thorpe991 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 ya i think if i do a retro fit ill go to my local jy and pick up a pair to try it with and if they seal up and work ill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 which kit did you get is it just the mini? http://www.theretrofitsource.com/complete-retrofit-kits/bi-xenon-morimoto-mini-stage-3-kit-h1.html#.Uw86aONdXTo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 which kit did you get is it just the mini? http://www.theretrofitsource.com/complete-retrofit-kits/bi-xenon-morimoto-mini-stage-3-kit-h1.html#.Uw86aONdXTo That's the one. It's not the best projector money can buy - if you were dead serious about lighting you'd go for an LS460/S2K or RX330 projector - but it is sufficient for most. Put it this way, if the stock lighting is a 5, an HID kit in reflector housing would be a 6 - these kits turn everying into an 8. So it's a significant improvement in lighting, plus it's safer for you and other road users. If you want to go a custom route, like you're saying, i suggest you go spend some time looking around HIDplante.com forums - it's the go-to source for retrofits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Anyone who does this please aim your lights properly, I encounter someone pretty much every time I drive at night that has either terribly aimed HID lights or for whatever reason thought blue lights were a good idea. If I could get away with it I would follow them and smash their headlights out with my tire wrench. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) Anyone who does this please aim your lights properly, I encounter someone pretty much every time I drive at night that has either terribly aimed HID lights or for whatever reason thought blue lights were a good idea. If I could get away with it I would follow them and smash their headlights out with my tire wrench. Which is why i don't condone running HID's in reflector housings. Put them in a projector as they were designed for. Admittedly you won't have auto-levelling that most projector/xenon cars have - but it will be a damn sight more controlled than running HID's in your OEM reflector housings. Aim the cutoff for below the mirrors of the car in front of you and you won't annoy anyone. I've never been flashed with my retro-fit. But back in the day, before I knew better, I am the first to admit I ran plug'n'play HID's in my LS400 factory housings......I used to get oncoming traffic flashing me all the time. Didn't really care. Then one night I was sitting on an overpass in crawling traffic, watching a sign attached to an overhead gantry on an adjacent overpass nearly 50m away......my headlights were lighting it up. That's how BADLY HID light sprays in a reflector housing. I took them out and replaced with halogen that weekend. Don't be that guy. Edited February 28, 2014 by SMOKEYR50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 im defiantly going to check that fourm out this summer i plan on swapping my Camaro over to hid but since its a sealed beam where you have to change the whole bulb/houseing i have to get 4 lenses on the forum im on for that alot of people just run hids in the hi's and run normal in ther lo's ut im going to run 5000k hids in my lows and 8000k for my hi's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) For the record, I think projector's are the devil. I high beam flash everyone that I think has their headlights aimed incorrectly, and that's up to and including people with projectors who aren't on the same level pavement as me. But only because the headlights from a halogen equipped car at the same point does not appear to have two mini representations of the sun at the front of their vehicle. My 2001 Impreza with standard OEM halogen headlights has the exact same sharp cut, without the need of projectors. Edited February 28, 2014 by silverton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I can understand how if you get caught on a weird angle they can burn your retinas.....usually if stopped across from an intersection where the cars are on different levels, or if you have a car approach you on a ramp in a car park. But that's rare. I won't defend HID in reflector globes, but can't recommend them enough in a properly aimed projector. There is no way you can get that sort of cutoff and output from halogens though. And you wouldn't want to high beam me...... You would get 640w coming back at ya lol ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 ya with my truck i had fog lights that where actually high output spot lights and i had them on the visor so if somebody hi beamed me they had a wall of light coming back at them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) This is my setup: 25" 144W CREE LED on the bullbar 30" 180W CREE LED on the roof 55W x 2 Bi-Xenons in the headlights 55W x 2 in the fogs 18W X 2 CREE LED on the basket firing sideways Edited March 3, 2014 by SMOKEYR50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Good info on this thread, where'd you source the Crees Smokey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 so i have relized that hids are a no go on my pathy but i can get lenses for my camaro for cheap so im going to do my his in hid should i get 35watt hids or 55 watt hids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) the hids i plan on going with are 8000k and i found a set with ballest for 44 bucks from 3 kings.com (i use these guys for my audio equipment and i am very happy with the quality) but they are 35 watt is that okay? like i said they are just hi beams so i shouldent be blinding anybody with them unless they flash me Edited March 17, 2014 by thorpe991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 If you're asking what wattage to use, you obviously NEED to do more research. Please do so before you sear the retina's of the innocent oncoming drivers, or melt your headlight housings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 im useing projectors so i wont melt them there rated for use with 55 watt hids and the hids are only going to be hi beams not lo's i was just wondering what ones would be better 35 watt or 55 watt my one buddy is running 55 watt hids im not sure what k in his xterra and there the bi xenon and hes gotten pulled over twice for them on low beam so im thinking for brightness i should go with 55 watt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Is he running them in a projector ? 55w burns brighter but it will burn a more yellow colour. So a 55w 6000k will look more like a 4300k 35w (OEM spec on most cars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 no unfortanly he isnt running projectors iv told him he should order sum but he dont care if i went with 55 watt 8000k it would look like about 5000 - 5500k 35 watt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) no unfortanly he isnt running projectors iv told him he should order sum but he dont care if i went with 55 watt 8000k it would look like about 5000 - 5500k 35 watt HIDs in a standard halogen housing, and he gets pulled over? I can't understand why.. especially since they're only 55w, that's like... OEM wattage isnt it? And it just kills that that your reasoning on getting the 55w version is because your friend has been pulled over because of them. Edited March 20, 2014 by silverton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 well i just want whats going to be brighter since there going in projection and his only cops here in ny aleast the town/ city cops are mean for use of a not bad word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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