HID kits?
07-20-2007, 06:53 PM
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Another fellow Olathe Kansas luder, w00t! 
Just a bit of advice, I had an 8000K PnP HID kit on my 95 that lasted me only a few months. It wasn't an eBay kit either, it was a Techone kit that I had heard nothing but good things about. After 3 months, one of the ballasts **** out, and I received a replacement one in the mail. Once swapped in, the next day the OTHER ballast failed. Then the next week the one that had been replaced went out as well. It was way too much of a pain to mess with, so I went back to standard halogens.
The light output was fine on the kit, but I had the lamps aimed way the hell down so I wouldn't blind oncoming traffic. If you want something for looks, just get some cool blue halogens from autozone or something, because the PnP kit is not worth the money. If you want something for better lighting, save up and spend the extra money on a retrofit. Thats what I'm doing at the moment, and I already know that I'm not going to look back once I have it.
Just a bit of advice, I had an 8000K PnP HID kit on my 95 that lasted me only a few months. It wasn't an eBay kit either, it was a Techone kit that I had heard nothing but good things about. After 3 months, one of the ballasts **** out, and I received a replacement one in the mail. Once swapped in, the next day the OTHER ballast failed. Then the next week the one that had been replaced went out as well. It was way too much of a pain to mess with, so I went back to standard halogens.
The light output was fine on the kit, but I had the lamps aimed way the hell down so I wouldn't blind oncoming traffic. If you want something for looks, just get some cool blue halogens from autozone or something, because the PnP kit is not worth the money. If you want something for better lighting, save up and spend the extra money on a retrofit. Thats what I'm doing at the moment, and I already know that I'm not going to look back once I have it.
07-20-2007, 08:55 PM
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Re: (Diao)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Diao »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> If you want something for better lighting, save up and spend the extra money on a retrofit. Thats what I'm doing at the moment, and I already know that I'm not going to look back once I have it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
some great advice right there
some great advice right there
07-21-2007, 09:07 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prelude1897 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
some great advice right there </TD></TR></TABLE>
Prelude1897, best retrofitting services around
some great advice right there
</TD></TR></TABLE>Prelude1897, best retrofitting services around
07-21-2007, 06:31 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .BigSexy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Prelude1897, best retrofitting services around </TD></TR></TABLE>
thank you, very much appreciate the comment about my retrofit service
Prelude1897, best retrofitting services around
</TD></TR></TABLE>thank you, very much appreciate the comment about my retrofit service
07-25-2007, 07:41 AM
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soRry to revive a 4day old post or w/e but thought that this was a prime example of retrohid vs. hidkit
i saw this pic in a listing for a "high quality hidkit"
notice that even in a PICTURE it has glare.
what if this ricer evo was oncoming traffic? 
i saw this pic in a listing for a "high quality hidkit"
notice that even in a PICTURE it has glare.
what if this ricer evo was oncoming traffic?
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