I'm really interested in doing this up-grade. I want to thank Grandpa Bear for posting it, doing most of the leg work and proving us all of his information.

I cant see giving a vendor hard earned cash above and beyond what we can get the parts for less expensive somewhere else.

So far here is what I have found:

Local GM Chevy dealer prices:

1997-04 (C5) Right European Export Headlight, part# = 16524063, price at GM dealer = $148
1997-04 (C5) Left European Export Headlight, part# = 16524064, price at GM dealer = $148

Gene Culley will most likely beat this price!

I looked on the PIAA bulb website and there are tons of bulbs. What bulb matches the PAAS 90/135 watts bulbs listed in this post??

Grandpa Bear

Can you provide any information on the relays and or any of the other parts that we will need? If we order the wiring harness kit ($17.99) from Ecklers do you know if it is complete and comes with a wiring diagram? I know we need relays but hopefully we can find a good source for those also.

If anyone else has useful information on parts sources or conversion information,,please jump in.

Thanks a million!!

Bill Curlee

 

TTT

Just noticed that this was in the SCAN & TUNE Section. MODERATORS

Is there any way to put this in the Tech section???

Please???

BC

 

Dont buy LH rule of the road. They're dip left headlamps for UK

We drive on the correct side of the road so the headights need to dip the other way

 

Bill,

PFYC have the harness and relay kit for this mod

Its a 135/90 dual filament bulb and the harness adapts the wiring to take the higher wattage. I have the T85s rather than T84s being in UK

For once I could help you out.

 

BIll:

You can get the whole kit (plug and play) for $350 from pyfc.
(2) T84 glass headlights
(2) PIAA 90/135 bulbs
(2) High Wattage Harnesses

I am about to order the kit from them.
Let me know if you get a GP going. They may be interested in offering one.

Rick
rickgrebner@comcast.net

 

It would be great to get C6 lighting on a C5 for reasonable price. I currently have the PIAA bulbs and althougth they are better than stock than are no where near the C6 lighting. Please let us know the results of you conversion.

 

watts do not equal light output though.

whatever halogen that you have put in your car does not equal the c6 light output rating of 3200 lumens per bulb.

the most lumen output of a halogen bulb is going to be the HIR bulbs at 1700 for the low beams and 2500 for the high beams.

this is what true HID's look like on a C5:

 

I don't see this listed on the PFYC website. You got a link?

 

Here you go:

http://www.pfyc.com/pc/VT1003/VTLIGH...d+Options.html

it is (1) high wattage harness not 2

 

I have the T84 headlight lenses with the wiring adapter form PFYC. I am running the regular wattage with PIAA super white bulbs. (By the way, the type of bulb used is a H4) The wiring connector is a plug n play. These lenses make world of difference. I now feel safe driving at night.

 

Rick

Thanks a million for the info! I have done lots of business with PFYC in the past and was very successful with generaing a GP for Heated Seat kits. Had almost 30 people in the GP. They were very generous and gave us a great price.

I will contact them and see if they can hook us up on the EURO Light kit GP.

Thanks again and I will keep this post up-dated on the results of my GP efforts and what it will consist of.

Wish me luck

Im jumping in with both feet!

Bill Curlee

 

Why not just do the HID conversion kit? It's a bulb swap only so you can reverse back when you sell or for whatever reason. NTRBL33 is a supporting vendor here and has been selling his kits like crazy. The kit contains everything and is plug n play and take about half hour to put in. The wattage is only 35 and blows away any other.

 

Whats the price of the HID kit compared to the EURO up-grade?


BC

 

Bill you can get a hid kit on ebay for ~150. That is going to be WAAAAY better than euro headlights. I first got euro headlights and wasnt happy and then added hids to them and it's the 2nd best mod I've done after long tubes

 

$150?????? Is that for the ENTIRE kit? The whole Kit and Kubootle??? A true HID Kit includes the fixtures/housings, ballast for the bulbs and the HID Bulbs.

If $150 is for the entire kit, that's a BONUS PLAN!

BC

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1626608

$299. shipping included. This kit usually runs elsewhere for 4-500$ I wouldn't trust any kit on that famous auction site at those low ball prices. Davis Jones has sold over 40 of these kits for the C5 on this forum in the past month. He has a website banner DJ Motorsport under C5 Accessories. You should read the posts from satified customers..I'm one of them.

 

There is a sticky at the top of C5 General for the St. Judes Auction item on NTRBL33's HID lights. There you go, bid and donate at the same time.

 

Might as well give away the "secret"... Get Euro housings (all glass/metal w/ a far better cutoff, and better looks) then get an H4 HID kit.

 

Just to bring this back from the dead....

But... these Euro housings only have ONE bulb right? They are a dual filament H4 bulb instead of separate 9005/6 bulbs? I am looking at HID kits and would like to know I am ordering the right thing.

I just ordered a set of these Euro Headlamps from Gene Culley and they were only 120 bucks a piece.

I am thinking this HID setup and I should be in business...
http://xenonpros.com/philips4300k.html

 

I like that idea...

Rick