Alex Pakhotin
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1999 Eclipse GSX
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« on: November 20, 2011, 09:36:37 PM » |
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Jordan Kruger
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2011, 09:53:37 PM » |
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Noice! it pays for itself as soon as its dark!
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337awhp. ---> 400awhp ? =)
Replacing parts since early 2010.
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Paul Pigar
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2011, 10:40:25 PM » |
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Only thing i hate about hid's is when it's raining, you can barely see the road.
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-98 talon tsi awd
-96 talon tsi awd converted to eclipse gsx
-95 talon esi(sold)
-94 eclipse non-turbo(sold)
-91 talon tsi fwd(daily driver)
-90 nissan 300zx(sold)
-96 eclipse gs spyder
-98 eclipse gs-t spyder
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Richard Steger
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2011, 11:10:56 PM » |
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Only thing i hate about hid's is when it's raining, you can barely see the road.
 from the glare? or what? |
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1992 Laser AWD Turbo 6/4 bolt 5 spd. K&N, 2.5" catless exhaust, free mods...14.29 sec @ 92.24mph
Sold for sake of mortgage downpayment :-(
2003 Mazda Protege 5, current daily driver
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Alex Pakhotin
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2011, 12:18:21 AM » |
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Only thing i hate about hid's is when it's raining, you can barely see the road. Heh... Actually the last straw for me was exactly that: driving in the dark when it's raining - I couldn't see a thing! I hoped it would be better with the HID. Well, I guess I'll get a chance to try that very soon - it's easy here in our area.  |
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kevin derhouson
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2011, 12:30:14 AM » |
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Only thing i hate about hid's is when it's raining, you can barely see the road.
that's only really a problem with the blue er hids 8~12k |
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97 tsi: e316g SD/Meth/cams 301awhp/273tq @ 24psi on the RG mustang dyno
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BrandonDouglas
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2011, 01:56:56 AM » |
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Did you use projectors or stock housings?
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Alex Pakhotin
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 02:00:00 AM » |
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Did you use projectors or stock housings? Neither. But the housing I have is very similar to stock - just got some headlamps from eBay recently. |
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Drew Sale
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2011, 11:22:39 AM » |
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What temp are you using? 35w or 55w ballasts? Are they the slim ballasts?
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I dont care what anyone says about my car. It only had 1 error code.
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j.l.forsen
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2011, 11:56:14 AM » |
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if anyone is intetested in a hid look halogen though, check out Nokya arctic white halogens. hands down the nicest bulbs ive used with a legit hid look without the price
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kevin derhouson
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 02:25:25 PM » |
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often times the HIDs can be cheaper than say the piaa halogens :p
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97 tsi: e316g SD/Meth/cams 301awhp/273tq @ 24psi on the RG mustang dyno
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Alex Pakhotin
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2011, 03:08:51 PM » |
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What temp are you using? 35w or 55w ballasts? Are they the slim ballasts? Actually I don't really know much about this kit - just got it from a friend, he had one spare. Seems like it's a 35W slim one. The temp is 5000K or 6000K - rather white, not too blueish. It's Xentec - some eBay brand, which looks like this:  |
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Drew Sale
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2011, 03:56:13 PM » |
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Probably 6000k then.
As far as I know from the research I've done about them, there's 4300k, 6000k, 8000k, 10, 12 and in some cases higher. 4300k is stock BMW, Mercedes etc and the higher the number, the more blue/dim they get. Oh and there's the JDM yellow 3000k too.
I had 12000k and holy shit you couldn't see anything at night in the rain. But come photoshoot time, that's a different story haha
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I dont care what anyone says about my car. It only had 1 error code.
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John Hartman
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« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2011, 08:00:39 AM » |
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actually looks like a decent kit for what it is. Really projects some useable light.
From the picture its probably one of the lower K numbers. From that picture, and my computer monitor, it looks like what my Mazda has stock which is 3700k so its probably 4300K. Everyone wants to go higher number, but you can't see as well when you go higher, especially in the rain.
How is the vertical cutoff?
Post up a pic against a garage door or along side a set of cedar hedges or something.
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91 Eagle Talon TSi 5spd awd. quickest and fastest pump gas 14b in BC? now -12/Tial equipped
91 Eagle 2000GTX 5spd awd. great handling 87octane daily driver. Compomotive, exhaust, cams.
86 Merkur XR4Ti 5spd, rwd, turbo, 91,381km. Original paint, heated leather. intercooled, big VAM
06 Mazdaspeed6 6spd awd, DISI turbo, heated leather HIDs etc, bone stock,203awhp/238tq
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daniel sanat
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« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2011, 10:37:58 AM » |
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You can get them from reaction performance in crystal mall ( close to metro town ) for $60 for the full sell they got tons in stock
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1992 talon tsi
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