Advice? 4300k to 5000k HID conversion

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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Advice? 4300k to 5000k HID conversion

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I have an 07 TL. I upgraded the fogs to 5000k HID's recently, and they turned out to be an awesome color and almost make my 4300k main beams look crappy.. I am getting 5000k switchbacks and want to change the headlight bulbs to 5000k to match. I just need help finding a good website to purchase these from. I dont want to pay over a hundred on just bulbs, yet i dont want cheap pieces of sh** that don't work. Any suggestions??
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 07:30 PM
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Many people have had good results with the morimotos, they're available in 5 or 6k..
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=1250

since you don't want to break the bank you can try these, otherwise i'd recommend the osram cbi's
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Will1688
Many people have had good results with the morimotos, they're available in 5 or 6k..
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=1250

since you don't want to break the bank you can try these, otherwise i'd recommend the osram cbi's
Thats exactly what I was gonna say, I got those same bulbs and they have been great so far. I did do the ZKW lens swap though...

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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 08:18 AM
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^what both of them said. i did the same thing on mine. 5k hid, 5k fogs, 5k switchbacks.
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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hey man i have my tl with the aspec bumper im trying to get a pair of fogs for it cant find them and the hid kit for the headlights possibly let me know if you can i thought the car had stock hids
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 02:10 PM
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Website is posted about for The Retrofit Source for bulbs. Our cars from 04-08 come stock with HID lighting. All you need is D2S bulbs to swap out. The saying goes, you get what you pay for really apply to HID's. You buy cheap bulbs you deal with problems.

Contact Ack for foglight kits if you have an 04-06
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Old Nov 29, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Will1688
Many people have had good results with the morimotos, they're available in 5 or 6k..
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=1250

since you don't want to break the bank you can try these, otherwise i'd recommend the osram cbi's
im looking into these
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Old Nov 30, 2012 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Arman_TL
im looking into these
im installing these today. ill upload a picture of them.
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 08:58 AM
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4300k vs 5000k

Before (stock 4300k HID and 5000k HID fog)
Advice? 4300k to 5000k HID conversion-img_1330.jpg

After (5000k HID and 5000k HID fog)
Advice? 4300k to 5000k HID conversion-img_1328.jpg
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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That looks big different!! Did you just change the bulbs or you have to put the ballast to?
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 08:00 PM
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hey breck or anyone else for that matter, i was just wondering before i upgrade to 5k fogs and heads from morimoto, are the hid fogs overbearing to the point that they blind people? also what switchbacks did you go with?
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