What all is involved in an HID conversion and do I need a kit with relays or whatnot? I dont know much about wiring and such so I could use some help.

 

Unless you buy/have projectors, or retrofit them yourself, I wouldn't advise using HIDs. I did, and while the light output was indeed brighter, the beam pattern was spread terribly and the excess brightness is hazardess for other drivers, who could very well swerve and hit you. As for what's involved, generally an HID kit comes with everything needed to plug and play. It isn't a hard conversion. You'll also have temperature options, which you'll want to stay I believe within 4000-6000K color. Any higher or lower and the color overcomes light output and is just useless, as well as dangerous light color. Are they worth it? Yes. If you do them properly. Im still trying to save the money to do my own retrofit, but no longer run my HIDs in the stock housing.

 

What about if I just converted to the Sport headlights, are these better than the normal ones, what all is involved in that?

 

Any kind of a reflection housing is a no-no with High-Intensity Discharge lighting. Reason being, is there is no light cut-off system in stock, or aftermarket reflection housings, and with the "extra bright" light system, a cut-off is a must. Projectors utilize two important aspects to control that intense lighting, which is the light cut-off. It cuts the light out above a certain point, so the beam doesn't interfere with oncoming traffic. If you look up images of projectors, you'll see how the light cut-offs affect the light. It actually looks pretty cool when facing a wall or something. The other aspect that is utilized is the projection lens. It focuses that intense light into a perfect beam that is more controlled. The result is a crisp, exact lighting pattern. Worth the money, if you decide to do the swap. Look up the thread "lighting, HIDs, projectors, oh my!" Something like that. It has a ton of useful information as well as some good pictures of a retrofitted system. When I get some time i'll post a picture of the light output from the same guy.

 

Ditto

 

not really... just a different bulb but same wattage and brightness I believe..

 

I too had hid kit installed in OEM sport reflector housing. I tried everything to try to reduce the light scatter, even painted the tips of the bulbs black, but still didn't help much. Here in WA we have a lot of fog and road spray and all I could see was a wall of white shooting up from the nose of my truck distracting the hell out of me when I should be looking much further down the road. I ended up removing the kit. I'm planning on getting some FX-R projectors from theretrofitsource.com. they're about $200, then the ballast and bulbs are another $200, ofcourse you can get the cheaper kits for 50 to 80 bucks, they work okay. the only thing is you have to bake your headlights in the oven to take them apart, then leveling them is a little tricky too. There's some how to vids at the website I mentioned. They also offer a retrofit service but it's expensive, like $1200. Good luck with what you decide.

 

Will the FX-Rs fit in our housings? I thought the only one that fits well was the Morimoto Minis? Just curious.

 

Here is a picture of my HIDS. They are 8000k inside of the stock sport housings. They are very bright and do blind the hell out of everyone around me at night. It can be dangerous for other drivers, but I have not had any trouble yet. Installation is pretty easy, well worth the cost.

 

I was told by TRS that they would fit and should use a large shroud to cover the projector unit. Guess I'll know for sure after I start the retrofit. They don't look too big, the TL's, those are huge and awkward. If it's too close to the lens I can always cut a bigger hole and back it out a little more. There's lots of room behind the headlight.