can you show us a pic of your light pattern on a wall or garage?

 

Hi, sorry for the delay here is a better pic of my lights. You can see how bright the lights are. and how much more the illuminate.

 

I still have my Euro headlamps & hid ballasts & bulbs that I bought from LAPD back in 2003. They worked great but they were low beam only & wouldn't pass NC's inspection so I had to take them out.

 

Good pic. They sure are bright. I guess my only concern would be blinding oncoming traffic. They do look good. I'd like to see a pic of the lights iluminating a wall or something to get an idea of how high the lights shine. Would definately be a good, less expensive alternative.

 

well..here we go again... LOL
I for one am a fan of the $300 kit. I have a Blinglights kit. email jason@blinglights.com. tell him Aj sent ya, special forum price of $300 shipped.
i put mine in the stock housing the break in the bulbs. after about 50 hrs of use, they were BRIGHT as hell! Then , i went and bought the C5R headlight kit. used dual projectors. threw the HIDs in there and viola, lighting like the euro imports. Cost me about 1200 all said and done.
Going with HIDs in the stock housing was a HUGe improvement over stock, and contrary to what most have said, it is NOT wasting money. yes, u can go buy that 1000 headlight setup that DOT approved, blah blah blah... but thats a LOT of money. if your looking the cheap way, just buy the HID kit and put it in your stock housing, it will be a great improvement over stock, i garauntee it!
ohh, and for that color deal you may be wondering about, heres a quick description:
4000K = ~3800 lumens light output, whitish light
6000K = ~3300 lumens, slight bluish
8000K = ~3000 lumens, slight purple, slight blue
10000K = ~2800 lumens, more purple
12000K = ~2600 lumens, DEFINITLY purple

stock halogens make about 1200 lumens if i recall...

so, if you like the light color and output, i would say a 6000K kit is best of both worlds. ohh and you need a 9006 kit for low beams and 9005 for high beams (but you'll never use high beams, so its a waste of money)

Good luck!
Aj

 

if you want the output of HIDs that you just put in the stock housings, just turn on your highbeams, same effect and much cheaper, both will blind oncoming drivers so might as well save the 200-300 bucks, id love a picture of people with these in stock housings with a pic on a wall to show beam pattern...or lack of

 

The HID's in the stock housing that I have seen scatter a lot of bright light right in front of the car (even up in the air to light up trees) and do not project bright light far down there road where it would help the most. They also are bright to oncoming drivers and in review mirrors to drivers in front of you.

 

personally i couldnt see spending $1000 on improving the lights, when there are much cheaper options.

sure if you have the money you can spend the $1000-$1500 and get the real nice kits, and great lighting. plus you can say "i got the expensive ones"

i on the other hand wanted to improve the stock lighting without spending a fortune. so i went with the ebay specials. cost me like $150 shipped from china. ballasts and bulbs etc.

im MORE than happy with the results. HUGE improvement over stock...... plus knowing that i only spent $150 makes me sooo much happier!!

 

you know, i can alwayss count on you to argue the opposing side of this topic that has been beaten to death. i just want to ask you this question, if you haven't seen HIDs in a stock housing, and the light pattern is puts out, why do you keep arguing against it. and it does NOT blind on coming traffic or those in front of you so long as you have them AIMED PROPERLY. i HAVE HAD this output before and it IS way better then stock. Yea, you know what, myself and others don't have the $$$ to buy a $1300 (back when they first came out) VETTE-HID kit. i bought my HIDs first for a cheap and effective way for better lighting, then found a deal on the C5R's and bought them. and i love the look of my non-pop-up.

im not dissing the pop, DOT approved HID setup, but its a CHUNK of change to drop on a pair of headlights... there are "cheaper" alternatives.

Guys if you interested in the Blinglights HID kits or the C5R setup, pm me and i can give you more details. Do a search even and you'll see my comments about them...
Aj

 

You have no clue.

 

I just put a set of ACA HID's in my 01 that was one of the best mods I've done. I just wish I'd done it sooner. You can not believe the difference and I had e-codes. The kit is complete with wireing,relays and fuses. I don't think there's a better plug and play kit on the market. TByrne Motorsports had them on sale for under 1k. If you are going to upgrade don't waste your money on retro fitting your existing lights, more light is'nt better if it's not focused

 

H4 HID kit


Projector HID housings (Vette HID)



courtesy of rpoz4z

 

For me.. it's not worth the $$$$ difference. Over $1000 for headlights, I dont think so. I have HID bulbs in a standard housing. It's 100X better than stock bulbs and about 99X better than crappy *** $40 Silverstars that everyone seems to love...Yeah and it's about 100X better than the standard highbeams as well. Just aim them properly and you will have no problems....

It's NIGHT and DAY over stock bulbs and gives the car a good update...
Show pics all you want, but you can't tell the difference over stock until you've experienced it in the car..

 

been there and done that.
had the 6000k kit in my euro housings (that's them in the pic a few posts up)
AND I had housings that were better than the stock US spec housings.
all that light right in the front of the car is very misleading, it gives you a false sense that you have better light output, well, you do have more light output, but it's mostly right in front of the car (and in the trees, the neighbors windows, and oncoming traffic), and not shining down the road where it should be.
plus they are not street legal, and every cop that pulls over the ricers with the same kit will be looking at you too...............nice.

but hey, you only paid $300.00 for em'
yup, I can tell..........

 

nope.... your wrong.... we paid $150 shipped!

the point we are trying to make is its way better than stock. which is what everybody wants. just as steve said.... they need to be adjusted right, but once they are.... its an amazing difference.

you and others can spend $1000+ and be happy.... and thats all that matters.

but some of us are much happier spending only $150 and saving the other $850 for more mods.

so... maybe you can tell.... but i doubt anyone else on the road will realize i saved TONS compared to your setup. thats ok though! im happy! and thats all that matters!

 

whoops!

sorry!
The point I was trying to make was, I had one of those kits, and while it "was" better than stock, I eventually realized that it wasn't good enough.
I started noticing that I really couldn't see as far as I wanted to, or as far as I thought the headlights should let me.
as long as you're happy with them, but if you're like me, you may start to feel that they're still not enough.

 

id love for you to prove me wrong, what is the difference between high beams and hids in stock housing?

dont get me wrong, i find it hard to pay 1000 bucks for lights myself, shoot i myself might end up buying a cheap hid kit...but i still know the facts and i am not going to kid myself

i dont mean to be a pain, especially to 1 BAD BURB since i always seem to post right after him but the fact is hids in stock housing or projector housings not made for HIDs cant even compare to those that are designed for the lights

btw that being said i am very tempted to buy a 150 dollar kit on ebay and call it a day and wave to all the people that flick me off for shining light in their eyes

 

PolishDude: I totally agree with what you just stated,

"hids in stock housing or projector housings not made for HIDs cant even compare to those that are designed for the lights"

is 100% true. BUT, like you just said, can you afford 1000 up front for new headlights... i would rather put 800 into performance and 200 into lights... cuz for that matter, your using more performance then lighting, right?

im not trying to sound like an ***, but a LOT of people doubt the functionality of an HID kit in the stock housing. it does work!!! its better then stock and thats all people are looking for. Look how many on this board post up that it DOES WORK. But others argue against it and they can justify spending 1000+ on the new DOT approved design projector/HID combo, then more power to them! personally, i could give a rats *** if my SW headlights and HIDs are DOT approved... Cops don't harass me about this issue (its usually my straight pipes or speeding that gets me in trouble..LOL).

Im going to to out on a limb here, and please, nobody take offense, but it seems the "elder" owners in this forum are the ones who have issues with being DOT approved, or the design, etc or normal HIDs in stock housing. these are the guys who can afford those $$$ kits. Myself, im a recent college grad, but been in the car scene for 7 yrs now, i know whats out there, and know what works and doesn't!

so... to those who have never seen HIDs in stock houseings...PLEASE, just find someone who ahs done it, drive in front of them, towards them, do whatever, but reality, it is a cheap and effective way for better lighting.
Aj