sportsman wrote:

Hi are these are straight swap for the standard bulbs or do you have to start fitting ballasts etc ?

Straight swap! its in the handbook.

> Take off the headlight (2 nuts +clip)
> Remove rear cover (2 clips)
> You should see the xenon bulb held in by 2 torx head screws (T4 I think)
> After removing these you should have the unit in your hand.
> Remove the clip bracket and place it on new bulb.
> put everything back together and test

Hope this helps  

Cheers do you have any piccys of them with the lights on of coarse ,i was thinking 4300k as am not sure wether the 5000k will dazzle..

sportsman wrote:

Cheers do you have any piccys of them with the lights on of coarse ,i was thinking 4300k as am not sure wether the 5000k will dazzle..

I don't but will try get one tonight

Anyways the 5000k is not related to brightness its colour.

4300k is a yellower light
5000k is slightly whiter and slightly dimmer!
6000k is a white/blue tinge light which is dimmer still.

 

Ok thanks would be good if I could see yours..

So 5000k looks like it could be the winner just ordered the led side lights everyone has on here so really want it as close as possible to match..H7..

sportsman wrote:

Ok thanks would be good if I could see yours..

So 5000k looks like it could be the winner just ordered the led side lights everyone has on here so really want it as close as possible to match..H7..

best i can do you is this:




in real life my LED's are whiter than that but they are more 6000k than 5000k like the lights so will probably change them for the ones that everyone raves about on here :)

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Ok thanks for that they look white But in your link it takes you to a bulb from hids4u but it's not d1s bulb it's another make... Did you get this one below or the one in your link on the previous page there 2 separate types





D1S HID Xenon Replacement Bulbs
£33.71
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Brand New D1S 35w HID Xenon Bulb set.
Good Quality HID Xenon Bulbs sold in pairs.

1 Year Warranty

This listing is for a brand new set of good quality D1S 35w HID Xenon bulbs. Made from UV cut quartz glass they have a lifetime of around 2500hrs, supplied new in the box they're direct replacements for your factory fitted HID bulbs.
Save 75% on main dealer prices! 
 
Colour Temps.
 
4300k - OEM White
5000k - Ice White
6000k – Ice Blue
8000k – Aqua blue
10000k – Pale Blue
 
Listed above are the colour temperatures available, we recommend 4.3k or 6k because these are the brightest and whitest lights available.
Color Temperature:
This product can be shipped Worldwide.

£33.71

yeah went for those (http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-xenon-bulbs/d1s-hid-xenon-replacement-bulbs-p-451.html)

for the main beam in the end I putting Osram Nightbreakers in  

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Ok spot on thanks for all your help :thumbsup

Putting them in probably will be the pain...cheers..

Does the fl2 already have ballists there, and you just need to change the bulbs? i fitted 6000k on my other car when they 1st came out but had to fit a bulb with a ballist box in the engine bay also

cheers

I contacted hid 2u today and they said the D1S needs a ballast kit it's not a straight swap, is that the case I thought it was a straight swap job...

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sportsman wrote:

Hi are these are straight swap for the standard bulbs or do you have to start fitting ballasts etc ?

According to hids direct today these D1S require balasts i just have normal bulbs not xenons...either where talking about differant bulbs or Hids direct havent got a jar of glue Lol

Sportsman
If you don't have xenons fitted from the factory, then you cannot fit those bulbs unless you replace your headlamp units. Even then there may be an issue regarding the self levelling of xenon headlamps being mandatory and not via a button on the dash as per the standard halogens.
You will be able to buy a kit you can fit yourself to your standard headlamps, but come m.o.t time you might get a fail.

Have a look around the well know auction site, you can normally pick up FL2 xenon headlamp units for a reasonable price.

changed out all my bulbs yesterday.
- D1S 5000k xenons
- H7 Philips X-treme
- w5w LEDs for for the parklights.(The ones that were discussed in another thread here)

Came out great!  FL2, TD4 HSE
The flaming Orange!