S3 Headlight Upgrade

[Stuart McCall]

Hi gang, S3 been out a while now, does anyone know of a proper HID or LED upgrade for the headlights ( preferably lotus approved ) ??

 

[ramjet]

Welcome to TLF Stuart.

Can't help you with your question, but I'm sure the other guys in the UK with those cars will be along soon to answer.

You should duck over to the Introductions area and say hi in there as well.  

[Dobbin145]

Hi Stuart, 

I fitted a set of these last week to my one week old Elise 9005 HB3 HIDs

Having tried HID kits before in an Elise, many years ago, I found these much better. I went for the 5000k option to keep the colour as close to the LED DRLs as possible and only upgraded the dipped beam. The ballasts are slim enough to mount on the inside of the wheel arch liner and do not foul the headlight or the oil cooler. Took about an hour to fit each side with the wheel off. The improvement is massive, especially with the wet weather recently, driving in the dark is now possible! Best £45 I've spent on a car :-) 

[MartynB]

Nice work. If it's not too much bother, could you take a picture of the beam pattern you get on dipped lights now?

Cheers

[Petrolgeneration]

Anyone got updates on this? Looking for this option aswel after my roadtrip thru Croatia. Twisty one lane mountain roads with a 20 meter drop to the ground if you go off aren't great with 2 candlelights as illumination hehe.