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06-17-2006, 02:10 PM | #37 |
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New Question.......... please help
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anyway... being that our headlights have to built in reflector in front of the bulb, is a projector necessary?
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06-17-2006, 08:12 PM | #39 |
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Full write up coming soon...
For now, my H4 HIDs. They are AMAZING at night! |
06-17-2006, 09:19 PM | #40 |
I have h4 8000k HID's in my car. It lights like a stadium
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06-17-2006, 09:31 PM | #41 |
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what brand bulbs and ballast did you guys use? and do you guys have just low beams or are they bixenon? and any projectors?
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06-18-2006, 02:05 AM | #42 |
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what with the daytime light ? still there ?
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06-18-2006, 09:40 PM | #43 |
I have just low beams, and my ballast are Hella. No proyectors. I hope to mount another kit in the fog lights next month.
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bright as a stadium only means you're BLINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC!! Quote:
The only right way to get the blue effect is an HID swap, but I SERIOUSLY don't recommend anything less than a complete swap with either a PROJECTOR setup from an OEM car (bixenons BMW, Infiniti Q45 "gatling gun" xenonsk,etc) OR a good "Casper Shield" or something to give you a good Horizontal Cutoff so that you're not blinding everyone else on the streets. BTW, Sophie, that headlight setup on the Altezza is FARKING SWEET!!! you gotta show me how you mounted those led's for the turn signals!! Were you on Clublexus.com or Lexusownersclub.com??? I use to frequent them and used their help to modify the Q45 Xenons into my lexus GS (that already had xenons's ,haha). That IS300 looks familiar, very sweet setup.. for $35 i was able to purchase Sylvania Silverstar bulbs that not only give me much brighter, crisper, whiter light output (as opposed to OEM) and an even beam pattern, but also allow me to AVOID losing my warranty on the electric system. BTW, did you guys make sure to change out to the fuses or are you still running the same Fuse Setup from your stock headlight bulbs?? please tell me you've done your homework (Physics - Electrical to be specific) cuz if you don't you're likely to burn out your whole wiring system..try explaining that to your parents :P and Toyota's Warranty department Last edited by TRD_Yaris; 06-19-2006 at 12:12 AM. |
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i thought hids pulled less power and amperage than stock bulbs...?
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06-23-2006, 11:24 AM | #46 |
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So has anyone from Canada successfully installed HIDs? I read that running the HID with DRL during the day time could really affect the longevity of the bulbs and the ballast.
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I started buying some parts for my HID retrofit. I got some e46 bi-xenon projectors coming. Now all I gotta do is find some bulb and ballast for cheap. I'm trying to get all the parts I need for the retrofit before I get the car. I hope the car comes in sometime this year
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06-23-2006, 07:07 PM | #49 |
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Thats a great start Supa, you are sure to have one unique setup when its finished. Me, I took the easy way out, and tested a new kit for a buddy's company, and I am VERY happy with the results!
I have HIDs on everything, from our cars and trucks, right down to the quads! HIDs rock!!!! Here's a few more......... Last edited by Chris07LB; 06-23-2006 at 07:28 PM. |
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That's not a bad beam pattern, Chris. There doesn't look like there's much glare above the cut off. Any more pics from farther away on a wall? Did you get a hi/low kit? Is that a 6000k kit?
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06-23-2006, 07:24 PM | #51 | |
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I do a lot of commuting, hence the purchase of this car, and at night and early morning, it is just unreal how much of the road is lit up! You need to keep in mind, our headlights are designed to focus the light off the deflector, towards the inner side of the headlight housing.. NOT from directly in the center. My Yaris shop manual describes this all with a picture, showing how its designed, and how it all works. Maybe thats why the cut off stays so good, compared to other non-HID headlight housing retro fits. BTW - they are actually 6500k's I am testing, but they look more like 6000ks, with just a hint of purple at warmup. My parking lights are also LED's, being tested for the same company. Brighter then ANYTHING else we have seen on the market! |
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06-23-2006, 08:33 PM | #52 |
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Ah...I didn't know the the light reflects from sides.
Only reason why I'm retrofitting some projectors in there is because I'm already going to open up the headlights to paint them, so I figure why I'm in there might as well add some projectors for better lighting. I've never done it before so this is going to be my first time. I'll take lots of pics for a write up.
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06-23-2006, 10:50 PM | #53 |
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yeah, i figured the fact that we have the bulb reflectors already in there would help us out with not needing projectors like most light setups... i'm just trying to decide whether or not go with hids or just get some sylvania silverstars..
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06-24-2006, 05:01 AM | #54 | |
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There are other alternatives to brighter lighting, besides Silverstars. Just please dont put blue tinted glass bulbs in there! Worse light output, and looks... well.... eh. |
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