6000K Gtech HID kit

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Hi All,

I've been looking around for a good HID to install, I settled for the Gtech Kit which is Japenese/Korean product for sure, based on cost at $234 shipped it has to be. I currently run 5400K Sylvania Xenarc HID fogs, so I made sure to match the Kelvin colour so my fogs and heads look the same. Currently it looks goofy to have bright white fogs and pale yellow heads. I really agonized over the decision to run a ballast/bulb/relay setup vs a custom projection lens/bulb/ballast install, but given in North Carolina HID's of any kind can be a problem during inspection. So I opted for the conversion, that way I could more easily convert back to stock headlights for annual inspection. I could have gotten a BMW E-46 bi-xenon setup($400 very good price) but...the custom install would wreck my stock reflector and make it impossible to go back stock without a new stock bulb/recflector assembly.

So now....my question can you guys post your night pics of your HID conversions so I can see how bad the glare might be. I'm hoping for enough adjustment in the factory housing to get most of the beam down some so its not too bad for oncoming traffic.

Heres the kit I chose, relay for power, ballasts, and 6000K bulbs

Heres a pic of stock headlights and 5400K my HID fogs.

Post your night pic please thanks

 

[WillDuhhBeast]

I have this exact same kit.


I like it alot, although I don't have any night pictures.


It's not one of the bigger named deals going.. but I am satisfied with it, especially for the price. Install was a breeze as well.

 

[san~man]

I've read that external ballast kits are bad. Don't know for sure though.

 

[DropTopPony]

Where did you get the Foglight kit? I want one and cant find one...thanks.

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

San,
I think you are referring to a seperate kits that have a separate "igniters", the igniters are like little capicators, that help the punch the HID bulb(capsule) with a 25000 volt charge after you flip the lights on, after that the ballast will maintain a costant high voltage around(1500volts) to the bulb to maintain the light, thats why true HIDs, have a warm up period before the light settles down to proper brightness. 99.5% of all true HID setups will have a seperate ballast/inginter Actually most of the OEM Japanese cars like Maximas have the ballast/inginter together, lots of the Hella Kits for the Bimmers still have a seperate inginter/ballast. The seperate ingintors are gradually going away as the electronics improve...sorry to be long winded just wanted to give you the whole story.

gray are the ballast, little black boxs ingintors, red thing where bulbs plug in.

Droptop heres the URL..good place, they are located here in Charlotte I went to their place to pick mine up.

http://www.xenon-hid.com/Xenon-HID-fog-Lights.htm

Heres a daylight pic tool and installtion pic

from the front

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[Mossberg]

Did those fogs require any mods to fit due to the rectangular shape?

 

[san~man]

San,
I think you are referring to a seperate kits that have a separate "igniters", the igniters are like little capicators, that help the punch the HID bulb(capsule) with a 25000 volt charge after you flip the lights on, after that the ballast will maintain a costant high voltage around(1500volts) to the bulb to maintain the light, thats why true HIDs, have a warm up period before the light settles down to proper brightness. 99.5% of all true HID setups will have a seperate ballast/inginter Actually most of the OEM Japanese cars like Maximas have the ballast/inginter together, lots of the Hella Kits for the Bimmers still have a seperate inginter/ballast. The seperate ingintors are gradually going away as the electronics improve...sorry to be long winded just wanted to give you the whole story.

Ya, you're right. I re-read the post and the ballasts that incorporate the ignitors are more preferred.

Thanks for the correction.

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

mossberg,

Take a look at the pic I posted, you will see the recentagluar HID fog just barely fits in the stock plastic housing, I had to cut out the back of the stock housing to allow for the deeper HID fog. Install time is about 1 hour.. the fogs are hard to get at becasue they are so deep in the front facisa.

 

[mijo_latino]

Looks like your researched well into the process,
a tip is to make sure to waterproof the ballast pretty good. Even if you can mount them in a relatively dry spot, water will still reach them. Condensation is the killer. I ended up using some of that plasti-dip stuff around the seams of the ballast, great stuff. Also they came with covers.

Sorry, no pic but i have projectors so would be of no help. GL!

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Thank Mijo,

I'll find a good spot for the ballasts.

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Just a update, I got my GTech 6000K kit($234) in today and they are installed, general comments about the kit, its from a Japanese maker Gtech, the kit is as pictured above, the power/rely/harness was nicer than expected. It had a small and 25amp inline fuse and seperate power and ground wires, nicely covered and even had wire lomb covering, it had a small relay attached. Installation was a breeze. You will need basic DC electrical knowledge of your car. The instructions where hilarious the translation is so funny I may scan and postit for your enjoyment. If you have wired a stand alone set of fog lights you would have no trouble with the install. The great thing is that, you can just pull the HID bulbs back out and pop in your stockers and reattach your factory harness. It would take no more than 10min to switch back to clear inspection, The ballasts and HID harness can all stay in place if you need to run your stock bulbs. I'm waiting till evening and I'll go out and take some night pics for everyone and post them later. I give the install 3 thumbs up.

 

[WillDuhhBeast]

Agreed, I posted on here of the quality Gtech's kit was, and I was laughed at. Here's customer two for you guys

 

[20stang00]

hey, i got the same kit, purchased from matt at stang mods. Ive had the kit now for 7 months with no problem. installation was a breeze. Maybe i can buy a new set of bulbs 8000k..FTW...haha...ill try get some pictures up too

 

[Stang|ess]

can the stock wiring harness handle the extra wattage? and how is the glare factor?

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Stangless, actually the wattage is lower than the stock bulbs draw. the HIDs operarate at 35watts vs stock halogens at 55w or more. The HID problem is that at first turn on they need high voltage draw to charge the ballasts(think kinda like flourest lights), low wattage but, lots of volts at start up something like 2000volts, so they draw power directly from the battery, but after start up the stock harness would work(if you could get around the start up thing) so to fix that, the HIDs pull power from the battery and avoid the whole problem. After startup they are nearly 30% more efficent than our stockers and produce between 2-3 time the light.

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Heres some night pics, sorry for quality but I was in a tshirt and it was freezing outside. My fogs are 5400K Sylvania Xenarc HIDs, the headlights are the GTech 6000K HIDs. Once they are warmed they look identical, whats funny is the 5400K Sylvania's actually are ever so slightly purplish...very slight and the headlights are ever so sligthly blueish. This not what would be expected based soley on the Kelvin rating(you would think opposite based on Kelvin temp), but since the Xenarc fogs actually have the correct HID lens, they appear purpleish...just like the BMW and Audi's do because of the projector lens they both have even though they are only 5000K in those cars.

I think 6000K is best...any higher would be too purple, but ever one has different taste.

 

[Silvr04GT]

I like!

 

[DropTopPony]

Heres some night pics, sorry for quality but I was in a tshirt and it was freezing outside. My fogs are 5400K Sylvania Xenarc HIDs, the headlights are the GTech 6000K HIDs. Once they are warmed they look identical, whats funny is the 5400K Sylvania's actually are ever so slightly purplish...very slight and the headlights are ever so sligthly blueish. This not what would be expected based soley on the Kelvin rating(you would think opposite based on Kelvin temp), but since the Xenarc fogs actually have the correct HID lens, they appear purpleish...just like the BMW and Audi's do because of the projector lens they both have even though they are only 5000K in those cars.

I think 6000K is best...any higher would be too purple, but ever one has different taste.

Do you have yours wired for seperate foglight operation? I'd like to see the fogs only light output. Also in the pice above are your foglight housings plastic? Mine are steel.

 

[4.6_02_Black_GT]

Droptop,

Yes my fogs are indepentdently wired, they turn via a wireless remote, like our key bobs. The housing are metal, aluminiun I think. The fogs along are as good our stock lights. I'll take some pics tomorrow with just the fogs.

 

[oxidize]

Those headlights look great. What outfit did you buy them from? I've been looking around on the net but can't find the company? Think I'll have to pick a pair up!