TSKTrading

If you are and have a picture please post up here would like to see how it looks. Looking to do an 3k hid fog upgrade for my 06 tl

ding069

i think kennedy has them.

rodneyc77

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K-Shawn has 2500k from Kaixen (Excelerate - Sponsored Vendor)... they look great too... Specially since he has LED side blinkers so it's white, white, YELLOW...

CL Platano

Word K-Shawns Yellow HiDs look sick especially at night, I cheated and got yellow tints to get kind of the same effect

Kennedy

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I have 3000K HID's for fogs and 6000K mains.
I've learned those HID kits aren't worth the extra cost for "name brand". I'm running 3 McCullough brand kits on various other vehicles and a no-name brand on the TL ($120 for the whole setup). I've never had a failure in 3+ years of operation. If it's cheaper to buy an entire replacement HID system than one single "name brand" system, I'll go that route.

These kits are amost all made in the same Chinese/Korean plants, and all I've purchased seem to be quite reliable.

I'll snap a pic tonight when it get dark.

Watch this thread.

aznbo187

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I got 3000k Fogs as well. I went with Prolumen, of a vendor on one of the bimmerforums. Haven't had a problem at all.

rimike

What is that no name brand and where did you get them?

Kennedy

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Generic, "no name" brand from ebay = cheap HID kit.

EMF9

Are people installing relays to the battery or just connecting it directly to the 9006?

Kennedy

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I think most are directly connecting to the existing wiring harness. There's a lot of internet hearsay about "inrush load" damaging you harness and whatever, but I firmly believe much of that is unsubstantiated...
here's the skinny...

Stock 9006 fogs run 55W steady state (ss). HIDs run 35W (ss). Inrush load (when you fist turn on the HID) is about 60W, steadily tapering down to 35W. 5 extra Watts for 4-6 second won't ever hurt your harness which is designed to handle 55W... If you ever get close to hurting anything you'll blow a fuse.

You can't wire directly to the existing harness with a 2007 TL, you must use a seperate harness.. They use 9008 fogs which run at 35W . 35W is enough for steady state HID, but remember, inrush is 55-60W... which will blow your 35W fuse every time.

EMF9

This is a good point. Is the inrush the same on all HIDs? (e.g. 3000k and 10000k). I am trying to figure out exactly what I need to get to upgrade my '06 TL.

Also.... is there anything special needed to make sure the dashboard warning light doesn't come on?

Kennedy

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Bulb color temperature doesn't matter... load is the same.

All you need is a kit like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-X...70687077QQrdZ1

you may have to ask for 3000K bulbs.

foot3ch

You can buy one from pilotHID for under $200 bucks. I got mine $185 shipped. On top of that, you can buy warranty. You can buy 5 yrs full replacement warranty for like 60 bucks. About $250 for 5 yrs, I think that's pretty good deal.

s0leheir

Im curious to see what it would look like with 3000K and the stock low beam would look like. Does anyone have pictures of other combo HID's. Im leaning towards the yellow just wanna see some nice night shots!

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

EMF9

I am actually thinking about the same thing.