93-97 Headlight H.i.d. Conversion
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93-97 Headlight H.i.d. Conversion Ok, so i've seen the homemade h.i.d. headlight conversions some of the guys are doing on their 93-97 camaros and birds, but not all of them are reliable. It took me a while, but i found the real deal for a rediculously low price. After doing a google search for about 2 hrs, i ran across www.eurolamps.com. You may not find it just by scanning through their website (that's why i did the google search). But, they have the lowbeam kit (left and right housing plus the bulbs) starting at $78. Highbeam kit same price. Upgrading the bulbs will run you another $10. Free shipping too, or so they did for me. The new kit makes one hell of a difference! Look into it. Enjoy!
Well I do not want to burst your bubble but those are not true HID's. Those lamps simply have xenon gas in the halogen housing but are not HID's. A much better solution than those are a set of hella free-form 165mm housings like I have. It converted my sealed beams to H4 lamps. The housings have a clear glass lense and use the reflector to properly distribute the light. After I did the swap with higher wattage halogens, I then decided on a HID hi/low beam 6500k kit by Kaixen and dropped that in with really good results. Nothing wrong with going with those housings but there are better options.
Here is the housing I have with hi/low beam H4 HID kit
Here is a comparison of the old silverstar housings vs the new free-form (Before I did the HID conversion)
-brian
Here is the housing I have with hi/low beam H4 HID kit
Here is a comparison of the old silverstar housings vs the new free-form (Before I did the HID conversion)
-brian
Last edited by Blackbirdws6; Jun 29, 2007 at 09:27 AM.
Originally Posted by SlowGreenTA
I used the 8000K kit from ledgauges.com who also happen to be a site sponsor. 
Ballasts, Bulbs, and new Hella clear housings and about a 1 hour install.
-Josh
Ballasts, Bulbs, and new Hella clear housings and about a 1 hour install. -Josh
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yea, no luck here with ledguage.com. there is a difference blackbird between yours and mine though. my lens is a 2.2" x 5.3" (55mm x 135mm), the narrow one. so finding an all clear housing was next to impossible. i looked at hella, and piaa, and others but nobody had my size.
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
Any pics with a beam pattern?
-brian
-brian
Ill see if I can get some. They use exactly the same housings as yours, and Coway HID's. Should look similar to what you have.
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Do you remember what kit you ordered? like the number? or at least what came in it because i am very interested in ordering this kit, but there is one w/adapters and one w/o. did you need adapters for anything?
Originally Posted by SlowGreenTA
Ill see if I can get some. They use exactly the same housings as yours, and Coway HID's. Should look similar to what you have.
Red96TA - I have 165mm Hella Free-Form housings from a non-sponsor and it has a PnP Kaixen 6500k H4 hi/low beam (movable shield). The HID kit was sourced from ebay and I remember the guys username. An adapter to convert my standard headlight socket to H4 style was used. I had to lengthen the H4 adapter wiring (only 3 wires) because the connector would get in between the headlight housing when closing. Was very simple to do. Beam pattern is very good considering these are halogen housings, but not up to par with projectors.
-brian
I would be interested in seeing the beam pattern on the LEDGauges kit. I'm looking for something that is a true HID kit that has the correct parts in it. Not just a plug and play setup that mounts in stock designed housings without the projectors.
Originally Posted by 1bdbrd
I would be interested in seeing the beam pattern on the LEDGauges kit. I'm looking for something that is a true HID kit that has the correct parts in it. Not just a plug and play setup that mounts in stock designed housings without the projectors.
-Brian
It's definitely tricky to get HID's in a OEM style packaging with good fit/finish on 93-97 bird. A few of us have managed to get it pretty close 
My setup: H4 (6000k) projector 4x6 housings (Main), H3 (6000k) fog light replacements with angel eyes.
Here the conversion plug for the H4: (plug & play)
My setup: H4 (6000k) projector 4x6 housings (Main), H3 (6000k) fog light replacements with angel eyes.Here the conversion plug for the H4: (plug & play)
show off! Looks good as usual. Btw, got a little something together for the license plate light. Pics coming soon! It's not your idea (I will keep secret) and I did buy it so no real ingenuity on my part.
-Brian
-Brian
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I don't know if I like the "Here's your bulb" style enclosures, where the bulb is right at you. Just doesn't look right IMO heh Silverram's don't look bad though.
