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FDFL3131 · 05-16-2005, 10:47 PM

does anyone know which after market kit is best to go with? JSM... ect ect..?

JSM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476

Phillips
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476

Mc Cullough
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

Hawkeye-SE · 05-16-2005, 10:54 PM

Please no.

If you are going to waste your money on a kit, get one that uses OEM components and rebased OEM bulbs. Please don't go higher than 4100k. Higher the K the less light. 8000k will be in the range of halogen brightness.

I had rebased philips 4100k d2r bulbs in my gen 5.5 and it was not much brighter and the pattern was AWEFUL.

I just finished my retrofit with TSX projectors and it is night and day (no pun intended) difference.

If you are going to go with a kit get rebased bulbs and OEM ballasts so you can reuse the ballasts when you (inevitably) upgrade to a retrofit.

HIDplanet.com forums has a wealth of information. Try there before making and decisions.

xpeed · 05-16-2005, 11:23 PM

Talk with Xenith. He's the vendor for H.I.D kits for OEM parts and such. He'll help you out a lot.

Super Kaioken · 05-16-2005, 11:57 PM

i think you should get around the range of 6000K-8000K just type in kelvin temp in google and read about it. It'll have ranges from a candle to twilight.

BullMarket · 05-17-2005, 12:06 PM

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/

^anything you ever wanted to know.

search for my HID kit quality thread I started back in november...it got bumped recently.

BULLMKT