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Old Nov 22nd, 2016, 21:55   #11
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Mine are set up as 8k low & 10k high.
Wow, that's very blue. No problems at MOT time?
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Old Nov 24th, 2016, 13:12   #12
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Do HID bulbs last longer than H7's???

Might be worth the change after my fiasco putting in new nightbreakers yesterday!
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Old Nov 24th, 2016, 17:57   #13
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this thread is getting interesting,
some good points of view and questions i haven't considered.

anyone have names or links to some recommended units?
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Old Nov 24th, 2016, 18:07   #14
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dont you mean full beam/flash, as main beam is what you have on all the time, hid's you can not flash the cheap versions
You don't have main beam on the whole time otherwise you'll be ****ing a lot of people off! You have dipped beam on the whole time (in a Volvo with DRL). You use main beam (high beam/full beam) on a deserted country road, for example, where you're not going to blind anyone.

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Old Nov 24th, 2016, 18:29   #15
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You don't have main beam on the whole time otherwise you'll be ****ing a lot of people off! You have dipped beam on the whole time (in a Volvo with DRL). You use main beam (high beam/full beam) on a deserted country road, for example, where you're not going to blind anyone.

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haha ive always thought it was the other way round, learnt something new today
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After market HID replacements are not legal to fit in the UK......
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Does this help......or Hinder?

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