Jake

Any specific seller on eBay?

650rpm is the normal idle for a TT VVTi

5pm

Get a nice young blonde Polish girl in. She'll take care of all the above for about £200 a week. Hmmmm. . . :GoesLookingAtExpensiveWatches:

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Very nice. Sod 'em, mate. You earned it.

What watch did you get then E? Something tasteful I hope.

Good result. What power did it make at the wheels?

In your For Sale thread? Which one?

...or drive a Supra, for that matter

Oh. I've never heard of IRL. It's not a sport I follow really. I saw Dario Fanchetti win the last race of the season the other but I only caught by accident.

You should be OK, I commute 110 miles a day in a 500+bhp Single turbo Supe

He's be a star in IndyCart. That would be quite cool actually, having two brits as the top 2 drivers in a yank sport.

Another discovery: The (mainbeam) balast casings are both 12v live only when the dipped beam is turned on. When mainbeam is on the ballsts are not live and both mains and dipped bulbs illuminate (that's normal isn't it? For dips to be on with the mains I mean)

that's not the problem now mate. Now that I've un-earthed the driver side one they are both behaving the same - the problem is trying to understand why the ballast casings are live and what I can do about it.

You and me both mate. Well I tried reversing the polarity to both the mainbeam HID (and disconnecting the dips) but when I turned the lights on the fuses blew. God knows. I suppose I'll just have to make sure the mainbeam ballasts are insulated, or not use them at all. It's all very strange.

Ah progress! I noticed that if the passenger side HID ballast touches the bodywork it causes a spark That can't be good, especially as the driver side ballast is bolted the chassis. So I unbolted the driver side ballast (the one that seemed to be causing the problem) and now the HIDs work correctly. I tried reversing to polarity of the driver side HID but it blew the driver side fuse in the fusebox. Thinking about it I probably should have reversed the polarity both the mainbeam HIDs. I'll try that in a minute.

I don't really care if they're illegal. I don't use them when anyone is coming towards me so it's a victimless crime I do need them though. My commute involves a lot of driving on unlit B-roads.

Stock VVTi wheel is the nicest IMO.

Had to give up last night because the battery went flat. Put it on charge over night. I've moved the existing HIDs to the mainbeam cos the bulbs don't fit the UK spec's dipped. The new HIDs are fitted to the dipped beam. Here's what I've found: If the lights are tried with both pairs of HIDs fitted the mains and dipped both come on together. If the HID dipped are fitted with normal halogen mains everything works fine. HID dips, HID passenger side mainbeam, halogen driver side mainbeam - works fine. HID dips, HID driver side mainbeam, halogen passenger side mainbeam - Dips and Mains come on together. It seems that having HID in the driver side mainbeam is what's causing the problem. This is doing my head in. Looks like I'm gonna end up with no mainbeam HIDs after all

Well don't mention it to them, you rotten toothed Limey bastard or else they won't bother saving your euro faggot ass in the next two world wars like they did in the last two. Or something like that.

Cool. You have them then mate. I hope it's a real Supra? Wouldn't want to TRD stuff being wasted on a NA.

Hardly. I was keeping it simple.

Me please edit, sorry Konio can have them. He has a facelift Supra right?