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Brightest HID's

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Crazy1, Dec 14, 2016.

  1. Dec 14, 2016 at 1:17 PM
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    Crazy1

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    Hello new to the forum, and looking for the brightest HID's at a 6000K
     
  2. Dec 14, 2016 at 10:25 PM
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    crashnburn80

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    Welcome to TW. You do realize the HIDs are not compatible with your halogen reflector headlight housings? They will scatter light everywhere. You need a full projector retrofit to do it correctly, plenty of vendors on the forum sell them, but cost is roughly $1k for a decent set.
     
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  3. Dec 14, 2016 at 10:41 PM
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    This !!! :annoyed:

    But... Welcome to TW!!! :cheers:

    Let's see some pics of your Rig!

    :worthless:
     
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  4. Dec 15, 2016 at 7:25 AM
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    TW discount on a retrofit kit means you can install projectors for about $225 all said and done. There's a link to the GB info in my signature too. :)
     
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  5. Dec 15, 2016 at 11:01 AM
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    Crazy1

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    Team - thanks for the info great stuff to know. No pics as it's still stock.
     
  6. Dec 15, 2016 at 11:03 AM
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    I was looking, but is the OP a second gen or third? If he is a third gen then he might be ok with the stock projectors.

    Coot
     
  7. Dec 15, 2016 at 11:10 AM
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    I'm a 2nd gen 2011
     
  8. Dec 15, 2016 at 11:17 AM
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    Thanks for the clarification. Depends on what you want to do, but as others have said the reflective housing in the OEM lights will be blinding without projectors. I ordered some Anzo lights that had projectors in them partly because I wanted HIDs. While I like the looks of these lights, found out the projectors in them are shit. I ended up going with the retrofit source and did the retrofit myself with their morimoto HIDs and projectors. If you are willing to learn how to do your lights on your own then I would hit up @TRSAndrew as they are the pros with stuff and have dealt with a lot of our tacos before. In case you arnt familiar with morimoto stuff, they are weatherproof, completely modular components, and are affordable considering what you get.

    You can also go the route to get these lights professionally made by other light folks on this forum. If you want to check out what is involved, I have a link in my sig of my process in doing the retrofit. Its not as scary as people think.

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  9. Dec 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM
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    The link in sig is only for fogs?
     
  10. Dec 15, 2016 at 2:08 PM
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    Nevermind :frusty:

    I need to learn to read....
     

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