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>>> 50w HIDs fitted and working! Will adjust beam when it gets dark. Took me
>>> bloody ages to get the passenger side one fitted - my hand simply
>>> doesn't fit in the gap and attaching the little metal clip to hold the
>>> bulb in was a nightmare!
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>> Mine weren't that bad. Hope you like them.
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> I'm not as immediately impressed as I expected to be - they certainly dont
> seem 3x brighter than normal bulbs, as they were advertised, but the light
> colour is just like daylight! (I went for 5k colour).
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> I'll find out how good they are for driving next week on my way home from
> Glasgow - country roads and no street lights. Only been round the block so
> far.

Brilliant. Likey muchy. Was worth all the swearing, tantrums and 3-way
finger bending to fit the bloody things (passenger side). Driving home last
night... Country road, dark, bit foggy = looked like daylight! Glad I went
for the 50w ones over the 35w. Recommend. Now, whats next... turbo chargers,
upgraded brakes, maybe a big beer shelf on the back - no that would be just
silly - I don't want my aerodynamics to be slowing me down!!

Actually, a serious point - after 7 years of 'gritty' driving, I have lots
of very fine scratches on the windscreen where the wipers have wiped away
dirt and grime? Not a problem during the day, but oncoming lights really
difract (?) all over the windscreen and dazzle when they shouldn't. Has
anyone else experienced this in an older car and is there a solution?
Obviously a new windscreen would sort out the problem and I'm sure I could
arrange for a large stone to fly through it on my way home one day and ask
the insurance people to fit me a new one, but I've read that a replacement
windscreen never quite seals as well as the factory original. I would only
follow this route if I knew the result would be good!

Can a windscreen be polished / buffed to remove fine scratches? Machine or
manual process?

GT