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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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I've read the stickies and I still have some questions.

I want to get the eBay headlights with the 2 CCFL halos and the LEDs on the sides. I'd also like to have higher output HIDs.

From what I understand, if I buy just the projector headlights I will end up using some normal halogen bulb.

Then I can buy some kinda HID kit from DDMtuning that is just wiring of some sort. With this I can use some other bulbs that make the projectors HID???

Then I would have to buy a whole seperate kit for the foglight.

Is what I am saying correct?
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OK, so I bought the ebay projector headlights.

Will they work with the stock bulbs?
Will the work if I buy the DDMtuning HID kit?
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They use different bulbs, but come with them usually.... The high beam is probably still 9005.
Once you know what type of bulb it is (got the link to them?) you can get the HID kit with the right bulb number for the projector from ddmtuning.
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These are the exact ones I bought:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...6394&viewitem=

It doesn't give much information as to the bulbs used, but a couple people on here have them.
I've read what I could on headlights and HIDs, but I'm still not exactly sure how it works.
The headlights say they come with projectors. I'm not sure if I need an HID kit to use these headlights or if I can just run them with the stock electrical setup.
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Well interesting.... I thought they had the same H3 bulbs as the others, but the back of the projector is different looking.

Would you mind taking a pic of the back of the projector with the rubber cap removed, and a pic of the bulb when you get them? It comes with halogen bulbs to begin with.
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Thanks,

Yea, I'll take pics when over the weekend or so.
So your saying the projectors work with both halogen and real HIDs?
So, at first I can use a normal halogen bulb in it, then I can buy the correct HID kit for the projector in the housing and it will be HID, correct?

BTW, how do u tell what kind of bulb it is... H3, H7, 9005... just by looking at the rubber cap?
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Correct.

I can't tell the bulb type from the rubber cap. I just noticed the cap is different than the cap on another set that looked like those. So that may mean they just used a different cap now, or that the projector itself has been updated. That's why I want pics.
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Didn't get pics, but it says H3 on the headlights over the projector
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so just get the h3 kit. it comes with hid bulbs which will fit in place of the halogen h3 bulb.
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