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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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My 2001 Excursion headlights are horrible. Almost like I have headlight covers on them. I was looking into the Helios HID 12000k kit. Anyone had any experience with them or recommend another.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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i have the CATZ kit. its the 4500k kit. i dont like the color of the higher temp kits. mine are almost pure white. no blue or yellow, or purple. it is a high beam and low beam/ dual beam system. very bright. are your housings cloudy or yellowed? that would take performance away from your lights...
 
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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racer's right...cloudy lenses can take lots of performance out of your lighting system. (Gotta love plastic over glass lenses.)

If you have foglights, placing 9005s in place of the 9145s is a good start to improving lighting too.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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Don't get the 12k kit, the lower the number the higher the light output...
 
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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Don't get the 12k kit, the lower the number the higher the light output...
The 12000k hit looks to be the brightest and most expensive. I curently have my 37" wheels and tires and shortly will lift the beast. With the horrible lighting now I could just imagine it with high lift.

Next weekend I will be gutting the entire interior for sound deadining and make way for the mas of wiring for the demo system. I'm one of those guys that likes to do everything in one clean sweep. As long as I'm motivated to work on it I might as well do everything on my list.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 11:44 PM
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Warning, Its Your Truck, Imo, Dont Do The 12000k Kit. The Higher The Number, The More The Color Difference Is. The Temp Is At Which The Arc For The Light Is, Not The Light Output.
 
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