Hi Folks,
Having had a bulb blow and seen the prices of standard halogen bulbs in Halfords, I had a look on line and bought an H7 HID conversion kit for £27.99 plus £3ish postage. I fitted this yesterday and I have to say, apart from the hassle of remobving the headlamps (which you have to do anyway to replace the bulbs, it was an absolute doddle. The only actual modification was cuting a 25mm hole in each lamp back cover to pass the wires to the balasts through. Loads of room behind and around the lamps themselves to mount the balasts an some pre-drilled holes that mean't I didnt even have to drill a hole to mount them.
The lamps are 8000K so slightly blue, and very close to the lamp temp that my old Renault Laguna had, but the quality and intensity of the light is brilliant, and at the money they are truely a bargain. I got them through Amazon marketplace and they're worth a punt IMHO if you fancy HID lamps on your Captiva.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FDUFDY/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img
Having had a bulb blow and seen the prices of standard halogen bulbs in Halfords, I had a look on line and bought an H7 HID conversion kit for £27.99 plus £3ish postage. I fitted this yesterday and I have to say, apart from the hassle of remobving the headlamps (which you have to do anyway to replace the bulbs, it was an absolute doddle. The only actual modification was cuting a 25mm hole in each lamp back cover to pass the wires to the balasts through. Loads of room behind and around the lamps themselves to mount the balasts an some pre-drilled holes that mean't I didnt even have to drill a hole to mount them.
The lamps are 8000K so slightly blue, and very close to the lamp temp that my old Renault Laguna had, but the quality and intensity of the light is brilliant, and at the money they are truely a bargain. I got them through Amazon marketplace and they're worth a punt IMHO if you fancy HID lamps on your Captiva.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FDUFDY/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img