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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:08 AM
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I am staying in lewisville tonight going back through dallas tomorrow and have realized in this traffic these headlights are horrible. what are some reccomendation for a place to find the best headlight i can find for my ta
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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Locally, I have no idea. If you are wanting HIDs, go with ddmtuning.com
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:31 AM
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u want replacements? or u want to upgrade?
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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dont matter to me just wanna be able to see lol
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:39 AM
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i know one light is not aimed correctly just got the car btw but the good shining lights looks dim as can be whenever cars drive up beside me. their light beam just eats up my beams even when they are behind me. are most tas this bad or mine jus sucky
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Getting hid's would take a while if your going to oder from DDM and i would recommend the open housing kit. also would take time to ship.
depends on how fast u want your quick fix.
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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need a quickie asap lol money is saving for headers and such so hids will have to wait a bit, jus need to see decent for now i guess
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 01:04 AM
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Not much u can do but use the stock ones
cant improve them unless u go hid.
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Originally Posted by wickys98ta
need a quickie asap lol money is saving for headers and such so hids will have to wait a bit, jus need to see decent for now i guess
silverstar ultras you might be able to find them at walmart.
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Originally Posted by Ws6kid.
Getting hid's would take a while if your going to oder from DDM and i would recommend the open housing kit. also would take time to ship.
depends on how fast u want your quick fix.
I have placed a couple orders with them, always prompt shipping. I placed an order in the middle of last week, received it tuesday afternoon. I have never heard of the open housing kit, what is it?
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Originally Posted by 69gto96z
I have placed a couple orders with them, always prompt shipping. I placed an order in the middle of last week, received it tuesday afternoon. I have never heard of the open housing kit, what is it?
theres a company out there (not naming due to sponsor rules?) that sell's our head light housings that are open in the back (not sealed beams) and it lets you put in a standard H7 bulb in there hid. proper way to install hid's on our cars.
i believe there is a Projector kit for lt1's on the same website
just google. "trans am hid conversion" should be the first hit.
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 08:12 AM
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local guy in dfw sells the entire hid kit for $100 and keeps them in stock.
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thanks for all the info guys ive been all over except walmart tryin to find the silver stars but no luck. do u have any info on the guy with the HID kits in stock. I would love to get ahold of him before i leave town
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Originally Posted by jgarza54
silverstar ultras you might be able to find them at walmart.
the stock lights certainly do suck... i got silverstar's for my 3rd gen and its like a night and day difference (pun fully intended).

however, i do not believe they even make silverstars for the 4th gen TA.
your only upgrade path is the sylvania 'xtra vision' series, which is a little better than stock.

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