Xenon Hid Conversion Kit For An Fc....

[James H]

Looking up upgrading my lights, really wanna be able to see alot more at night especially as i do alot of driving at night in country lanes, has any one got a set installed, or know anything about them, don\'t want to rush into buying a kit if its a waste of time or a crap kit, any advice & helpwould be great, thanks James???

[Prof]

Clive has some good kits.
 
I brought a cheap kit on fleabay - and ended up buying better HID\'s and ballasts - in the long run it\'s not cost effective to go too cheap.
 
For the FC you need an H4 kit - and for MOT compliant beam patterns your best of getting a telescopic (motorised) bulb H4-3 style - it\'s a single bulb, and either the bulb or reflector is moved to produce the Hi/Lo beam.  The kits with seperate bulbs don\'t produce the correct beam pattern with the stock lenses, so it won\'t pass MOT - and you\'ll be blinding other drivers.
 
You can get a dual lens conversion - and then you can use projector style lenses - with seperate bulbs - those would use H1/H3 bulbs.

[m1tch]

The issue with the cheeper bulbs is that the retracting motor doesn\'t fit behind the popups, so its best to spend a bit more and go for the slightly more expensive ones that definatly fit, rather than wasting money on ones that don\'t lol

[Mazdarotaryparts]

Hi James,

Have a read of this (long) thread as it should answer all your questions,

 http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33461

Hope this helps,

p.s. I remember being real worried driving in the dark and heavy rain going to Le Mann\'s many years ago in my Gen 2 not being able to see a damn thing, Gen 3\'s arn\'t much better !

[dthebuk]

^^+1

a new windscreen could also help, if you have an old one, they usually get lots of tiny stone chips that scatter the light making it harder to drive

[L18M]

you might want to check what kind of headlight housing you have on ur fc as import ones do not have replaceable bulbs as the bulbs are built-in to the housing.
if thats the case then you\'d need to get new housing to fit the HID\'s.
 
any updates on ur fc?
still like the gt wing on ur fc.. tempted to follow lol but also like the stock TII wing.

[James H]

Thanks for the help people, gonna see if can get a few more members up for a group buy with Clive. My fc is a UK spec one so should be ok but will check. Will put a update on the FC on my other thread soon.

[dthebuk]

i might be up for the group buy actually.

are you gunna make another post here or in the group by section?

ill know by tonight

[James H]

Already done it on the other thread matey.

[dthebuk]

as in youve already bought it? blimey that was quick

[James H]

Ha no just have asked Clive about another group buy.

[dthebuk]

ah ive just seen, i should be adding my name to that lost soon hopefully

result!!! wanted HID\'s for ages

[James H]

The price has gone up from the last kit that was up for the group buy, or is it a different kit!?!

[Frost]

I would be up for a group buy.

Been wanting HID\'s for a looong time.

[Mazdarotaryparts]

Good morning,

If you would like to go to this thread your questions are answered for you,
 http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52108

Hope this helps