The New HID/LMC Housing Write-up **Updated**
02-10-2016, 08:51 AM
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Been a while since I looked at this, but I will add that a few weeks after converting, I had some issues with the HID ballasts that were sent to me so I ended up swapping to regular bulbs. These housings with normal bulbs are still a major improvement over stock and they give you many more options as far as replacements go. All of the comments about beam scatter with the HID are completely valid, by the time they are aimed low enough to not blind people the visibility in the dark is pretty poor.
02-10-2016, 12:35 PM
#63
Been a while since I looked at this, but I will add that a few weeks after converting, I had some issues with the HID ballasts that were sent to me so I ended up swapping to regular bulbs. These housings with normal bulbs are still a major improvement over stock and they give you many more options as far as replacements go. All of the comments about beam scatter with the HID are completely valid, by the time they are aimed low enough to not blind people the visibility in the dark is pretty poor.
The Hella's though... I'm still floored how good I see early the mornings. The LMC high beams (with regular bulbs) make it even better!
02-12-2016, 12:48 AM
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If you like the LMC housings with Standard Halogen 9005/9006 bulbs, you should try them with HIR Halogen 9011/9012 bulbs. Much more light for similar wattage.
02-12-2016, 05:33 PM
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In reference to STD Halogen VS HIR Halogen, the shape of the bulb, filament, and alignment are exactly the same so the beam pattern will not be negatively altered.
HID are rarely aligned right as a replacement for Halogen (in addition to them producing light physically differently), although sometimes close enough for certain projectors (not reflectors).
HID are rarely aligned right as a replacement for Halogen (in addition to them producing light physically differently), although sometimes close enough for certain projectors (not reflectors).
02-14-2016, 01:24 AM
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Whenever I see these people, I just leave my high beams on. Usually they try to flash back, and then their low beams turn off and need time to re-spark.
Every mall-crawler and brodozer around here has PnP HID's, usually 8000K. My fog lights outshine them. I never understood why people will spend $1000's making their truck look "cool" and then buy the cheapest eBay or DDM crap they find. Thank goodness this forum advocates proper retrofits.
Every mall-crawler and brodozer around here has PnP HID's, usually 8000K. My fog lights outshine them. I never understood why people will spend $1000's making their truck look "cool" and then buy the cheapest eBay or DDM crap they find. Thank goodness this forum advocates proper retrofits.
02-15-2016, 01:41 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe with the LMC housings, you need to run 9005xs/9006xs bulbs, the ones with the straight base. Do the HIR 9011/9012 have the straight base?
02-15-2016, 01:49 PM
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LED bulbs may fit depending on heatsink/fan size and length of bulb for high beams.
02-15-2016, 11:58 PM
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Which LEDs did you get? Most ruin the beam pattern.
I don't think there is a straight connector version of the 9011/9012. I don't know how much trimming of the bucket might be needed for them to fit. My buckets are already cut for the 90mm Projectors I installed years ago.
I don't think there is a straight connector version of the 9011/9012. I don't know how much trimming of the bucket might be needed for them to fit. My buckets are already cut for the 90mm Projectors I installed years ago.
02-16-2016, 05:42 AM
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Honestly I don't remember, I bought these end of last summer, only thing I can recall is they're 3000K. I just have 1 high beam on the bike and it's mounted inside the stock projector although I may upgrade the projector since I'm inside the headlight right now doing a mini D2S retrofit. I was surprised it didn't affect the cutoff.
Just barely anything needs to be trimmed on the bucket.
Just barely anything needs to be trimmed on the bucket.
02-18-2016, 12:49 AM
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Those are among the worse of the current crop. The projector will still have a cut off because it has a cut off shield, but the distribution of light within the beam will be altered. Instead of the brightest part of the beam being at the top along the cut-off, it has shifted lower which means more foreground light and less distance light, which is not good.
02-18-2016, 05:37 AM
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Those are among the worse of the current crop. The projector will still have a cut off because it has a cut off shield, but the distribution of light within the beam will be altered. Instead of the brightest part of the beam being at the top along the cut-off, it has shifted lower which means more foreground light and less distance light, which is not good.
02-19-2016, 07:26 PM
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I've thought about throwing some cheap LED's in my fogs to play around with since I just use them as DRL's, but I nailed one of my stock Blazers with a rock and cracked the lens on it. Hella Micro DE's seem like the logical replacement but I've been wondering if some of those LED fogs that TRS offers would fit in the Camaro housing.