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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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So I have read several articles about how to put hids into the 93-97 camaros. Alot of them say that you can just pry the bulbs out and replace them with new bulbs from autozone. This is the method im gonna try (i know its not the "correct way") But my question is, if im just swapping the bulbs, do i have to do any rewiring or get new ballasts?? The stock low beams are 65 watts and so are the new bulbs to put in. But I have heard of people saying it will fry your wiring. I bought an extra set of low beams of craigslist just in case i mess it up I will still be able to drive.
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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ive done it a couple times on my 94. Break the seal of the bulb from the housing and RTV the new bulb in. Ive used silverstars which are that bad. Then i went and got a 5k HID kit. No rewiring was needed on either one. The kit was plug and play.
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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Then i went and got a 5k HID kit. No rewiring was needed on either one. The kit was plug and play.
So what exactly does the kit do? Thats what im confused about. Also do you remember where you got it and how much it cost??
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I have the extra headlights and I wanna just go out tomorrow and get the bulbs but If I need to buy some kind of hid kit then I will wait
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theres a thread around here somewhere with a guy taking a chevy pickup headlights and mounting them in proplerly. It lood real good because it was still rectangle and had the low beams on the inside and the HI's on the outside. It was all one piece, you could just make out which bulb was which. It looked great.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by slomarao
theres a thread around here somewhere with a guy taking a chevy pickup headlights and mounting them in proplerly. It lood real good because it was still rectangle and had the low beams on the inside and the HI's on the outside. It was all one piece, you could just make out which bulb was which. It looked great.
I would like to see that
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So do I need the hid kit or do i just swap the bulbs??
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Originally Posted by derekstl
So do I need the hid kit or do i just swap the bulbs??
based on what they are saying you can fit a silverstar bulb replacment into the housing, or go with a HID style bulb that fits into the same type housing that a silverstar 9006 would fit into.

I think that is the right # on the bulb.
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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So if I understand correctly... the silverstar bulbs are not technically hids?? They are just replacement bulbs??
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Correct Silverstars are NOT HIDs . To get a nice set of HIDs get them from here....

Get the 55 Watt style , 6000K , 9006 bulb style . The HID bulbs mount in the
headlight housings just like the Silverstars do .

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DD...ast-35W-or-55W
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Originally Posted by ZL1LT1
Get the 55 Watt style , 6000K , 9006 bulb style . The HID bulbs mount in the
headlight housings just like the Silverstars do .
Im gonna trust you on this one, mainly because your car looks awesome! So do I need the hid harness for these? Also, what is the install like for these? I havent really looked into my headlight wiring.
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Anybody have any answers? I have heard of people going either way with the wiring harnes.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ZL1LT1
Get the 55 Watt style , 6000K , 9006 bulb style . The HID bulbs mount in the
headlight housings just like the Silverstars do .
Yep, thats how I did it, Ive had mine for 2 years and still look great. Heres a not so good pic. Mine are 8k

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That looks great. Pretty much exactly what i want. So did you buy the wiring harness or not?
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No man you can use the factory wiring just fine .
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Originally Posted by ZL1LT1
No man you can use the factory wiring just fine .
Ok thanks. If I were to do the same thing for the foglights should I get the same kit with 35 watts??
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I did 55 watts for both kits . The LT1 Camaro fog housings are metal and not plastic so they wont melt .
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Ok cool. Thanks a lot for the help guys. I will buy that kit soon. Hopefully the install wont be too bad either.
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