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Old 07-27-2011, 11:15 PM
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I'll post the how-to version when i get everything else hooked up









 
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UFO! looks sick man
 
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UFO! looks sick man
I still have 2 more beams of light to hook up!

Here's how it looked as all halogens. The HID's are now on the rocker than used to control the inner lights, the inner lights will be on the factory switch when I get pigtails in the mail.



 

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Its a hell of a difference. I love my hid's I could drive around all night with just my fogs on lol. I was thinking of doing slim hid lights behind my grille but way to expensive plus my light output is really good as is.

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I agree, the HID's are bright enough to be primaries. If these are 35 watts, i'm afraid to see the 55's.

The inners will be my primary lights. HID's only for "off the beaten path" ie, dark roads/when i'm only one on road/ect.

Or if somebody gets in my way, I can just blind the **** out of their rear view mirror with 6 beams of light.
 
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What did they run you? Ive been looking to get some nicer lights..I was happy with Pilots over stock..these would prob blow me away...ha
 
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Originally Posted by magnethead
I agree, the HID's are bright enough to be primaries. If these are 35 watts, i'm afraid to see the 55's.

The inners will be my primary lights. HID's only for "off the beaten path" ie, dark roads/when i'm only one on road/ect.

Or if somebody gets in my way, I can just blind the **** out of their rear view mirror with 6 beams of light.
I always run my fogs doesnt look as cool if I dont lol

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What did they run you? Ive been looking to get some nicer lights..I was happy with Pilots over stock..these would prob blow me away...ha
I got my 55watt hids headlights and 35 watt fogs for just over 100.00 shipped
 
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I always run my fogs doesnt look as cool if I dont lol
PA police must be nicer. If I passed a pantego cop with those on, who knows how many digits the fine would be. Arlington would probably just give me a written warning.
 
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PA police must be nicer. If I passed a pantego cop with those on, who knows how many digits the fine would be. Arlington would probably just give me a written warning.
Thats just a dumb thing to get pulled over for. The cops couple years back used to run around pulling over everyone that had front window tint. I pass cops all the time with all my hids on.
 
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Originally Posted by magnethead
I agree, the HID's are bright enough to be primaries. If these are 35 watts, i'm afraid to see the 55's.

The inners will be my primary lights. HID's only for "off the beaten path" ie, dark roads/when i'm only one on road/ect.

Or if somebody gets in my way, I can just blind the **** out of their rear view mirror with 6 beams of light.
The sad part is, with out stock headlight housings HIDs are not very efficient. A lot of the light is reflected away and you are only getting about half the potential of the HIDs. In order for HIDs to be 100% efficient you need special headlight housings similar to a projector. So just imagine how bright it would be if you had 55w HIDs that were actually being used efficiently...
 



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