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HID's way better!

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SMOKEDYA

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Got my HID's in today they are 55watt.WAY better then stock headlights!
Stock on HIGH beams:


And my 55W HID's on LOW beams:


They draw less power when warming up and when all the way warmed up then the stock HIGH beams!I would of got down lower but they are to bright to look at dead on and also would distort out the pic!peace



















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Make sure they are aimed at the road....nothing worse than driving towards some dude with HID's pointed in your face. Lookin good tho
 

SMOKEDYA

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TokyoJoe said:
Make sure they are aimed at the road....nothing worse than driving towards some dude with HID's pointed in your face. Lookin good tho
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never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! peace




john
 

Cobra912

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wow that is a huge difference. easy to install?
 

ID89GT

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There are lots of plug and play kits. Just make sure you don't get a cheapo kit. I have them in my Explorer, night and day difference when driving
 

Adams91LX

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hid retro-fit the right way.

 

GroverDill

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You're going to blind people.
 

281pony

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RedFoxGT said:
So you're saying he should do it the wrong way and blind oncoming drivers?
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:nutkick:
The Retrofit Source online: headlight upgrades for all applications
 

RacEoHolic330

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RedFoxGT said:
So you're saying he should do it the wrong way and blind oncoming drivers?
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I think he meant that he should have done it the right way with a retrofit and gave the thumbs down to the kit he bought.
 

Mustang5L5

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Damn, that's a lot of glare.
 

SMOKEDYA

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Cobra912 said:
wow that is a huge difference. easy to install?
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piece of cake

Adams91LX said:
hid retro-fit the right way.

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yeah like i will install some gay ass euro ricer crap on my stang,and have it look like this
 

90lxcoupe

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SMOKEDYA said:
piece of cake



yeah like i will install some gay ass euro ricer crap on my stang,and have it look like this
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Its more rice to do it the wrong way and blind every person that drives by you
 

Adams91LX

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SMOKEDYA said:
piece of cake



yeah like i will install some gay ass euro ricer crap on my stang,and have it look like this
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doesn't look ricer to me...
 

SMOKEDYA

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Adams91LX said:





doesn't look ricer to me...
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So thats your car on their website?With the smoked lens's you cant really see the projector like it looks like the ones on the site.If thats your car with the smoked lens how diffacult is it?We might need to talk peace







john
 

SMOKEDYA

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90lxcoupe said:
Its more rice to do it the wrong way and blind every person that drives by you
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if you think.....sure whatever peace










john
 

Adams91LX

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SMOKEDYA said:
So thats your car on their website?With the smoked lens's you cant really see the projector like it looks like the ones on the site.If thats your car with the smoked lens how diffacult is it?We might need to talk peace

john
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If you have the bulbs/ballasts... All you need is the projectors and either a shroud or make your own shrouds to seal the beam in... i made my own, wrapped the projectors in aluminum foil, then wrapped in fiberglass, bondo'ed smooth and painted them black to blend in.

Then it's a matter of cutting the rear of the headlight housing to fit and align the projector. Attaching the projector to the housing and that's really about it.

I figure for less than 200 you could finish up the HID retrofit... between 100-150 for the projectors and around 35 for the shrouds... then the cost of fiberglass and spray paint and bondo... it's not too bad.

The projector would have a better cut-off line if the headlights were not fluted. but it gets the job done.










 

Mustang5L5

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Thats like project #154 on my list.


Got the projectors, hids and test lights....just need to do it.
 

SMOKEDYA

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So you custom fitted your's to your headlights?Do you have a pic of the back of them of the finished product? looks good and i will do that soon.I talked to them today and they recommended the projector i should use.So i could buy that from them and then mold it into my housing,then use the stock adjustments too level them? peace



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go four eyed and don't look back
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
Thats like project #154 on my list.


Got the projectors, hids and test lights....just need to do it.
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You should have bought my retrofitted headlights. I sold them to a member on the corral

Btw smokedya, if you do a search you will find my thread detailing the entire retrofit that I did.
 
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