

Ballasts and bulbs look exactly the same as the ones I ordered earlier in this post, have not had a problem with them yet.

Hard to believe how they could produce them so cheap even in China, and the postage from china can somtimes be faster than from Kerry to Dublin.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:04 pm

I went 6k,

the last ones were 8k, good for a blue car, I reckon 6k will be nice on the silver. that's what you had last time CJ?

by CJ » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:22 pm

colm_mcm wrote: I reckon 6k will be nice on the silver. that's what you had last time CJ?

Yep, they look well on silver without looking too out of place. I went for the 4.3k, reckon they will suit the red better. Will report back on results.

CJ

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:06 pm

CJ wrote: I went for the 4.3k, reckon they will suit the red better. Will report back on results.

CJ

here's 4.3k and 6k side by side

Reckon the 4.3 will look great as long as your lenses are nice and scratch free. must give mine a rub before the bulbs arrive!

did anyone find that the seal between the bulb and the headlight unit wasn't great? Will run a bead of silicone around mine this time just to be sure. .

by **Bernard** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:09 pm

I've seen a lot of variation with these comparison pics on the net.
I'd say first hand is the only real way to tell.

by **colm_mcm** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:30 pm

they arrived this morning, not bad - 10 days.

What's good: the ballasts themselves are very well finished, no yellow stickers here! the writing has a sort of etched effect, very good looking (for ballasts)

there are quite long leads with it, you could mount a ballast behind the fuse box if you wanted.

The power plugs are reversible, ideal for the FTO wiring.

They are unbelievably cheap!

What's bad: The bulbs themselves are a right pain in the bag to fit. I reckon removing the headlight units would be a viable option. I had to unbolt the power steering resevoir to get at the screws on the bulb holders (they need to be loosened a bit)

All in all I'm delighted with them, as everyone has said before, the difference in the light output is staggering, and they look very well too. A must-have FTO mod.

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