Headlights...Swapping HID's to normal bulbs..?

[ITR BOY]

I have just swapped my HID's to normal halogen bulbs

I found that the H7 bulbs were a better fit than the H4's ( had to snip a bit off ) to make them fit.

I then taken my car to a friends garage, to check that they alligned correctly.

Does anyone find that you lose the pattern of the headlight beam, or have a poor patern...?

 

[mikegsi]

have you used the standard housing and just replaced the bulbs?
might be why if that particular one was designed for hids

 

[ITR BOY]

The housing was standard, I just made the bulbs fit as good and flush as poosible.
Could be just paranoid as im not looking forward to this esva test.. :cry:

 

[mikegsi]

do you plan on putting the hids back in after the test?

obviously there are two sets of headlights for the dc5, the hids one and the standard one, i just wonder whether the units have different internals depending on which goes in?

 

[ITR BOY]

I will put them back in the minute it passes, if it does... :?

 

[Duncs]

i think this is quite normal, you should still see the clear top edge of the 'beam' against a wall though,

 

[jay.dee]

do you plan on putting the hids back in after the test?

obviously there are two sets of headlights for the dc5, the hids one and the standard one, i just wonder whether the units have different internals depending on which goes in?

The holes you insert the bulbs into are larger for the HID's

 

[ITR BOY]

They seem to be as good as im going to get them, cheers for all the info Duncs... :wink: