just picked up a hid kit

02Alero · 02-19-2009, 08:53 PM

i just picked up an hid kit for my car its an 8000k i got it on ebay for $60
heres a pic of the kit the light pics i will have up later

02-19-2009, 09:18 PM

nice. I wanna see them when they're done

heineck · 02-19-2009, 09:47 PM

sick post pics soon

02Alero · 02-19-2009, 11:17 PM

heres some of the pic a before and now sorry for the low quality these were from my phone

Nate's Alero · 02-19-2009, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 02Alero

heres some of the pic a before and now sorry for the low quality these were from my phone

woah! brighttttt

YALEROYNOT · 02-20-2009, 09:00 AM

I have heard, people have problems with the ballests burn out on ebay kits. I got mine thru ddm tuning, it has a life time warenty and it was $100 shipped.

looks good tho, make sure you adjust the light so you dont blind people (i got flashed all the time befor I adjusted mine)

NickAlero2000 · 02-20-2009, 02:26 PM

looking good! you have any head on pics looking at the car?

Beholder88 · 02-20-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by YALEROYNOT

I have heard, people have problems with the ballests burn out on ebay kits. I got mine thru ddm tuning, it has a life time warenty and it was $100 shipped.

looks good tho, make sure you adjust the light so you dont blind people (i got flashed all the time befor I adjusted mine)

Don't you just have to angle them down a little more than usual?

fielder87 · 02-20-2009, 03:47 PM

hey i baught some brite white HID bulbs thinks 7500k, it says they just plug and play,they dont come with the ballests is that a problem?

Beholder88 · 02-20-2009, 03:51 PM

If they are true HID then they should come with ballasts. They might just be ultra whites or something.

fielder87 · 02-20-2009, 03:58 PM

i think they might only be ultra whites,then never said nothing bout ballests. Are ultra white still good,or atleast better than stock...they were cheap!lol.

cherrington17 · 02-20-2009, 04:00 PM

yeah... no ballasts = not HID

02Alero · 02-21-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by YALEROYNOT

I have heard, people have problems with the ballests burn out on ebay kits. I got mine thru ddm tuning, it has a life time warenty and it was $100 shipped.

looks good tho, make sure you adjust the light so you dont blind people (i got flashed all the time befor I adjusted mine)

how do i adjust them and these actually came with a 2 year ballast and bulb warenty. and ill post some head on pics tommarow

troyertrain · 02-21-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fielder87

i think they might only be ultra whites,then never said nothing bout ballests. Are ultra white still good,or atleast better than stock...they were cheap!lol.

do yourself a favor and upgrade the stock headlight harnesses, as they will burn out and melt if your using a bulb higher than 55W...

Cliff8928 · 02-21-2009, 09:18 PM

Thank goodness (most) HIDs are 35w.

02-21-2009, 09:47 PM

Doesn't Scot have 55W HIDs? I seem to recall from ASS2008 that they were crazy bright.....

dhurst765 · 03-29-2009, 07:11 PM

do u need to modify ur housings or just install the ballasts and the bulbs?

cherrington17 · 03-29-2009, 07:14 PM

just install ballasts and bulbs.

if you want TRUE HIDs, you need projectors. which yes... require modification. Most people run w/o though.

dhurst765 · 03-29-2009, 07:28 PM

i thought that i had read somewhere that it would melt the housing. also where would u put the ballasts and how big r they

cherrington17 · 03-29-2009, 07:46 PM

not very big, and wherever you want.

and they aren't hotter, they use the same amount of power as the stock bulbs. they just use the power more efficiently. The pseudo HIDs, the bulbs you can buy that claim they are HID but don't have a ballast, if the wattage is too high, it'll melt the harness and/or housing.