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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

4300K........5000K....8000K.......12000K.

Colour of light or the amount of light?.......

Which is best?

[STEMO]

Wow! They're very expensive.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Wow! They're very expensive.

£25 from London colour.......apparently.

[henryd]

4300K........5000K....8000K.......12000K.

Colour of light or the amount of light?.......

Which is best?

I think Omega HID was 4300 on standard bulb,5000 is about it before it starts going blue/purple

[Mr Gav]

The lower the figure the whiter the light, so Chavs go for the 12000K and we stick with OEM 4300K 

[steve6367]

Lower is warmer, higher is cooler - 4300K is OEM as stated above.

Nice chart here: http://www.3drender.com/glossary/colortemp.htm

Please don't fit after market HID kits unless you are going to put in place all the antidazzle measure required on OEM - otherwise you will be able to see and everyone else will be blind.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Agreed. I think it can be see as officious of me when I say this, but it really is, in my humble, 'not cool' to drive about knowing you've got lights dazzling every oncoming car.

Never knew how the numbers worked re: the amount/colour of light etc, nice to have learned something 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Agreed. I think it can be see as officious of me when I say this, but it really is, in my humble, 'not cool' to drive about knowing you've got lights dazzling every oncoming car.

Never knew how the numbers worked re: the amount/colour of light etc, nice to have learned something 

Hmmm...Interesting. None of the Vectra boys speak of dazzling oncoming traffic with aftermarket HID kits.

[05omegav6]

Agreed. I think it can be see as officious of me when I say this, but it really is, in my humble, 'not cool' to drive about knowing you've got lights dazzling every oncoming car.

Never knew how the numbers worked re: the amount/colour of light etc, nice to have learned something 

Classic Dilligaf symptoms...
Hmmm...Interesting. None of the Vectra boys speak of dazzling oncoming traffic with aftermarket HID kits.

[henryd]

Agreed. I think it can be see as officious of me when I say this, but it really is, in my humble, 'not cool' to drive about knowing you've got lights dazzling every oncoming car.

Never knew how the numbers worked re: the amount/colour of light etc, nice to have learned something 

Hmmm...Interesting. None of the Vectra boys speak of dazzling oncoming traffic with aftermarket HID kits.

the kits are illegal to fit to halogen bulb reflectors,if you blind someone and they pile into you the insurance will take a dim view(pardon the pun) if they cotton on

[Diamond Black Geezer]

If I've understood it correct, the issue is if your Omega doesnt have the HIDs from new, then you've got 'manually electrically' adjustable headlamps (ie: for when you have full boot, obese relatives etc) this is bad enough if adjusted wrong when you're heading down the road with Halogens, however, once you stick Xenons in the mix, if you get the height/angle of beam wrong, then you're dazzling every oncoming driver (and the guy in front of you, of course, via his mirrors) The auto-leveling system is exactly what it says on the tin, automatically getting the level of the beam correct, nomatter the load on the suspension. 

It's a legal requirement for any brand new vehicle with HIDs to have an autolevelling system, and therefore so, too should it be for retro-fitting.

Can't say why the Vectra boys don't seem to care about dazzling other road users, perhaps the wearing of baseball caps in conjunction with consumption of Stella whilst bathed in blue LEDs causes detrimental brain activity... 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Didn't the VXR / Police Vectra's have HIDs? ...If you could find one being broken for parts i'd have thought these would fit the Signum even the leveling sensors etc..  Although i'm sure if you can even find one being broken they'd be expensive

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Could only find this LINK ex-plod estate on eBay might be worth sending them a message..

[TheBoy]

4.2 - 4.3k is considered the best for illumination.  Higher is for the Corsa chavs where style far outweighs any performance.

Obviously, HID kits are definitely on the wrong side of dubious when speaking about legality.  They are specifically mentioned as being outlawed in DfT guidance.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The Vectra boys must be a motley bunch of reprobates.

They seem to be saying "what's the problem dude  just fit the kit, it works with no problems whatsoever"