HID headlight and foglight conversion.

[SUPRAHUMAN]

im sure ppl have done this b4. Im looking to buy 2 HID kits off of ebay. is there room for slim ballasts behind the headlights and foglights somewhere? and i would have to buy the the H4 headlight hosing conversion also rite? I want jdm yellow fogs sooooo bad!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Slim-XENON-...es&hash=item43ad8f1965&vxp=mtr#ht_3542wt_1157


http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-X6-DIAMON...ra&hash=item41644f7ae6&vxp=mtr#ht_5819wt_1302

 

[jetjock]

Are you serious or is this an April 1 thing?

 

[SUPRAHUMAN]

Are you serious or is this an April 1 thing?

haha is it a bad thing if im serious? if so then april fools... just wanted to make sure it would work and not buy the wrong stuff or if its worth my money and time.

 

[GrimJack]

Lots of folks have done this, and the vast majority of them have quickly discovered it's a seriously bad idea.

Those lights are great if you're building a show car that doesn't actually drive, but they are complete junk if you need light to see by. Putting genuine HID lights that *work* in Supras has been done several times, however, it's by no means an easy project.

 

[jdemara]

I have tried regular ebay housings, smoked housings, and "projector" housings. All are complete junk from my experience. Buying a 7x6 housing and putting in an HID kit into them may be a cheap alternative to the stock yellow halogens, but it is just a scatter show on the road. I ran this type of setup for quite a while, and got high beamed from oncoming traffic multiple times every time I drove. It throws light everywhere, and not so much on the road where it is needed.

I recently just did a FX-R projector retrofit (with highbeam) with a Morimoto 5000k D2S HID kit, and I'll never look back!

Check out www.theretrofitsource.com for some REAL projectors that work. It is quite a bit of work to modify the housings to get them to fit etc, but well worth it. Ebay housings are great if you plan on doing a retrofit, because they have a clear front lens and are easy to cut up.

Total Cost of ebay housings with plug and play HID kit: $70 ?
Total Cost of ebay housings with a real projector retrofit: $350 plus some hours of labour to custom fit into housings... The choice is yours

 

[jdemara]

 

[te72]

Grim, you still trying to market a P&P HID setup for our cars? I forget what you were selling them at, but it seemed reasonable to me for proven results...

 

[GrimJack]

Grim, you still trying to market a P&P HID setup for our cars? I forget what you were selling them at, but it seemed reasonable to me for proven results...

Actually, that was Poodles. I bought a setup from him. It's pretty awesome.

 

[IndigoMKII]

How much was it? What all was included? Could I see an example of the light pattern?

 

[Poodles]

Guess I should get to work making more

 

[mcammarn]

^^^yes please.lol

 

[GrimJack]

How much was it? What all was included? Could I see an example of the light pattern?

DamnifIremember... lots. You could search in the for sale sections for threads started by Poodles, it'll probably show up pretty quick. There were some examples of the light pattern in the for sale thread as well, but it basically looks exactly the same as the ones jdemara posted.

 

[te72]

Actually, that was Poodles. I bought a setup from him. It's pretty awesome.

Man am I bad about getting you two mixed up... Sorry Dave.

Guess I should get to work making more

I'll be buying a set from you eventually. Is it easy enough to swap out that it wouldn't be a headache to put in my current car, then swap over to the shell when we do the widebody thing? Don't need two sets, but would it be worth the time/effort for the time being?

 

[GrimJack]

Yes, the install is childishly simple.

 

[SUPRAHUMAN]

i want some too! haha. well is there an easy way to make my fogs yellow..besides painting them...

 

[GrimJack]

Buy yellow bulbs.

 

[OneJArpus]

this

I got the shroud on the 2nd set of headlights.... light output is great and the cut off is what it should be... i also used a relay harness

 

[Eman14j]

Guess I should get to work making more

yes please

 

[te72]

Yes, the install is childishly simple.

Good to know... Summer's coming, and I don't drive at night often anymore, but who knows. I'll be buying a set eventually, just not sure when. Definitely on the list.

 

[sylquebec]

I love mine so much! dont buy cheap hid kit. I first got a set of cheap ballast thinking i could save but i end up loosing 40$ because ebay hid kit are complete junk. lighting was always shaking like if the car was moving but it wasnt!!! Go with some morimoto stuff...