Can You See HID?

While relaxing at home after a long day at work, a surprise visit was made by my friends Dejan and Nick. Having been good friends with Dejan for several years, I graciously offered free storage space for his VW Golf in my unused third bay. Although his car has been in storage since last summmer, I've given him the key to the garage as he frequently visits to add new modifications or perform basic maintenance on it.

A headlight swap was the purpose of tonight's visit. Dejan had bought Nick's oem VW HID set up for $900 CAN (an absolute steal) and planned to install them onto his Golf 337.

The headlight swap took approximately an hour to complete. During the process, I got a chance to take a closer look at his new lighting system. The orginal value of these headlights were approximately $1900 USD which were bought from a Seattle member of the VW Vortex. After owning them for a few months, Nick decided to send his headlights into a professional body shop to have them smoked and resealed.



Following the installation, we eagerly fired up the new headlights in the Golf 337. The beam pattern of the headlights were absolutely amazing. This was thanks to the the excellent condition they were in, with minimal/no lense pitting. The light was so bright, we were able light up a house nearly 100-200 meters away.