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Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Radred05, Nov 13, 2012.

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  1. Nov 13, 2012 at 6:50 AM
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    I want to put a set of HIDS in both head lights and fog lights. Any suggestions on brands?
     
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  2. Nov 13, 2012 at 6:57 AM
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    My suggestion is visit The Retrofit Source and do it correctly. But... if you want to enjoy a crappy beam pattern and blinding oncoming traffic, Slimcubby sells nice sets or the cheaper DDM tuning kit. :rolleyes:
     
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  3. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:29 AM
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    what should I buy for my fog lights? I want 8K to match my headlights..do I get H10? I want to buy the right thing :cool:
     
    Radred05, Nov 14, 2012
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  4. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:32 AM
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    X2 I had slims and they were worse than my stock headlights and the ballasts kept going out, so I went back to stock.
     
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  5. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:40 AM
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    ive had HIDs in my headlights for over a year and a half and havent had any problems yet. just want my fogs to match
     
    Radred05, Nov 14, 2012
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  6. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:55 AM
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  7. Nov 14, 2012 at 6:37 PM
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    haha yes they do yes they do! :bananadance:
     
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  8. Nov 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM
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    I'm going on my second set of ballasts from Slim and worse part is he hasn't responded to MSG I left weeks ago to order new to get them replaced with new units.
     
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  9. Nov 14, 2012 at 7:07 PM
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    One question, why do you have 8,000K in your headlights?
     
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  10. Nov 14, 2012 at 7:15 PM
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    BRO FAP FAP
     
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  11. Nov 14, 2012 at 7:22 PM
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    I guess so :rolleyes:
     
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  12. Nov 14, 2012 at 7:49 PM
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    What does it matter? I like it and it looks good!
     
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  13. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM
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    Its just that you dont get as much light output. But if you like it thats all that matters
     
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  14. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:05 PM
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    and blind the hell out of oncoming traffic.
     
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  15. Nov 14, 2012 at 8:17 PM
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    All that matters is how BRO one can look. Who gives a rats ass about anyone eles.
     
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  16. Nov 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM
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    so since im going ahead and buying a HID kit for my fogs should I just buy new headlights too and get 6k for both?
     
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  17. Nov 15, 2012 at 8:27 AM
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    That will get you better light output then your 8K's I believe 4500-5K is what vehicle manufactures use for stock HID's. 6k's have a bluish tint to them with some white, they don't look all that bad. I ran 6k's on my last vehicle and loved the light output over stock. Did this in lows and fogs.
     
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  18. Nov 15, 2012 at 8:32 AM
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    ^^^

    I still say go with projectors and actually IMPROVE your lighting rather than throw something in there that produces a lot of glare and doesn't put the light where you need it.
     
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  19. Nov 15, 2012 at 8:36 AM
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    the retro fits havent grown on me yet...even if i go and buy both 6k for heads and fogs i can always go and buy the retro fits and keep the 6ks right?
     
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    I think the retro's use a different bulb type but I could be wrong. Someone will chime in.


    Alex
     
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