HID for MK1? Or anything but stock??

[aaron7]

I have an 89... and I'm tired of the yellow sealed beam lights. Are there any kits that replace them? I'd love projector with HID... but anything that's better than stock I will settle for!

[ToyotaTechGeek]

i have the european Hella H4 conversion (the REAL crystal lenses) and Silverstars on my 89. MUCH better than stock.

[aaron7]

I had a cheapo ebay H4 kit for my Camaro and I hated them! The bulbs melted the cheap plastic housing, and the lens was plastic too so it looked like crap in a few months.

I also had silverstars in my Golf and Prizm, and they seemed like a weak flashlight.

Did you upgrade your harness? Where did you get the kit?

[ToyotaTechGeek]

yeah, plastic = teh suck! i bought mine in Germany, sorry! and my Silverstars i bought off the shelf. they are great. no, i didn't upgrade the harness or anything. i have considered buying the PIAA H4 bulbs, but at a price of around $80...no thanks!

[aaron7]

Hell, I'll pay $80 for bulbs. I'll pay someone from Germany to buy them and mail them to me! I hate my headlights!!

[aaron7]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33710

That's the best I can find. And that's what I had on the Camaro... 100% teh uber suxor.

[ToyotaTechGeek]

Originally Posted by aaron7

Hell, I'll pay $80 for bulbs. I'll pay someone from Germany to buy them and mail them to me! I hate my headlights!!

$80 for bulbs, NOT for the headlight conversions. not only that, i don't know if the crystal lenses are even made anymore.

[aaron7]

Yes, I know, but I would pay $80 for the bulbs alone!

[whocares04]

get silverstars or cool blues and buy an upgraded wiring harness (optional)

if the headlights are still yellowish then that's b/c ur headlight lenses are so old they're discolored and all u need are new lenses (stock will be fine, esp. with silverstars or cool blues)

[ToyotaTechGeek]

ummm, AW11's don't have the problem with the headlight housings going yellow as they used a sealed beam lamp.

[MitchB]

Here's the lady to call:

juliedisortex@aol.com
Phone: 800-833-3839 ext 3


Tell her you want the H4-style 200mm rectangular glass Cibie-Valeo E-code units. These are European, hard-cutoff H4 headlights that will make even Hella's look crappy. She'll want you to buy her Xenon-enhanced lamps as well, and they are great, but they won't be exactly what you are looking for. If you've never seen an E-code cutoff pattern, you'll be entertained, to say the least. These are awesome, very high quality units.

Next, do an exhaustive websearch (for best price) for Farenheit H4 lamps. Get the 90/100W H4's. Believe me, a 90W low beam is killer. And when you hit the high beams, OMG.

You will NOT find a better setup than this unless you get the real HID Xenon arc lamps.

[whocares04]

^^^and u'll need an upgraded wiring harness to run the 90W lows unless u wanna fry the stock wiring...

[aaron7]

Originally Posted by MitchB

Here's the lady to call:

juliedisortex@aol.com
Phone: 800-833-3839 ext 3


Tell her you want the H4-style 200mm rectangular glass Cibie-Valeo E-code units. These are European, hard-cutoff H4 headlights that will make even Hella's look crappy. She'll want you to buy her Xenon-enhanced lamps as well, and they are great, but they won't be exactly what you are looking for. If you've never seen an E-code cutoff pattern, you'll be entertained, to say the least. These are awesome, very high quality units.

Next, do an exhaustive websearch (for best price) for Farenheit H4 lamps. Get the 90/100W H4's. Believe me, a 90W low beam is killer. And when you hit the high beams, OMG.

You will NOT find a better setup than this unless you get the real HID Xenon arc lamps.

Sounds good! What's that gonna run me?

Originally Posted by whocares04

^^^and u'll need an upgraded wiring harness to run the 90W lows unless u wanna fry the stock wiring...

I have an H4 conversion harness (from sealed beam to H4) from Painless already. I had it on my Camaro. Should work here too lol

[MitchB]

Originally Posted by whocares04

^^^and u'll need an upgraded wiring harness to run the 90W lows unless u wanna fry the stock wiring...

You might think so, but three years running with this setup and nothing has fried yet. BTW, being an electrical engineer, I know what to look for.