TransporterHQ (THQ) Aftermarket Headlights

I've had many < £20 kits and they've worked just fine. I suspect HIDS4U are no different, just cost more.
 
I went with a cheap set off Amazon as it was an experiment to see if HIDs offered any improvement over the various halogen and LED bulbs I had tried. I thought that if they worked in terms of performance, but failed prematurely, then they'd get replaced with 'better' ones.

I did have one issue with the passenger side headlight not working on occasion. I had only fitted them quickly and just stuffed all the gubbins wherever it could go without rattling around. I had stuffed the ballast right next to the headlights DRL resistor, which may have been causing the problem. Since moving it, the HIDs have worked perfectly.
 
MatT6 said:
I've had many < £20 kits and they've worked just fine. I suspect HIDS4U are no different, just cost more.
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Maybe, but I've seen cheap ballasts do some serious damage to car looms, would like to think if you pay a bit more you'd get slightly better quality kit.
 
Saw a van behind me at the AT roundabout at stony Stratford the other night, the sequential indicators looked great and the main beam also looked good, not sure what people are complaining about. They looked like a halogen lamp, bright and not blinding as I was right in front of them.
 
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They do look good and also look bright. Mine with LEDs in looked fantastic, BUT looking bright and being bright enough to put light on the road are two different things.
 
Ayup chaps, sorry to bust in but I've got the THQ lights in black with the sequential indicators, can I fit LED bulbs to these , if so what sizes are they and do I have to drop the lights out to change the bulbs ? Its a 68 plate T6 by the way.
Thanks in advance .
 
You can swap the H7 bulb without removing the lights. It's tricky as you can't see what you are doing, but helped on the drivers side by removing the top of the airbox.

I've had plenty if practice swapping between halogens, LEDs, before settling on HIDs for the best performance from what are pretty rubbish projectors.
 
Thanks Dubber , it's the hid kit for the dipped lamps I need, so which is it H7 or H1 ?
I'll be getting LED bulbs for the high beams.
 
I spotted this when looking at the upcoming Golf GTI. I think the T6 driver went for the tried and tested old school option.

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Thanks to dubber 36, I just fitted 55W HIDs to my Transporter HQ lamps, having tried all the other halogen upgrades.

Fantastic!

The only thing that works with these lights, don't bother with anything else!


Thanks mate!
 
Mikem said:
Thanks to dubber 36, I just fitted 55W HIDs to my Transporter HQ lamps, having tried all the other halogen upgrades.

Fantastic!

The only thing that works with these lights, don't bother with anything else!


Thanks mate!
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What kit did you use, and how did you go about hiding all the wiring? Got any pics of the rear of the light clusters?
 
I used the Car Rover kit off Amazon.

Great amount of light, no dazzle and the bulbs heat up in a couple of seconds.

I fixed the ballasts to the bulkhead and cable tied the wires together and to the bulkhead, didn't hide anything, it's in the engine bay, waterproofed and safe.
 
Just to throw another spanner in the works, the OEM xenons in my Tig still put a lot more useful light onto the road. I'm sure that this is down to the colour output. The Car-Rover ones that I have in the van are 5000k, but I still think they are a bit too blue, so these 55W 4300k ones are coming today. Hold on to your debit cards until I've tested them out later.

H7 55w CANBUS ECO MIDI HID XENON CONVERSION KIT
 
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