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Old 08-18-2010, 08:58 AM
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How is the light output with non-HID bulbs?
It's not too bad.

Here was mine when I rocked the non HID bulbs for a day.

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Looks good, I'm needing lights here Soon. Are those the same as these but these are smoked?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_13551wt_948
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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
Looks good, I'm needing lights here Soon. Are those the same as these but these are smoked?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_13551wt_948
Basically the same.

Here is mine with black housing.

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Ok cool, I just wanted to make sure they had the better projector, I know some are junk. Is the fitment good?
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Do they use the factory light bulbs?
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Originally Posted by 2001-CamaroSS-LS1
did you hook up the halo and the LEDs?? i want to get these and i was thinkin about hookin the halo up and thinkin about hookin the LEDs as turn signals too
Nah i cut all those wires right off the back as soon as i took them out of the box...that stuff really isnt my cup of tea.
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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
Ok cool, I just wanted to make sure they had the better projector, I know some are junk. Is the fitment good?
Fitment is great, you have to play around with the adjustments a little and to get my lights aimed correctly while fitting nicely i had to loosen the screw on the bottom back of the bracket

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Do they use the factory light bulbs?
They use an H1 bulb for the low beam, they come with a harness adapter that plugs into your factory 9006 harness and the hi beam is re-used.
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are these ccfl, or just led halo's?
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Originally Posted by battousai
are these ccfl, or just led halo's?
I am not sure i dont have them hooked up.
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Thanks for the pic. How would you compare the light output compared to stock headlights with non-hid bulbs?
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Originally Posted by battousai
are these ccfl, or just led halo's?
On eBay the description says dual led halos
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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
On eBay the description says dual led halos
i want ccfls lol.
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Originally Posted by battousai
i want ccfls lol.
These are ccfl halos

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_8283wt_1046
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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
And they have a much inferior projector. Uses H3 (more suited for fog than headlight), the cutoff isn't nice and flat, the beam is narrower... I had a set before my Sonars.

The CCFL halos were nice, and I personally liked the appearance of those a little better than the Sonars (particularly around the high beam reflector area) but other than that the Sonars are superior.
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^^^ thats what ive heard, im kinda leaning towards these
these were the sonars right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_13551wt_948
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
BENE-
Thanks for the pic. How would you compare the light output compared to stock headlights with non-hid bulbs?
Cant even compare, the output is so much better

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^^^ thats what ive heard, im kinda leaning towards these
these were the sonars right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_13551wt_948
Yes sir
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
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Thanks for the pic. How would you compare the light output compared to stock headlights with non-hid bulbs?
The light output is better on non HID projector versus the stock bulbs on reflectors.
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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
^^^ thats what ive heard, im kinda leaning towards these
these were the sonars right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...ht_13551wt_948
Yes. I prefer the black housing model vs smoked lens myself.
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Originally Posted by silversrtman
Nah i cut all those wires right off the back as soon as i took them out of the box...that stuff really isnt my cup of tea.
I did the same. Only I pulled out all the LEDs too and blocked off the holes.
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