HID Xenon Conversion Kits

High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are a type of electrical lamps which produce light by means of an electric arc between tungsten electrodes housed inside a translucent or transparent fused quartz or fused alumina tube. This tube is filled with both gas and metal salts. The gas facilitates the arc's initial strike. Once the arc is started, it heats and evaporates the metal salts forming a plasma, which greatly increases the intensity of light produced by the arc and reduces its power consumption. High-intensity discharge lamps are a type of arc lamp. Compared with fluorescent and incandescent lamps, HID lamps have higher luminous efficacy since a greater proportion of their radiation is in visible light as opposed to heat. Their overall luminous efficacy is also much higher: they give a greater amount of light output per watt of electricity input.

HOW TO ORDER HID LIGHTS FOR YOUR CAR

If you do not have your car’s instruction booklet, then you can check these two sources for what globe types your car takes:

Bulb application guide

or

http://www.sylvania.com/

If you still cannot find your globe type, then you will have to check with your car dealer as to what globe socket type your vehicle has.

STEP 2: Decide what colour lights you want

Once you know the type of globes your car takes, you now choose the colour you would like your lights to be.  ‘Normal’ halogen type globes appear a yellow colour since they ‘burn’ at a lower temperature than HID.  HID lights in OEM vehicles such as BMW come from the factory at a colour temperature of 4300k.  This is a bright light, but still has a slight yellow hue to it.  4,300k HID lights (usually) output the most amount of light than any other colour. 

It is a common misconception, that the higher you go in colour temperature, (8000k, 10,000k, 12,000k) the brighter your headlights are.  This is false.  The higher you go in colour temperature the lower the actual amount of light that is put onto the road.

So what colour do you choose?  4300k is the OEM standard of factory HID lighting systems, which as mentioned is bright white with a slight yellow hue.  5000k is as close to pure white as you can get.  6000k is the most popular, as it is bright white with a slight blue tinge.  Any higher than 6000k and you get a more noticeable blue tinge right up to 12,000k which is a blue / purple light.  You can check the colour chart here for all the colours:

http://www.delonixradar.com.au/images/HID_poster.jpg

We should also advise that over 6000k may be illegal in your area.  You should check your local laws.

STEP 3: Decide if you want 35watt or 55watt HID lights

Most standard halogen light bulbs in your car are 55watts.  They produce around 800 – 1000 ‘lumens’ of light onto the road.  Standard 35watt HID kits by comparison put around 2800 – 3200 lumens of light onto the road (around 3 times brighter than normal halogen globes).  55watt HID kits put almost 5000 lumens of light onto the road – around 5 times brighter than normal halogens!  55watt HID are best suited for spot lights or high beams.

STEP 4: Pick which brand of HID you want

We offer 3 different HID kits:

Standard

Deluxe or

Premium (Phillips HID kit)

The standard HID kit from Supervision is suitable for most cars and comes with a 12 month replacement warranty. 

The Deluxe kit (also from Supervision) comes with higher quality ballasts, and is suitable for European type cars with a ‘Canbus’ electrical system.  They have an 18 month replacement warranty, and also include our HID globe-buy-back offer. 

The Phillips HID kit is simply the best HID kit on the market.  Phillips are recognised world-wide for producing the highest quality globes with German technology.  These kits come with a massive 24 months replacement warranty.

The age old “you get what you pay for” is certainly true with HID kits.  We don’t bother selling the cheap and nasty kits you may find on eBay for under $100 for obvious reasons.  We have been a registered Australian business since September 2002 and we intend to stick around for the long term.

There are 2 simple ways to order your new HID lights.

1) You can order online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Just pick which brand of lights you want (Supervision standard, Supervision Deluxe or Phillips Premium) and select your globe type and colour from the drop down menu, and click add to cart.  If you already have a Paypal account, you can immediately checkout and your HID kit will be on its way.  If you don’t have a Paypal account it doesn’t matter because you can still complete your order and pay with Visa or MasterCard through Paypal’s secure payment server.

OR

We use TNT express couriers for delivery, and once your order has left we will email you the online tracking number so you can track your delivery over the Internet.  Please put down a physical address, as TNT cannot deliver to post office boxes.

HID lights are quite simple to install yourself, we have a DIY instruction set here:

http://www.delonixradar.com.au/products/HID/installguide.pdf

Alternatively any good auto electrician or car stereo installation business can fit your lights for you.  We have seen them installed for around $80 - $300 depending on the car, place etc.

The HID Kits we offer: