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New HID's

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Tacomanator, Sep 6, 2010.

  1. Sep 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM
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    is this the DDM your talkn about then? http://ddmhid.com/product/ddmhid.htm. cause they want over $200 for Tacomas with an H4 bulb... if you can, send me a link where they are cheaper.
     
  2. Sep 8, 2010 at 6:31 PM
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  3. Sep 8, 2010 at 6:38 PM
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    ^ Thanks. if the ebays dont work out, ill consider these.
     
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  4. Sep 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM
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    OK, I got some beam shots, and I will agree the pics make the projectors look pretty good, you can tell the drivers is a tad crooked, don't know how to fix without taking the light out, not gonna happen just for that. The first low beams only, next with 6000k fogs aimed pretty low, but you can see extra light everywhere, and last high with fogs. Again the pics look pretty fair, maybe I'm expecting too much, what ya'll think? This is from around thrity feet.

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  5. Sep 8, 2010 at 9:02 PM
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    They look pretty decent to me man! I thought our headlights had vertical and horizontal adjustment screws on the back of the headlight which would correct any crookedness of the headlight itself, but im not 100% sure of that. Thanks for getting pics up so quickly, remember these aren't OEM projectors so they shouldn't be as good but I bet they compare pretty closely.
     
  6. Sep 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM
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    They need rolled to the drivers side, rotated, if you will. Look at any pic and you can see the beam overlay...
     
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    yea that rotation is a bitch to get right...for a perfectionist anyway. i took mine apart and re-mounted 3 or 4 times until i was happy

    OP - looks sick though man, props!
     
  8. Sep 10, 2010 at 5:41 PM
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    Well the ebay specials are officialy on. so fare so good. one question tho... are the HID's supposed to be brighter then my "brights"? or did i hook something up wrong? my brights are the same brightness they were when stock.
     
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  9. Sep 11, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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    I'm no expert but, seems the reflectors in our trucks just don't work well with "just bulbs". As I posted above, I have those bulbs in my wifes' Accord and they are simply awsome. I had the same results as you, and then went with projectors. Just my thoughts....
     
  10. Sep 11, 2010 at 8:53 PM
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    I noticed you went with the apollo shrouds. Did you have to do any trimming for them to fit or did they go right on with no problems? Im still looking into purchasing these projectors but im between the apollo and gatling gun shrouds. thanks.
     
  11. Sep 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM
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    gatling gun ftw. you'll have to trim any shroud you get, the bowl is round, the shroud is flat
     

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