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I want to make up a pair of 'cheap' (but not crappy) HID spotlights by fitting an ebay or similar HID kit into some $100 or there abouts spotlights eg Narva's etc

Can anybody recommend a reasonably priced budget light which will take a HID bulb with minimal mods - preferably just drop in?.

What should I be looking for in a spotlight for HID compatibility eg bulb type, space behind the bulb, wiring access etc?

old skool rallye 2000's
NANE spot lights

whats a HID kit worth?
i was thinking this would be a great mod also.. good timing on your post

why not try it with the narva(?) bull lights i think these are pretty cheap . And i'm pretty sure you could get hids to go straight in .

I put a HID kit in some rally 1000's and was blown away by how good it made them. The narva's looked good aswell. I ended up putting the kits in some IPF's. The rectangle spread ones. There are better lights around but the IPF's give a good spread which is what i ws after. If you want distance bung them in some narva spots
Cheers Dan

contact bushy555 off this board..... he'll tell u what you need for the conversion

i put some in Narva Ultima 175's wasn't that impressed, you really are better saving that $100 & buying something like ligtforces or Hella rallye 4000's etc...

smileysmoke wrote:whats a HID kit worth?
i was thinking this would be a great mod also.. good timing on your post

The cheapest kits I can see are around $190 including postage. Thats for two 35w globes and a pair of ballasts/igniters.
So if the spotties cost say, $100, thats around $300 for a pair of HID lights....

nice one! thats pretty cheap for some HIDS.
if they are ebay kits hopefully everyone doesnt try bid warrring

smileysmoke wrote:nice one! thats pretty cheap for some HIDS.
if they are ebay kits hopefully everyone doesnt try bid warrring

No reason to worry - there's plenty of them there at that price....

You can get em cheaper than that, keep looking

im lookin at puting them in ipf 900xs spot and spread how do u think thay will go with hid and whats the best light to put in ie 4000k and so on

tuff4runner wrote:im lookin at puting them in ipf 900xs spot and spread how do u think thay will go with hid and whats the best light to put in ie 4000k and so on

Anything between 4300k and 6000k is good. Anything less and there abit yellow anything more and there blue. And if you go real high there purple and put out less lumens than candle.

tuff4runner wrote:im lookin at puting them in ipf 900xs spot and spread how do u think thay will go with hid and whats the best light to put in ie 4000k and so on

Make sure you check what sort of globe the 900xs has, don't think it has H3 like most others (my fourby's in the panel beaters, so I can't check)

would a pair of cibie super oscar lights be able to be converted th HID using the kits of ebay?

ROCKMUTT wrote:what a pair of cibie super oscar lights be able to be converted th HID using the kits of ebay?

I have a set of Supr Oscars converted using a 42 watt kit from ebay. Just do it.

Ian

There are a set of HID lights that are a copy of the Rally 4000 on Ebay for usually around $500-$600.
That is the pair complete!
They even come with Rally 4000 clear covers.
I'm keen to see how they would go.
Carl

So could those 180mm Nitestalker Roo Lites' (the "similar to" Lightforce 170 ones) be converted to HID?
Would the kit needed be the same as LF170's?
If not, what kit would I need?

physh wrote:So could those 180mm Nitestalker Roo Lites' (the "similar to" Lightforce 170 ones) be converted to HID?
Would the kit needed be the same as LF170's?
If not, what kit would I need?

Am fairly sure that they use a standard JCY bi-pin halogen bulb.
You'll need an adapter mount to mount say a H3 bulb...
(No manufacture that I have ever seen make a proper metal halide bi-pin bulb in a 6.35mm size)

Wanna be a guniea pig to do it?

http://www.brightlightautoparts.com/

Helpful guy, knows his stuff and has heaps of trailer lights, torches etc.

Ask for Paul.

bushy555 wrote:

physh wrote:So could those 180mm Nitestalker Roo Lites' (the "similar to" Lightforce 170 ones) be converted to HID?
Would the kit needed be the same as LF170's?
If not, what kit would I need?

Am fairly sure that they use a standard JCY bi-pin halogen bulb.
You'll need an adapter mount to mount say a H3 bulb...
(No manufacture that I have ever seen make a proper metal halide bi-pin bulb in a 6.35mm size)

Wanna be a guniea pig to do it?

Yep, I'll be a guinea pig if someone can tell me what to look for and how to go about it.....

Bushy, check PM...

physh wrote: Yep, I'll be a guinea pig if someone can tell me what to look for and how to go about it.....

Bushy, check PM...

PM checked, and replied to. Sorry for being a tad bit late.

Just bought a 35W HID kit for 172 inc shipping.

update will follow with install. i am hoping to put globe and balast inside the spotlight. in my case is a 7100 NANE light.

Nic