Black90CrxSi

I wanna Upgrade my Stock Light to the 12000K HID's, Has anyone done this Swap before? Just wanting to know if its a easy upgrade. I have the Stock head lights, but I'm gonna be upgrading to the Blacked out Projectors, they should just match right up. Let know know whats up guys!

MasterLsGod

ITS EASY .....JUST FIND THE RIGHT BULB SIZE

DcLs

when you install them because not to touch the bulb with ur fingers because the oil on ur fingers will burn ur bulb up when u turn it on. 12000 is legal where ur from? because u cant really see with it, really purple.

95DC2GS-R

I suggest get 7-8k, just the right amount of color, and still bright. As said, 12k isn't going to be very bright, especially in stock housings, they're really just for bling.

95DC2GS-R

On a side note, what's the bulb type for a '95? I want to get some better lights, Silverstars and such. The stock ones really suck.

4g63powered

Driving lights are 9006, highs are 9005, IIRC. It's also in your owners manual.

95DC2GS-R

Thanks man.

no owner's manual... bought the car used and it didn't have that.

slammedexv

Don't get 12000K HID's. You might think they look cool, but you'd be better off saving your money and getting regular purple halogen bulbs. HID's running that hot don't put off near as much light as the lower ranges. If you see someone with super purple lights on the highway, you can tell the stuff in front of their car isn't illuminated near as much, plus its almost a 'dark light' if that makes sense. 4300K is the brightest you can get, but if that isn't white enough for your, I wouldn't go over 6000K for decent lighting.

Still, its your car, so buy whatever you want. Maybe you don't drive at night, I dunno. To install, most kits are plug and play. Plug in the stock harness to the ballast, then plug the HID bulb into the stock socket. Also, you should probably just stick with stock projectors, they will give you the best light pattern.

4g63powered

I'm sorry, but HID pnp kits in stock projectors will NOT give you the best light pattern. Retrofitting HID projectors will. Stock proj. are designed for halogen light output, not the increased output from HIDs.

thabao

ewwwwww 12K is soooooo rice haha. yeah man 12k will look stupid and you wont see ****, plus you'll blind people in front of you. if you want color, get 6-8K, for light get 4-5K.

i did the 9005 in the 9006 mod and i love it. so white and bright

slammedexv

It'll be a helluva lot better than some crappy aftermarket projectors. I just ordered an HID kit for my car for $110 from a vendor here. You definitely won't see me pulling out the stock projectors and paying hundreds of dollars to put in another set of projectors from any other car, HID or not.

Seriously though, light is light. I don't really see how one OEM projector will do much better than another. People get higher wattage bulbs and have no problem with stock housings, so why would HID's make the pattern any worse? They are still designed to project all light forward and have a specific cutoff built in.

4g63powered

Halogen and HID projectors are completely different designs. HIDs in halogen lights will throw light EVERYWHERE, including oncoming traffic's eyes.

I'd just rather do it right the first time, but it's your money, so I have no say.

slammedexv

Pretty sure you are thinking of reflectors in regular headlights. My stock projectors with the halogen lights have a sharp cutoff, so since the HID's only change the bulb, it should be the same.

MasterLsGod

i got h4 single beam 6k's on my da

click and look

http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...rrent=hids.jpg

Dartanian

I sure hope you aren't serious. Pay attention much in 6th grade science?

You really are giving awful, misguided advice in this thread.

Post some pics of your cutoff. I'll bet you have glare and a crappy cutoff compared to a properly designed HID projector.

Honestly, those look awful.

OP, leave it stock. A 12000k pNp HID kit into leaky aftermarket projectors is NOT an upgrade.

slammedexv

And you guys saying I will blind everyone on the road unless I spend a ton of money on different projectors is a little overkill. Do I need an ultra sharp cutoff to have great lights and not blind people? No. I'll be sure to post pics when I get my HID's installed. I can even try to compare them to my mom's BMW if you like.

Your advice of "leave it stock" doesn't help anyone at all. Stock lighting is horrible, but a $500 upgrade isn't needed to get a good light pattern. I have e-code halogen lights in the Jeep and even they have a good cutoff. It's not HID quality, but it works just fine.

Dartanian

Actually it does because a 12000k PNP HID kit is far inferior to OEM 9006 bulbs.

qazaq

do a retrofit, it will cost you a little more but you will be happy with the results comparing to pnp HID kit. more work if you do it yourself, but there are ppl offering services to do it. i was planning to get a pnp kit for my car until i found out how big of difference is between the two set-ups, good thing i didn't waste money on pnp kit. it's up to you what to get but i recommend to go with retrofitted HID set up

CleanLikeJdm

Lulz much? I think you have the bulbs, and housing mixed up..


Actually, Yeah it kinda is.

PatrickGSR94

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I spent about $450 on my retrofit, using all OEM HID components, and they have been working great for 5 years.

I guarantee you a $110 kit will not last that long.

Just changing bulbs in a projector does not guarantee a stock beam pattern or beam sharpness. Moving the bulb in a projector by 2mm can change abeam pattern from awesome to crap.

xionl1350

I wouldn't go with anything pass 6000k. You can't really see **** when you go all the way up. I like my 4300k.

keepinitrehaal

i woulnt get 12000k. i have 8000k on my type r projectors and i like them and all but its a little too blue for me. my buddy got 6000k and his look good. lights up everything!

Slain

i'd save and do the retrofit with real hid components do it right do it once..

94DB8

what vehicle do you retrofit from? does anyone have a good detailed write up on it?

this might actually help the OP decide what he wants to do... oem HID's will look 10x better than any pnp system, thats common sense

4g63powered

A lot of people use TSX projectors for their retrofit. I dont know of any write ups on it off hand, but there *might* be one on T-I.