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Old May 2, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by cbo0485
Isn't that the type of kit that is proven to not help in the distance sight in the website that RPOz4z posted? It's just one of the retro-fitted kits that isn't true HID?


yup, all "bulb swap" HID kits are the same.
they shine a lot of light directly in front of your car, and fool your eyes into thinking you're seeing better.
but if you're going to buy one, you might as well get the best deal that you can find, and so far flebay is the best deal for those....
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Originally Posted by cbo0485
Do you have a link for these projector HID's and is there a certain place you recommend? I was looking a lot at projector housings for the mustang/corvette and in research for the stang i picked out some projector housings and was going to order an HID kit as well. I haven't done any research on projector's for the vette. In my research i haven't been able to find as many good projector and HID kits for the vette that weren't thousands of dollars. But I guess 750$ isn't so bad. I would love to have projector headlights and HID's for my vette.

checkout this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1649423
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Originally Posted by RPOZ4Z
yup, all "bulb swap" HID kits are the same.
they shine a lot of light directly in front of your car, and fool your eyes into thinking you're seeing better.
but if you're going to buy one, you might as well get the best deal that you can find, and so far flebay is the best deal for those....
Okay, so if i want a good deal get a retro fitted bulb kit, but if i want true HID lighting i can go with the link i posted a little earlier.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RPOZ4Z
Seems like a good plan to me. Unfortunately I don't have my vette yet. I'm just doing my due dilligence for once I actually get it. Because once I get it i will be very impatient on anything I want to get for my car, so I am being patient and researching now so I don't get jacked once I actually get my car.
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Originally Posted by cbo0485
Okay, so if i want a good deal get a retro fitted bulb kit, but if i want true HID lighting i can go with the link i posted a little earlier.
The retrofit kits use HID bulbs, but without a projector it's basically wasted light.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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looks like corvettegarage is doing a group buy on their kits. you may want to check them out. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...&highlight=HID
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