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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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I bought the HID 8000k lights for both my headlights and foglights from Hidextra.com. Screaming deal too, there holiday special was 2 kits for 70$ free shipping

Pics aren't the best I couldnt get the camera to not blur with the lights but they arent bad.

Here are my ballast mounting
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 12:53 AM
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Nice man, its not too blue? I'm going 8k regular and 6k fog i think
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 01:07 AM
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HID's in stock reflector housings?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:09 AM
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Thanks. The 8000k are perfect for me. They don't seem too blue at all. And yes I put them in the stock housings.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:41 AM
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How do you like them? Any issues?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by huseman808
Thanks. The 8000k are perfect for me. They don't seem too blue at all. And yes I put them in the stock housings.
Have fun blinding passing motorists and enjoying scattered lighting at night and poor lighting in rain/fog.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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^^^^ Just aim them down a little and you will be fine and still have plenty of light.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 06:12 PM
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^^^^ Just aim them down a little and you will be fine and still have plenty of light.
how do u aim it down? Is it that one screw at the very bottom of the headlight. Im still stuck trying to get the driver side headlight to come off so i can get to the bulbs and wires. I have been driving without any screws holding it in place for so long its not even funny. maybe I should get the dealer to pop them off.

But I see you have hidextra. If i recall from the past, people experienced problems when buying a hid kit. Did you need any extra parts to get them functioning properly?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezir
Have fun blinding passing motorists and enjoying scattered lighting at night and poor lighting in rain/fog.
Less attitude could do you wonders. I made sure that i was not blinding anyone by turning them down slightly as Weed said. then had my wife drive one way down the highway and me down the other way until i was satisfied that they weren't glaring.

As for the rain and fog you are crazy because it was snowing.fog on my way to work this morning and i could see better than i could ever have with the halogens. maybe eventually ill get projectors but for now they will do.

olyelr - No issues what so ever

VP - I got everything right on the first try, with great customer service over the phone, capacitors were included. All I did was install them and they worked. No problems, no extras.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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Looks great! Ive used Hidextra for many years now and a couple hours ago I just installed the new set of bulbs they sent me for free since one of the bulbs was slightly a different temp/color.

Bet you had fun putting in the driver side bulb...that one is a b****!
 
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