HID Halogens?
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2007 6SMT Type-S
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HID Halogens?
A HID system consists of a true xeon gas filled bulb and igniters, right? So I guess my real question is what kind of bulbs are people running in their cars that look the closest to HID's? For the past 4 years I've been running Sylvania Silver Stars. Any suggestions...other than upgrading/retrofitting to projection HID's?
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大日本帝国
^ Yup, for China stuff that'll last 3-6 months and you have to grind down to fit, but it's almost the same price as those Silverstars, so why not?
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yea all ive heard was replace the fuse with a better quality one or it'll start to flicker. otherwise its plug and play... no dremel needed. thomas had to dremel it down only cuz he was fitting h1 into an h3c headlight application. and its been more than 6 months and it'll still going strong lol what the hell are u talking about 3-6 months.
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I ordered some bulbs on eBay (I know I'm going to get flamed for this) but they are simulated 8000K ad they have the blue tint to them. I think I paid like $15 for them shipped.
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Originally Posted by Big Balla
I ordered some bulbs on eBay (I know I'm going to get flamed for this) but they are simulated 8000K ad they have the blue tint to them. I think I paid like $15 for them shipped.
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Originally Posted by desired_speeds
here in the bay area... a brand new set of HID is only $80
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Originally Posted by SurfingScotty
$80??? What all does that come with? I've heard that HID bulbs alone cost about $100.00
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Originally Posted by SurfingScotty
$80??? What all does that come with? I've heard that HID bulbs alone cost about $100.00
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^ The dude sells it locally. For a good set of HID bulbs you're looking around 60-100, depending on type and colour. For us, a low-beam only type H4 is what I'd recommend because of the fact that our lows are shut off even if our highs are not locked on. No point in getting dual xenon, bi-xenon, or hi/low.
Man, Thomas' car looks good, but is slow as shit, haha.
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Man, Thomas' car looks good, but is slow as shit, haha.
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Originally Posted by Go90go
Man, Thomas' car looks good, but is slow as shit, haha.
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btw, the guy sells locally in oakland, you go to his house to pick up.
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Originally Posted by Go90go
^ The dude sells it locally. For a good set of HID bulbs you're looking around 60-100, depending on type and colour. For us, a low-beam only type H4 is what I'd recommend because of the fact that our lows are shut off even if our highs are not locked on. No point in getting dual xenon, bi-xenon, or hi/low.
Man, Thomas' car looks good, but is slow as shit, haha.
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Man, Thomas' car looks good, but is slow as shit, haha.
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I remember someone doing a retrofit on a TL...looked different. Does anyone know what the best way to go is as far as adding a projection set up?
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Originally Posted by Go90go
When you flash them, they just turn off. I have a halogen high and when I'm near cops, I switch to high beams.
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Originally Posted by SurfingScotty
So you have a halogen high beam filament, and no low beam filament, right? If we had a Bi-xenon bulb (bi=low beam/high beam) it would work when you flashed your brights, right? My understanding of the bi-xenon is that the bulb moves up when you flash your brights. Am I SITLL mistaken?
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Originally Posted by desired_speeds
bi-xenon projectors have a cover that moves when the high beams are on. bi-xenon plug and play kit have two HID filaments inside a bulb. now single beam HID plug and play kits like that Go90go has is one HID filament in one bulb for low beams while there is a halogen bulb next to it for high beams.. which means the high beam is dim as hell compared to the low beam HID.
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^ Bulbs moving are the fake bi-xenons. I can get a setup that actually has two HID bulbs next to each other but it's pointless because our low beams shut off the moment our highs are triggered. I found a relay to bypass that, but I'd rather not bother.
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