HIDS Lighting
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Okay I see what you mean. Yea I do have the projector headlights with my HID's it does "strighten" the beam and makes it look "cleaner" I agree. I think the cost for my headlights was $240 and the HID kit with the smaller ballists(which is extra of course)for $140. But thats in my car(Mk4 Jetta GLI).
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As someone who has had HID and loved it I say go for the HID conversion, however, make sure that they get aimed properly. Nothing says did it myself better than blinding everybody you drive by. Currently I have Eagle Eyes headlight assemblies and definitely recommend spending a little extra money and getting a properly built, plug and play headlight that looks great.
I have them sitting in the house waiting to be installed but I'm thinking of converting them to HID but wonder if I should just do the low beams or pay double to convert all four projectors to HID.
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I still blind ppl ocassionally in my car and I only have the low beams as HID as do all my buddies. If your in a truck with HID's which obviously sits higher than a car there is no need for high beam HID's, thats my opinion.
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So to clarify, you simply installed an HID bulb only; that is, you did NOT do an actual HID reflector retrofit at all, no? The HID reflector kit is at least $300 a pair or more and requires cracking open your head light housing entirely to change out the reflectors.
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No my post explained at the top of this page I have projector headlights. I bought a set of low beam HID bulbs which come with ballists(HID Kit), which is necassary to have. If you don't have ballists for each bulb you don't have HID's they make the bulbs as bright as they are. You might have already known all that but I explained it a some just in case. When it comes down to it I guess you don't need projector headlights but the HID beams won't be as "clean" as they could be, which means more blinding ppl and the aiming willl be off and it just won't look as neat.
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Okay, so you are basically using the existing "projector" reflectors that are designed for non-HID light bulbs but installed an HID bulb.
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Unless you indeed have an 09+ F150 and did find an aftermarket head light set that offers both Xenon and HID projectors. In which case, may I ask which brand and model so I can research it further?
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@shotgunz:
I just read that thread and it definitely raised my concern as I just got a pair of Eagle Eyes/Anzo's. Tho they are for the 09+, I am assuming the issue has to do with the lack of peripheral light spread due to the projector itself, regardless of the housing/model application.
I was already contemplating swapping out the projectors with true HID projectors (MH1's specifically), so this should solve any light spread issues with the stock Eagle Eyes.
I just read that thread and it definitely raised my concern as I just got a pair of Eagle Eyes/Anzo's. Tho they are for the 09+, I am assuming the issue has to do with the lack of peripheral light spread due to the projector itself, regardless of the housing/model application.
I was already contemplating swapping out the projectors with true HID projectors (MH1's specifically), so this should solve any light spread issues with the stock Eagle Eyes.
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Picked up my 2011 last night. HID's are definitely missed from my 1998 that had the sylvania xenarc hid kit installed with hids in the fogs. Going to get a bullbar and installed a set of fogs with hids in those aswell.
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