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Old Mar 5, 2025 | 08:58 PM
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Looking for the best hid headlights for c5. Any suggestions?
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Old Mar 5, 2025 | 10:08 PM
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I can recommend check out retrofit source for some quality LED they probably have a decent drop in set for your vehicle

HID are kind of... difficult. Compared to LED anyways. These days. The quality of the LED is sufficient and more compact and perhaps less current draw and even more reliable depending how its done

Theres nothing quite like the color brightness and spread of a custom cutoff Phillips bulb, Denso ballast modern HID projector setup, with the right lens and shield mods, though. This type of retrofit used to be extremely popular before LED got as good as they are for a variety of vehicles
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HID is yesterday's news, LED projectors are the current standard. check with sharplight or KDTV for full replacement options.

if you want an LED bulb that goes in your factory housings...don't
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