Alright guys, this is where you convince me to buy HIDs (or not)
03-07-2006, 12:11 AM
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Alright guys, this is where you convince me to buy HIDs (or not) I'm on the fence right now...looking to get a 6000k kit...not sure if I will.
Tell me why or why not I should do this.
Tell me why or why not I should do this.
03-07-2006, 01:12 AM
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4300k or 6000k and do it right with projectors (my own opinion). HID is the ****, after you drive with it and go back to halogen you'll realize how big of a difference the lighting makes.
Here is 6000k in my fogs.
Here is 6000k in my fogs.
03-07-2006, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by DirtyBird222
4300k or 6000k and do it right with projectors (my own opinion). HID is the ****, after you drive with it and go back to halogen you'll realize how big of a difference the lighting makes.
Here is 6000k in my fogs.
Here is 6000k in my fogs.
03-07-2006, 06:56 PM
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I put them in everything I own. SS, 4Runner, Zx-12r. Hate driving cars without them. I stayed with a 5000k kit to keep the blue down a little. I didn't use projectors, and the beam pattern is perfect. I can't tell any difference in the pattern from halogens. Very distinct cutoff line, and very little over flow. I put McCullochs in my SS. Thats the first time I have used this brand, and I'm totally happy. Never get brightlighted, or pulled over. I think staying with a whiter (as opposed to blue) helps to keep the troppers from noticing them. This has been debated, but I believe I read that the law states it is illegal to convert any vehicle to hid that didn't originally come equipped with them from the factory, that is to be used on public roads. Just a little info.
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03-07-2006, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Xtremespeed
I put them in everything I own. SS, 4Runner, Zx-12r. Hate driving cars without them. I stayed with a 5000k kit to keep the blue down a little. I didn't use projectors, and the beam pattern is perfect. I can't tell any difference in the pattern from halogens. Very distinct cutoff line, and very little over flow. I put McCulloghs in my SS. Thats the first time I have used this brand, and I'm totally happy. Never get brightlighted, or pulled over. I think staying with a whiter (as opposed to blue) helps to keep the troppers from noticing them. This has been debated, but I believe I read that the law states it is illegal to convert any vehicle to hid that didn't originally come equipped with them from the factory, that is to be used on public roads. Just a little info.
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03-08-2006, 07:45 AM
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Yes...I want those.
I have silverstars in it right now, in the fogs. However after seeing those pics I want them, fogs and headlights.
Where can I get something like that, and whats the price?
I have silverstars in it right now, in the fogs. However after seeing those pics I want them, fogs and headlights.
Where can I get something like that, and whats the price?
03-08-2006, 11:48 AM
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I changed the housings and everything on the fogs. They aren't projectors, but the beam is very nice and there is little to no glare. If you can find a housing that is around 4inches you can buy any HID kit as long as the bulb style matches up to what the housing needs. Stock housings will project a very nasty and distorted beam with HID. I bought the complete package from blinglights.com. And if people really really want I'll finish the write up I started for it a while back, as to where to mount the ballast, how to make a connector so you don't have to cut your stock wiring harness, ect...
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BTW, I am also working on making housings for Bosch E46 Projectors in LT1 model Trans Ams. I've been working on these for about a week, I've got some progress, just waiting on a new shipment of all sorts of drill bits to help me out with this project. I'll also be gone for a week at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the week after I'm getting a minor knee operation and my wisdom teeth removed in the same week. So it'll be a couple weeks before I can start working on these hardcore again.
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I bought my McCullochs on ebay. Think they were around $200. I tried to find some super white bulbs for the fogs, but everything I tried looked like ***. They just look completely yellow compared to the hid's. I have silverstars in my highbeams, and I thought they looked really good until I got my hid's. Now I hate them too. I'm going to try and find some aftermarket fog lights that I can put a set of hid's in to match my low beams. I don't even turn them on anymore because they look terrible.
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