jrprich

Perhaps in your experience, but mine has been just the opposite.
I have installed several HID kits into C5s using relay harnesses and never needed a resistor in the circuit and the headlamp motors have always worked just fine.

huesmann

Got any pics of the actual illumination, not the headlights themselves?

Rob 02

I have the black ones but haven't installed them yet. They are made by whoever took over ACA. They came with all the necessary wiring.

I'm wondering if the Halo might help with lid operation (by adding more amperage)? I was going to wire the halo to the fogs so I could cruise around like a dodge challenger lol.

nvusgt

If anything these would be great for modding and retrofitting bi-xenon projectors into, considering they're less expensive than a few of the current offerings. I've been trying to source relatively inexpensive ACA's/clones etc for just this purpose, so maybe it's time to step up and work on it.

Rob 02

You can put a H11 halogen in the low beam side with a 9006 to H11 wiring adapter pigtail.
I have some LED's I'm going to try first in the projector / low beam side then see how bright it is with halogen. I'm not expecting any mericals with the LED's.

I haven't gotten that far in my build yet. Right now, I can't see crap with the factory lights without the high beams on. I'm sure the projectors have to be an improvement for any bulb.

gpruitt54

This summer I bought my first ever Vette, a nice C5. This headlight assembly mod was the first update I did to the car. With the install, I added Innovation 8000K 50 watt HID bulbs and Innovation 50 watt ballasts, replacing the low beams. I kept the halogen high beams. The head light assembly uses projectors for the low beams. The HID bulbs are designed to work with projector head light housings. This combination lights up the road like nothing you have ever seen. Great coverage with no spill over into the oncoming traffic. A vast improvement over the stock C5 head lights. Well worth doing.

Buy good bulbs with metal latch tabs. The bulbs take a lot to compress the gaskets enough to engage the latch tabs for installing the bulbs into the housings. The metal latch tabs are able to take the pressure of the gasket compression better than the plastic tabs on some bulbs. This was my experience with the modification.

gpruitt54

If you want to see some impressive results, try the HID bulbs and ballasts. HIDs in projector housings are much more effective then are LEDs.

Rob 02

^I may be sold on HID. There's nothing like being able to see the road ahead of you at speed.

With the stock housing I can't even see the markings painted on the road without high beams. It's a little sketchy.

gpruitt54

I live in Illinois. I bought my Vette from a guy in Minnesota. In driving the car home, we ran into the evening hours. What you are talking about is exactly what I experienced getting the car home at night.

The first thing I did when I got home was to order and replace the stock head lights with HID projector housings, and not LEDs. HIDs are amazing and provide amazing visibility.

LEDs are only OK. They do not through light as far as HIDs while also keeping the light down and not in the eyes of oncoming traffic.