GooeyGus
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- Sep 23, 2009
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Marysville,
Washington
Just wanted to post up my new lighting setup. It took a while to get just how I wanted it, but it works great now.
I am running four 35W HID bulbs. One in each headlight (which are 5000k, pure white) and one in each foglight (which are 3000k, yellow)
All ballasts are drawing power directly from the battery via relay harnesses that I built. The relays are triggered by the factory lighting sockets, so all the lights work like they normally would.
The headlight housings I used have a decent cutoff despite being designed for halogen. I have them pointed down, which isn't ideal, but I'm not trying to blind anyone, and I can still see great.
The foglights are factory foglights. They actually have a REALLY good beam pattern to them. I was very suprised.
I feel like it is also worth mentioning that I haven't been flashed a single time. Not once!!! Projector headlights are the way to go, but if you just cant do that, properly aiming your headlights really helps to not be too bright for other drivers.
I know there is already a "how to" to convert a 1ga to HID's, but if anyone wants to know how I did my fog lights, I can put up a tutorial.
Here are some crappy iPhone pictures. The camera makes the lights look blue... in person they are NOT blue at all. Just a nice pure white. Combined with the yellow fogs, it looks AWESOME. Not to mention the yellow cuts through rain like it's not even there. The picture also makes the fogs look a little less yellow than they actually are.
This is with just the fogs:
Here is with fogs and headlights. Notice how there is not a ton of glare above the 'sight line' of the headlights. It's not a nice pretty cutoff line like projectors will give, but at least it isn't blinding people.
And here is it from the front. Again, I'm not sure why they look so blue in the pictures. They aren't in person.
That's it! Let me know what you think
I am running four 35W HID bulbs. One in each headlight (which are 5000k, pure white) and one in each foglight (which are 3000k, yellow)
All ballasts are drawing power directly from the battery via relay harnesses that I built. The relays are triggered by the factory lighting sockets, so all the lights work like they normally would.
The headlight housings I used have a decent cutoff despite being designed for halogen. I have them pointed down, which isn't ideal, but I'm not trying to blind anyone, and I can still see great.
The foglights are factory foglights. They actually have a REALLY good beam pattern to them. I was very suprised.
I feel like it is also worth mentioning that I haven't been flashed a single time. Not once!!! Projector headlights are the way to go, but if you just cant do that, properly aiming your headlights really helps to not be too bright for other drivers.
I know there is already a "how to" to convert a 1ga to HID's, but if anyone wants to know how I did my fog lights, I can put up a tutorial.
Here are some crappy iPhone pictures. The camera makes the lights look blue... in person they are NOT blue at all. Just a nice pure white. Combined with the yellow fogs, it looks AWESOME. Not to mention the yellow cuts through rain like it's not even there. The picture also makes the fogs look a little less yellow than they actually are.
This is with just the fogs:
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Here is with fogs and headlights. Notice how there is not a ton of glare above the 'sight line' of the headlights. It's not a nice pretty cutoff line like projectors will give, but at least it isn't blinding people.
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And here is it from the front. Again, I'm not sure why they look so blue in the pictures. They aren't in person.
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That's it! Let me know what you think
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