So, I bought a set of H1 6000K HIDs from Mototekc on ebay for a ridiculously low price.
Here's one of the two:
Instructions were a bit over-complicated and confusing, so I used common-sense and my one phone-a-friend, which of course went to Einstein. More on that later.
Step one, remove the covers from behind the main beam bulb and make a hole just big enough for the rubber grommet.
2: Remove old bulb, after first unplugging the wire, then lifting the spring clip. Don't touch the glass, you might need the bulb again, keep it somewhere safe in tissue.
3: Find a good mounting place for your ballasts. I decided to put mine here, just sitting tight and cosy without being fixed, on the ledge
...and here, nearside, making use of holes already in the inner wing and this time, some cable ties.
You can see here that I bent the lug on the caddy to make sure the ballast had no way to slip out...
Plug the connector from the bulb into the ballast, oriented so the lug fits over the small, tapered clip (that was Question One to Einstein).
Very carefully, unwrap the bulb of the HID and slip it through the hole in the lamp cover that you cut. Either insert the bulb in its socket straight away, or first fit the rubber grommet correctly into the hole.
Now, this lot needs earthing (Question Two to Einstein, though precisely where and how to earth it was my own creation). The spring clip is earthed via a lug connector that's hard to get off or unscrew, so I made the hole in the HID's earth connector just a tad bigger, and slipped it over onto the hinge side of the spring clip.
Next, plug in your live feed, adjust the cables so they've got play but fit snugly within the casing, screw the back on, and that's it.
A word of advice, try to make it a habit to turn the engine on before the HIDs.
Et voila'! Job done.
40 minutes for an idiot like me with no technical experience and a healthy dose of nerves.
