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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 01:45 AM
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Default Who's got HID's??? I GOT HID's!!!! LOL

Thanks to Jon (skytower31) I've got some baaaaaaad HID's
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:49 AM
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looks cool!
the right one looks blue'er then the left one, but im sure its the Camera playing tricks.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 08:08 AM
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I think he left one of the older lights in to compare.

The blue looks so much cleaner.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe DIESO
I think he left one of the older lights in to compare.

The blue looks so much cleaner.
exactly
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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I already have a conversion kit installed (autoptiks) what bulbs did you go with? H4,H7?
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Doesn't look like true HID to me. Seems like it has even more glare than the stockers. Maybe it's just the camera.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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What kit did you use and what was the part number?
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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.Ohater
I already have a conversion kit installed (autoptiks) what bulbs did you go with? H4,H7?

This is a true HID kit! I used Hella projectors that throw the correct beam pattern for HID's and a phillips ballast and bulb kit from HIDtech.com cost me altogether $450 plus some screws and fab stuff, and 15 manhours... I'll take more pics tonight and shoot a vid, the camera doesn't do it justice! It's sooo cool....
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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.Ohater
I already have a conversion kit installed (autoptiks) what bulbs did you go with? H4,H7?
DS2's, actual bulbs from an Audi make, the autoptiks is great if you just wanna stick a xenon filled halogen bulb in there but if you do a HID setup with them the projectors scatter light and throw it everywhere, it's not a crisp tight beam pattern like the Hella Projectors that are made for HID's I guess if you don't care about anyone else on the road, go ahead and blind em! lol....
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Originally Posted by AltrdPrcptn
What kit did you use and what was the part number?
http://firehawk.jonbroomfield.com/hidinfo/
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check it....

https://webspace.utexas.edu/wl333/MVI_0415.AVI
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Awesome, they look well worth it.
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Originally Posted by CamaroB4C
Awesome, they look well worth it.
yeh it was a fun project, now I gotta decide if I should do the round Highs.... I'd keep em halogen, but I hear it's a B to get it fabbed up since the actual housing is closer to the bumper cover and may not allow the rotating assembly to close!
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