HID for C3?
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I dont have anything yet.. but may i suggest not doing these without getting some sort of projector headlight----
i cannot stand when people put HID bulbs into a normal headlight housing, u blind pretty much everyone on the road that way. Unless the housing was meant for that ie: early TL's and GS's
i cannot stand when people put HID bulbs into a normal headlight housing, u blind pretty much everyone on the road that way. Unless the housing was meant for that ie: early TL's and GS's
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From: Fullerton CA
I dont have anything yet.. but may i suggest not doing these without getting some sort of projector headlight----
i cannot stand when people put HID bulbs into a normal headlight housing, u blind pretty much everyone on the road that way. Unless the housing was meant for that ie: early TL's and GS's
i cannot stand when people put HID bulbs into a normal headlight housing, u blind pretty much everyone on the road that way. Unless the housing was meant for that ie: early TL's and GS's
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whatever you do dont get those cheesy blue tinted bulbs that you see on a bunch of civics. I guess they are supposed to look like projectors but they look like crap. and make you look like a tool. As for projectors i dont believe that they make any for a C3, Even if they do they are over a grand each, so do you realy want to have over 2K invested in headlights? I would suggest some Sylvania Silverstars. You can pick them up at any pep boys or autozone. I thought they were a gimmic untill i put some on my jeep, they make a HUGE difference, and you dont blind anyone on the road. I plan on getting some for my vette, but thats a ways down the road yet, good luck,
Steve
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whatever you do dont get those cheesy blue tinted bulbs that you see on a bunch of civics. I guess they are supposed to look like projectors but they look like crap. and make you look like a tool. As for projectors i dont believe that they make any for a C3, Even if they do they are over a grand each, so do you realy want to have over 2K invested in headlights? I would suggest some Sylvania Silverstars. You can pick them up at any pep boys or autozone. I thought they were a gimmic untill i put some on my jeep, they make a HUGE difference, and you dont blind anyone on the road. I plan on getting some for my vette, but thats a ways down the road yet, good luck,
Steve
Steve
Thank you very much for the advice. I'll pick some up. Maybe some day down the road if I have lots of play money and do some of the panel redesign I've thought about, that'd be the time. Right now, I just need a headlight.
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Silverstar doesn't have a bulb that fits the corvette C3. You will have to get a houseing that accepts a H4 bulb. This is the cheapest on I've found that isn't ebay. http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&partid=431044 If you want Hid's you will just have to get an h4 conversion. I will do this to my 76 so I will have pics when it's done. Here is a link to a guy that has already done it. https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=225&TopicID=1
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Silverstar doesn't have a bulb that fits the corvette C3. You will have to get a houseing that accepts a H4 bulb. This is the cheapest on I've found that isn't ebay. http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&partid=431044 If you want Hid's you will just have to get an h4 conversion. I will do this to my 76 so I will have pics when it's done. Here is a link to a guy that has already done it. https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=225&TopicID=1
Last edited by bisrael; Dec 18, 2007 at 04:35 AM. Reason: Can't spell
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whatever you do dont get those cheesy blue tinted bulbs that you see on a bunch of civics. I guess they are supposed to look like projectors but they look like crap. and make you look like a tool. As for projectors i dont believe that they make any for a C3, Even if they do they are over a grand each, so do you realy want to have over 2K invested in headlights? I would suggest some Sylvania Silverstars. You can pick them up at any pep boys or autozone. I thought they were a gimmic untill i put some on my jeep, they make a HUGE difference, and you dont blind anyone on the road. I plan on getting some for my vette, but thats a ways down the road yet, good luck,
Steve
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From: Bardstown Ky
I think you guys are going to find out that you have to cut the headlight buckets to allow for the HID bulb rubber boot to fit. at least that's what I encountered when I bought a conversion set for the '82.. I didn't want to get into all that, so I returned them and opted for brighter halogens.
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I cut my housings. It was easy with a Dremel, and didn't hurt the car or look of the car one bit. Even going back to stock bulbs is easy and no one would ever know cuts were made.
I think the unique look of the halos really added something well worth the cutting of the buckets.
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