HID conversion kits of eBay, any good?

[liam_dillon]

I was this on eBay, anybody tried them?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-R1200GS-A...25628QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

Liam

 

[Ringmaster999]

Liam I recently fitted a HID conversion on my 08 GSA. But I like a lot of others on here bought it from Les who is on this forum or just go to his site www.HID50.com
He sells various kits and is on hand to give advice. I do know someone who has fitted one of these kits from E-Bay to his KTM 990 Adventure and is happy with it even though it is the 35w kit. I must admit though it is not the quility of mine but then as they say you get what you pay for. Cheers

 

[millard]

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I got these from China for around £220 including postage. Did my tranny van, GS, Gurlie's Guzzi and both my Nortons. All 55w except the one for my ES2 which only has a 60w dynamo.
Had one ballast replaced under warranty. They're the larger type ballasts but easy enough to fit.

millard

 

[Les Wassall]

My 35 watt HiD's are cheaper than that

 

[Doofus]

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Hi

I got a cheap kit from China too -for aux lights, I've got 50W les lights on my main and dip - but figured I'd go cheap for the aux lights.

Mine were not in the same packaging as Millard's, but the ballasts look like they come from the same source. One of mine ballasts was faulty too. Maybe that's a common problem with the cheap China kits, which for the price is not surprising (my pair of 35w H3 were less than £30 delivered).

I was told I could get a replacement, but it's a fag sending it off to China (and costs a fair fraction of the original price to do this), and the seller says mine never arrived.

Something to bear in mind when looking for a bargain... but maybe its just a problem in Southampton.

Darren

 

[Flipfly]

+1 for Les.

My original HID was a cheapo off ebay and it didn't last very long.

I've had an H4 kit off Les (the first demo/trial version) and it is still going strong over 2 years later

Les will sort out any probs you have and is excellent for replacement bulbs (not that they blow, but I used the ballasts off my GS on the RT and the bulbs are different sizes so I called Les and hey presto new bulbs for alot less than the price of a PIAA super duper jobby ).

Don't forget also that, if you import them, Mr tax man can get ya too. I got hit with a charge on my first HID

 

[ECM]

I got one of these Chinese made things with a burned out ballast. The second one just stopped working.

Now I got the slim line from Less.
Blast what a light