Chris Baker

Post pics of your HIDs!
Here's mine
10k lows and Green fogs




Here's the cutoff with the fogs not on

nascarnate326

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This is all I got at the moment. Just put them in, waiting on grille, and new turn signals.

JustAFooL

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Where are you all picking up the kits at and how much do they run? Hard to install?

blakez28

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...uote-pics.html

Just installed my projectors. Check out BLS (Blackbird Lighting Solutions)

JustAFooL

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Looks nice but wasn't expecting 350$ at all! I think my headlights will do..

Chris Baker

JustAFooL, I just get my kits from ebay. A kit with bulbs and ballasts aren't too expensive, anywhere from like $30-70$. And they are easy to install, basically just plug and play.

VIP1

Almost Good:
* Projectors, although poor performing H3 version (H3 is a fog bulb). HID in a H3 ebay projector rarely has good output.

Bad:
* Those blue and green bulbs put out less light than the stock halogens
* That color output is nearly useless for our eyes night vision
* That color combination attracts attention from police and inspection people


Also, $350 for the BLS setup is a great price. Barely more money than cheap ebay options and far superior in output and quality. Some good bare (no housing) OEM projectors sell for that price alone.

Stick with 4300K - 5000K for the best output and to not attract attention from police and inspection people.

Check out the Lighting FAQ for more info.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...hting-faq.html

Since you started two nearly identical threads, here is a link to the other thread:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eadlights.html

98CayenneT/A

No offense but you could sneak up on a import convention at night, go with 5300 and 4000k, it would look ten times better

Kingc8r

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QFTMFT

Daniel Richards

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haven't completed the install, but here are some starting/test shots.
specs:
Morimoto Mini d2s v2 (like the BLS kit)
Morimoto 5000k bulbs (like the BLS kit)
Zenex Ballasts from Amazon (40 bucks for the pair)

in the pics that is just one projectors light output. and for cheap ballast they work pretty good just remember when shopping for ballasts the tips in this video:

casey20000007

https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...1&d=1389339605
here is my 97 8000k hid

nascarnate326

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Get an eBay kit to learn about HID's. They are just over 30 bucks shipped and will work for an unspecified amount of time. You may have to replace a ballast every now and then.

Or, get a BLS kit and do it once.


My pic above has the Xentech kit.

DwDrummer

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Only picture I have at the moment but they are 6000K

Chris Baker

Good stuff guys. I appreciate the feedback from everyone. I kinda had a feeling that people would not really like the 10k and green HIDs but like I said a couple times, I 100% agree that the light output is not even close to a 4300k HID. I Mainly choice these HIDs for the color and appearance.

I was pretty bummed when I found out that these projectors used an H3 bulb when other projectors on ebay like the Sonars used an H1 bulb.

I am going to look into buying some Morimoto Minis and do the retro fit myself. Probably look on ebay and see if anyone is selling them a little cheaper than on TheRetrofitSounce.

Besides the light output factor, I picked these projectors just because I think they look better than the sonars and the R8 style ones that are on ebay.

Of course I agree that BLS headlights are the best of the best and they look amazing. I want to go with the all blacked out option of black lenses and black shrouds because I think it looks great and stealthy. Also because I have a black hood and it matches pretty well.

Keep posting your guys feedback and pics of your cars! I would love to see some retrofit jobs you did or if you got some from BLS.

Z28RS

Chris Baker

Z28RS, any night shots? Wanted to compared the cutoff. I know the sonars you have use an H1 bulb which puts out a wider light output.

ajzcamaro

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Is there an HID kit that just plugs into the stock headlight assemblies? I don't want to convert to a projector bulb.

tnmotown

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I learned my lesson from buying cheap HID's from ebay. I went through two ballast within a month. Never again

Chris Baker

It is luck of the draw with ebay hid ballasts. I've never had a bulb burn out but I have had to replace one of the ballasts one time. It could have been because water got into it because I live in WA and it rains a lot, or just went bad on me. But other than that, I have had good luck with the ebay hid kits.

Daniel Richards

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if you follow the tips in the video I posted earlier when selecting HID ballasts you'll have better luck or just cut out the middle man and buy the Morimoto Ballasts from theRetroFitSource and start with quality.

Yes, there are many, many kits that will plug into the stock housings, but the stock housings are not meant to be used with HID bulbs and the light gets scattered and blinds oncoming traffic and is ILLEGAL everywhere, although most cops don't bother.