ok Im gonna go ahead and post this, considering the fact that its a small group buy and its from Ron, I dont think admins should have a problem with it. consider me scolded if they do

give a shout if you are interested in joining up for 6000k HID kits made by Hanabi- read this thread- http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...threadid=43121

also give a target date when you will be ready to purchase
( I know I need a week or two at least, Im poor right now)

this seems like a good price to me, if anyone can beat it let us know

 

You know what dude...I change my mind. My friend is getting me a deal for phillips 7000k. If you guys are interested I'll see if his friend has anymore on stock.

 

Price Price Price.......whats the damm PRICE !!!!

 

yeah, lets hear it!

 

Alrite I just talked to my friend earlier. That guy is selling it for 550. I'm picking up mines tonight.

 

550......but is this kit phillips ballast / bulbs and does that include free shipping if we want them ?

 

OK..i just bought them....turns out the ballasts is HELLA and the bulb is the same make as phillips. Imma install them on friday and take some pics.

 

well regardless of which kit we go with, lets get a tally going of heads that are at least interested- I got five, which is enough for at least the 500 dollar hanabi kit from Ron, which James (962.5TL) said is worth it, and Dope.

esCarbonie
NsXPilot
shaolin1
jazo
unx979

speak up fellow first genners!!!

 

well, im "interested" but im trying to save money on more cool stuff (well, to me they're cool ) such as those new wheels mike showed us...for the 4 luggers out there, the new coilovers he got from japan, and the lip that he's working on, PLUS he's got more goodies coming but he's not telling us!! so yeah......im still waiting for his surprise(s) so i guess you can count me out on this one... sorry fellas! but hid's are on my list of "wants"

 

if i was gonna spend that much id just get the phillips hid kit for that price.............http://secure2.mavweb.net/advancemotoring/hidmake.asp

 

I just installed my HID's last night. Damn....its so much brighter then the PIAA bulbs. It was biatch finding room for the ballasts but i managed to find room for it. For those who are still thinking about buying bulbs instead of real HID's, you guys should just save up. If you buy like PIAA's they'll die on you withing a year. If you pay like 75 for each set, it'll just add up on you. Might as well just save up for HIDs.

 

i found that the easiest place to mount the ballasts and ignitors is to take the bumper cover off and if your looking and the side of the car look at the corner part of the headlight and below that if a big metal space, i had enough room for 2 ballasts and ignitors on each side

 

http://www.hidxenonlights.com/page/page/63441.htm ......
check it out...Hella...6000k...$400 and FREE SHIPPING in the usa !!!

 

who the hell makes their bulbs? seems a little shady to me. mickey mouse operation

 

hella is a good company and all but 400 shipped that seems a little wierd to me

 

hey im only the messenger .....so dont shoot me !

 

fact: philiphs doesnt make a 7000k bulb.....

 

Naw....it turned out to be HELLA.

 

its one thing to get a good name ballast like Hella, but there was NO mention of who made the bulb... that could be clutch

 

Mr. Mike

Thanks for your questions.

We can quote you as follow:
For 6 kits is $385.00 each
For 12 kits is $370.00 each

Thanks
Customer service

this was from:
http://www.hidxenonlights.com/page/page/63441.htm

 

ask him what kind of bulbs they are

if their decent

i buy a set

 

thanks...

 

Yo fellas Im damn near ready to buy mine, everyone else who's interested should speak up now... HOP on Board!!

 

380-375?? free shipping?! hmmmmmmmmmm!! sounds good to me! ill think about it but let me just remind yall that mike's not replying to his phone calls so.....most likely he's in japan right now!! getting new sh*T for us!! so im just so confused! this is a good opportunity for cheap hid's though!! decisions!

 

nah nah nah... Im talking about the 500 dollar Hanabi kit from Streetefectz.... I dont really trust that 380 kit

 

Escarbonie... if you hav any doubts in your mind dont get them, you know ive had the hanabi's on my car for a good 7 almost 8 months and the only problem i had was i blew a bulb ( it wasmy fault ... i guess you could say i jsut had to mess around with stuff that wasnt broken) other than that they are perfect and i have never regreted the moey i spent on mine for one second.

 

962.5: so do you still have it on now? or did you take it out? so the hanabi's are reliable?

 

yes i hae both sets still , they are reliable i am happy with them evn compared to my moms 20003 cl-s they are soo much brighter

 

oh man, so hanabi's are reliable and as bright or brighter than 2003 CL-S stocks. hmmm i want to get them but "ankiigrl" said it melted something in her headlight and i sure dont want that to happen to me. she's given up on modding her car because of that because one of her headlights dont work or something?

 

nahhhhh, she got cheap aftermarket Bulbs man!!! they draw mad electricity to burn bright, more than the wires are made for, and melt them.. These are Bonafide H.I.D, they arent just bulbs, they have ballasts and ignite... its a different reaction goin on inside the bulb, I think they use the same or less wattage as stock bulbs...I dont think HID's are capable of melting our headlight housing

 

hid lamps are only 35w but they give you two times the lumens of a 55w halogen lamp. Unlike halogen lamps that use a filament and provides resistance to electricity to produce light ....hid lamps use xenon gas which allows an arch or electricity to be created and produces light........this may not be 100% accurate but its my attempt to explain how it works.

 

you in bro? I wanna go sometime soon on the Hanabi's

 

escar: hey so she just got cheap "bulbs"?? she didn't actually buy a whole "hid kit"?? she just bought bulbs right??? oh man, decisions decisions.... i wonder how hard it is to install these? 962.5??? IS IT HARD???

 

im not interested in the HID buy yet.......id like to see what the color output looks like first .

as far as ease of installation,,,,,,to me its not hard at all and should take about an hour

 

962.5TL's got some pics. I have 4 6000K's in my car and they're very purple. Dont be worried about them not looking nice because trust me, they do. And yes its very easy to install them.

 

96tl: u have 4 6000k's??? maybe im not understanding this hid thing. what are 6000k?? aren't they the "whole hid" kit? which would include all the wires and the bulbs?? and what is a ballast? forgive my lack of hid knowledge

 

6000K is the number of “Kelvin”. There are 4300K bulbs, 6000K, even 8000K. The higher the Kelvin, the more purple in color they will appear. Most stock HIDs are 4300K except BMW which are 5400K. Hence the bluish color (take the new M5 for example). Usually the higher the Kelvin, the less light output. The floor pattern is a little dimmer with my 6000K bulbs than it used to be with my 4300K’s. So when you see “6000K HID kit” or “8000K HID kit”, you’ll know what it means. A “ballast” is one of the units used to ignite the bulbs. They are gonna be 2 units for each bulbs. A ballast and an ignitor. The ballast can be mounted behind the bumper with 2-way tape, and the ignitors are small so you can leave those directly behind the headlights. What I mean by saying I have 4 6000K’s in my car is that I have 2 HID kits. One for the headlights, and one for the Hella HID projectors I installed in the factory headlight projector foglight. Let me know if you need more help. I love HID’s.

 

BTW, TLBaller, you're forgiven.

 

ohhhhhhh now i get it!! man, im taking summer school right now (physics) and im not understanding sh*t but this hid info is going to stay in my head forever So how often do the headlight bulbs burn out? do they last as long like how i would imagine stock headlights on cars with factory hid's??? or do they burn out once every 6 months, like how i hear everyones bulbs burn out?

 

They last a very long time. Dont worry about that. I think 2500-3000 hours? You're lucky if you get 500 hours out of superwhites. Maybe 900 out of stock halogens.