Sharp HID

[davidalindsey]

I bought a HID conversion kit when Sharp HID had a sale out for the eclipse, This was like one year ago.
So I finally decide to put them in my 98 gst this afternoon. Reason being I was board and my drivers side light went out.
Install was pretty easy, They have the instruction online, took like 30min to put them in.
They are very bright but not glaring, very high quality. highly recommend.
these are the 35w 6000K low beam kit.
The camera was out of focus real bad.

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[manny correa]

sick!!

 

[907gs-t]

I still need to pick up a couple sets of these for my GS-T looks good imo.

 

[cabbageman97]

some serious low beams

 

[tkhaab_94]

Woah!! Your's are soo F*cking bright!! My hid kit is soo dim. I need to get 6000k bulbs. I got 8000k right now.

 

[95gst16g]

I had some cheap ebay ones and they were the 6000k I loved them....for almost a year but one ballast burned.Needless to say I cant see for shit with my stock lights anymore so I ordered the sharp hid kit 6000K's They will be here on monday.I'm excited and they look pretty good.I just hope they will last me more then a year.

 

[davidalindsey]

Straight from there website "Free Lifetime Warranty and Free Shipping!"
"All bulbs come with a one (1) year warranty. Shipping is free within the US! If the bulbs are purchased with a kit they carry a lifetime warranty as part of the kit. "

 

[Deuce of Spades]

Anyone running the 55w kit?

 

[spartan69x]

wonder do you have to run 2 kits to get hi and lo's with sharp or would one of their dual hi/lo kits work?

 

[davidalindsey]

You have to buy the high beams kit separate if you want the high beams.
For Low beams you ge the low beam kit.

 

[Red4G63]

i have the 6000k on my car too, can see alot better at night and it doesnt fatigue you. looks nice.

 

[lukaszp]

yo those are so sick i need some hid kits the stock ones are ghetto and i cant see nothing plus my headlights are in rough shape to many stone chips and scratches

 

[ncampos92562]

wonder do you have to run 2 kits to get hi and lo's with sharp or would one of their dual hi/lo kits work?

Got to remember though, that HIDs need to warm up, so there usually not that useful in Hi's because most people need to use there highs as a quick flick. I guess if you do a lot of nighttime canyon driving it could work with few people out.

Just chiming in.

Edit: on a 2g btw. On cars with hi/lo bulbs(one housing for both, like nwer mustangs), the bulb is already warm so its already bright. But with hi/lo's, when the highs are flicked on the light is just diverted higher rather then a whole new light source turning on like on 2g's.

 

[AndrewD5418]

Doesn't the 2g keep the lows on with the highs?

 

[ramsack]

kinda looks obnoxioius for oncoming drivers as i can see there is no cutoff of the beam like real hids.

 

[sillyme]

was the hid light beam spread out? like it was all over the place instead of being focus like the stock lights? my old HID kit on my 2gb shined everywhere but where I want it. I want it in front of me and on the ground.

 

[ramsack]

there is a lot of optics technology that goes into designing HID projectors. they have a beam cutoff before the projector lens that's positioned for where the gas in the bulb glows. if you put an HID bulb in a regular 2g headlight projector it won't be the same as that cutoff is designed for exactly where a normal bulb's filament sits in the bulb itself.

 

[spdtuned]

^+1 also the stock headlight refelectors are designed to reflect a certain amount of light above the road to light up signs etc. but when you put in HIDs, which are 3x brighter it is going to put 3x more light to light up signs and blind people. If you can, pick up some OEM HID projectors. You will get a lot more light where you want it.

 

[LiquidX]

Check out The Retrofit Source (U.S.) - HID Projector Retrofit Kits, Retrofit and HID Componenents, Projectors Lens, Wiring Harnesses, Shrouds and more! for those people who want to utilize true HID projectors. For anyone planning on a kit or a retrofit, 4300 is OEM temperature and is a true white. It's also the brightest output IIRC.

The different colors you see from OEM HIDs are from the projector lens causing a prism effect, not from using a high temperature bulb.

 

[SharpHID]

Awesome photos. I appreciate you posting and sharing your experience with the forum. Can we post up your photos on the website?

 

[SharpHID]

wonder do you have to run 2 kits to get hi and lo's with sharp or would one of their dual hi/lo kits work?

This is solely dependent on the type of headlight you have. If your current headlight uses one bulb for both low and high beams then you can use a bi-xenon kit. If it doesn't then you can't unless you convert to a headlight that is designed as such. Use a hi/lo beam bulb in a single beam headlight won't work anyway as the headlight will have no idea what to do with the high beam output.

 

[SharpHID]

was the hid light beam spread out? like it was all over the place instead of being focus like the stock lights? my old HID kit on my 2gb shined everywhere but where I want it. I want it in front of me and on the ground.

Keep in mind that HIDs were never designed to be installed in a headlight designed for halogens. Although the conversion works very well per other people on the board you are installing a bulb that is a different shape, length, and much more relevantly, more intense than a halogen bulb.
Upgrading to projectors or even a higher quality reflector headlight will make a huge difference. Again keep in mind that projectors does not equal HID ready. There are reflector headlights designed and DOT approved for HIDs out there like the older Acura TLs, some Volvos, Mercedes etc. Projectors happen to create a much sharper cutoff than reflectors but have their disadvantages too.

Hope this helps people out.

 

[SharpHID]

^+1 also the stock headlight refelectors are designed to reflect a certain amount of light above the road to light up signs etc. but when you put in HIDs, which are 3x brighter it is going to put 3x more light to light up signs and blind people. If you can, pick up some OEM HID projectors. You will get a lot more light where you want it.

Perfect recommendation!

 

[nsrmotorsports]

Man those HIDs are pretty clean, just waiting to get new projector headlights. But seeing the actual results i'm definately going with those hid's

 

[DSMking90]

They are looking pretty nice, ive got me some 8k's off ebay for like 70bucks and i love them.