Let's talk HID's..

[eclipsemf]

I'm looking to get in to some hid's as well. I'm thinking about getting some 3300k(yellow) and some 6000k(white). Would you guys suggest getting the yellow for the high beam or the low beam? thanks for the help!

 

[okcpopeman]

They yellow is better in Fogs or high beams.

 

[Dylan0123]

Ive got ebay halo projector headlights $125 with the sharphid.com kit 6000k 55w low beam almost 1 year old $55 it looks great ive drove past cops no prob try it ! Make shure you adjust your headlights so they dont aim too high

Could you post up some pics of your headlights and maybe a pic of the line they cast on a wall?

My 16 year old headlight housings are scratch, fogged, and yellowed so bad it's kind of a safety issue right now, . I tried wet-sanding and buffing them but the clearcoat faded again and it still looks terrible.

I was thinking of getting a pair of the projector housings from ebay (like these) and putting hid's in them but I've heard the projectors have terrible cutoff so I'm not sure that's a good option.

 

[LandoAWD]

So now we're advertising AND buying/selling in the thread? C'mon, I have better things to do than pick up after y'all.

Keep it in PMs.

 

[Dylan0123]

So now we're advertising AND buying/selling in the thread? C'mon, I have better things to do than pick up after y'all.

Keep it in PMs.

I don't think anyone is buying or selling in here, spyder420 was just telling people how much he paid for his stuff to give others an idea of what to expect when buying HID setups.

 

[LxiMax]

Do we have any members here that offer the retrofit as a service?

 

[kronus]

Could you post up some pics of your headlights and maybe a pic of the line they cast on a wall?

My 16 year old headlight housings are scratch, fogged, and yellowed so bad it's kind of a safety issue right now, . I tried wet-sanding and buffing them but the clearcoat faded again and it still looks terrible.

I was thinking of getting a pair of the projector housings from ebay (like these) and putting hid's in them but I've heard the projectors melt from the heat. I just want 4300k or 5000k's so maybe with less temp they're not as prone to melting?

Why waste money on ugly headlights. Just do the retrofit here and save on headlights AND projectors!

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-exterior-interior/412804-how-hid-retrofit-97-99-oem-headlights.html#post152709121

 

[Dylan0123]

Why waste money on ugly headlights. Just do the retrofit here and save on headlights AND projectors!

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-exterior-interior/412804-how-hid-retrofit-97-99-oem-headlights.html#post152709121

Yeah I did some research and realized that's the best way to go. IGuess I'll get the Morimoto Mini D2S kit and put them in some oem 97-99 GSX housings. Should be 1000x better than what I have going on right now, .

 

[dsmspick]

Sharphid.com Best ever. Have three of there kits on 3 different vehicle with no issues and lifetime warranty.

 

[Morales92]

hidmasters.com have the best price and you get lifetime warranty

 

[knewblewkorvett]

I just read in Autoweek that BMW is working on using lasers as headlights.


Headlamp technology is rapidly advancing, and as LED lights become commonplace, many wonder what's next.
BMW suggests lasers, which could offer new safety and function.
Compared with today's LED headlamps, BMW's laser-cut lights have intensity a thousand times greater than that of LEDs while consuming about half the energy.
Though the intensity is much brighter, the light poses no risk to humans, animals or wildlife when used in car lighting, BMW says.
The light will not be emitted directly but go through a conversion to make it benign. The resulting light would appear bright and white in color.

I don't see how they could be 1000 times brighter than LEDs without blinding people though I also wonder if a car equiped with laser headlights would set off my radar detectors

 

[Rich_Howell]

OK...I see a good bit of misinformation in here and I need to up my post count.

First off: 3000K HIDs are NOT the brightest. 6300K is the brightest/closest to natural sunlight. Go higher OR lower than that and you are losing output. The yellow 3000K are used as fog lights for less glare. I'll not go into too much detail on how stupid/ugly they are...especially in all those cool mad-tyte JDM-mobiles you see lurking the streets.

I went with 8000K on my low beams and they don't look "retardedly blue"...there's hardly any blueness to them at all, so no one should worry about cops harassing them for having "blue" lights or "impersonating an officer". Silly. Yes, they have marginally less output than 6300K...as in you won't see a difference with the naked eye; only a metering device will detect the difference.

HIDs also burn cooler than halogens, so all of this worry about melting housings is stupid. If you run 55w ballasts off of wiring that was meant to support 35w halogens...yes, it's possible to melt the OEM wiring. Don't be dumb about it. In this situation, it would be wise to power your ballasts directly off of the battery using a relay and the stock harness to trigger them.

If you have voltage fluctuations due to a large stereo system, running the ballasts directly off of the battery w/ a relay will do nothing for you...you need more capacitance added to your car audio system to smooth the voltage fluctuations. And if you feel the need to chime in with "it's been proven that car audio capacitors are worthless", just save your breath (or the skin on your fingertips, rather), because they are most certainly NOT worthless and you have ZERO clue as to what you're talking about.

EBay projector headlights for halogens work just fine with HID retrofit bulbs...and have the same cutoff pattern for halogens as they do for HIDs. Anyone saying that isn't the case is operating from a standpoint of hearsay. Most of the guys saying that they don't even come close to the output of a "real retrofitted HID projector" are simply elitists that believe that spending more money HAS to = better performance.

Anyone who installs a retrofitted bulb into an OEM reflective headlight assembly meant for halogens is a complete asshat that should be shot for blinding other people on the road. If you take a pic of your headlights (during the day, no less) and all you see is a blinding cloud of light instead of the car: I'm talking to you. Re-aiming can help to an extent, but it is still the ghey-est way to use HIDs. I can tell who is using a proper projector vs. a reflective housing from a mile away. This means a cop can as well...and if they can't YET, it's only a matter of time before they catch on.

Hope this helps...and I'm all for a healthy discussion on the subject if anyone has anything else they'd like to add (and help contribute to my post count sluttery).

--Rich

 

[GSX_TC1]

hidmasters.com have the best price and you get lifetime warranty

Been there, I just don't like how they don't sell anything higher than 6k because it's "illegal".

 

[Rich_Howell]

Yeah, but we live in California, so that shouldn't be a very unique experience! I honestly see no need for a vendor to nanny his customers. 8000K isn't so blue that it's illegal either.

 

[P M]

OK...I see a good bit of misinformation in here and I need to up my post count.

First off: 3000K HIDs are NOT the brightest. 6300K is the brightest/closest to natural sunlight. Go higher OR lower than that and you are losing output. The yellow 3000K are used as fog lights for less glare. I'll not go into too much detail on how stupid/ugly they are...especially in all those cool mad-tyte JDM-mobiles you see lurking the streets.

I went with 8000K on my low beams and they don't look "retardedly blue"...there's hardly any blueness to them at all, so no one should worry about cops harassing them for having "blue" lights or "impersonating an officer". Silly. Yes, they have marginally less output than 6300K...as in you won't see a difference with the naked eye; only a metering device will detect the difference.

Hmmmm, I think that 3000K and 4300K offer the most lumen output, once you drift past 5000K light output suffers (and even more in bad weather).

source:
What is Kelvin Temperature and what does each
HIDRetrofits | A High Performance HID Projector Retrofit Headlights Resource

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Here are some shots of my retro-fit that i'm trying to complete right now.

I've never really posted on any dsm forum, but saw this and thought i'd share what I have so far completed:

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here's a basic mock-up of the retrofit; i used ebay euro clear 4x6's and hacked them up to accommodate the fx-r projectors i bought from theretrofitsource. i had to do a lot of hacking on the car itself as these are for a 1ga and the projector i bought extended an additional 3" past the stock 4x6 sealed beams.

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sample output of just ONE hid low-beam (still trying to figure out how to hook up the hi-beam solenoids; tonight i literally melted 1/8 of the wiring from the hid harness )

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example of cut-off cleanliness on my beat-up daily driver (the toaster); notice the blue cut-off (love it!)

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a view from driver's side opposing traffic (above cut-off)

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a view from in the blue cut-off

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a view from below cut-off (in the actual white light); these are 4300K

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mocking-up with halos + HID's in low exposure

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just the angel eyes mocked up

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was driving around like this figuring out how to fine-tune the aiming... for me it was pretty difficult due to the projectors i chose; they stick out quite a bit so i couldn't use the stock adjustment screws; i had to 'rig' something from home depot. it's still not perfect either; it's actually quite hacked haha, but i'm happy with the results.

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still working on the correct leveling for them

my tcase went out on me 2 weeks ago so i can't drive the car; been working on this retrofit on and off for about 1.5 months; the hardest part was guessing and testing fitment and now aiming these properly. it's tough because without the stock adjustment screws and that one tension spring, i am forced to resort to 'other means' *cough cough zip ties cough cough.*

anyway, i'm trying to figure out wiring the hi-beam solenoids at the moment. if you have any q's feel free to PM me, i'll try to respond haha.

 

[nolen117]

Im fairly certain they all fit, I have 6k's that I just plugged in.