I installed the kit this sunday. It's an awesome improvement and super bright. The stock headlights are really good for halogen, but no comparison with the Xenon HID. I highly recomend the kit particularly if you are anal about wanting to be able to go back, or just don't enjoy splicing wires on the stock wireing harness.
Couple of notes.
- I did the 50 watt kit. I assume the 35 watt kit is also an improvment, but I haven't seen it.
- I haven't replaced the fuses yet but plan to. So far no problem, but someone posted the the brief surge when you first turn on the lights can burn out the stock ones which I'm guessing are slow blow.
- The cost of the kit is a little higher than going with DIY all the way, but my experience is that the additional parts included would cost quite a bit to source, so I think it's an excellent value and don't have any regrets. I've done stere/amp o installs in the past and this was much easier than most of them.
- give yourself a few hours if you've never taken apart the headlights before. Most of it's not that hard, but it does take time and there are some challenges: notably putting the new wires through the rubber gromet and inserting bulb in the projector housing. This is not an easy car to retrofit comparied to those that you can easily access the headlights from the engine compartment, but the results are well worth it. I did remove the wheels and both of plastic pieces in the wheel well on each side.
Overall I think this kit is about as good as one could be for the elise. I highly recomend it. It is plug and play and the quality is high. Some shring tubing for the old headlight connectors would be the only improvement I can think of off the top of my head.
Pasquale
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Originally Posted by ekological
I have one remaining 50 watt 4500K kit in stock until the wait for the next shipment comes in. A few kits went out last week and this week so hopefully we'll hear feedback from additional forum members 
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