HIDs arrived today!

MM_BKK said:
Does this set come with 4 ballasts and Dual Xenon bulbs? The halogen high beam integrated with the Xenon bulb is a joke.
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My kit Comes with 2 ballasts. The last time I did a HID install without the halogen high beam, My high beam light wouldnt turn off on the dash and my fog lamps wouldnt turn on.
These are 8K (blue) and yes I have his card and he said If I should have any issues up to a full year, he'll send me whatever parts I need.
 
Raudermaster said:
SO, I guess I started the HID trend eh? ;)
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Hey, I want some credit... Even though mine aren't installed plenty of interest stirred over my thread with all the pics...

Funny enough I planned this weekend to tackle many things on the vehicle and one of the things on my list was the HID light kit install...

FYI on Monday everyone will get an installment of project "Marauder" and using pics a step by step walk through (or as least as best as I can do...."
LOL

aesome to see the HID catching on though....
I haven't gone to FOG (HIDS) yet though Im dooing on step at a time...

FYI:
This kit Uses low beams as HIDs... your highs are still standard high power lighting. but this will allow you to keep you "flash to pass" feature" since HIDS need to warm up... HIDS high beams disallow this....


even the 2006 Aviator I have doesn't have HID high's but has HID lows.... and its for this reason... and ford cutting some cost im sure lol....
 
What are the names of the German ballasts and Korean bulbs? Did you have to do any mods to the original headlight ficture that came on the car?
 
I'm not sure with your kits, but I had to modify my headlight housing's and "waterproof" them. Since, there WILL be wires (2) coming off the bulbs themselves, hence you will not be able to screw the cap behind the headlight's closed. I simply drilled a small enough hole to pull the wires through, and found a gromit to seal it off and just used a small bead of silicone to seal it off for extra protection.
 
Blackened300a said:
My kit Comes with 2 ballasts. The last time I did a HID install without the halogen high beam, My high beam light wouldnt turn off on the dash and my fog lamps wouldnt turn on.
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May be you got something miswired? My high and low beams works normally. My fog lights comes on as normal with low beam. My high beam indicator on the dash comes on only with high beam on. The only thing different I did was to wire the low beam to stay on when I put high beam on. I can flash to pass with no problems, the 4 Xenon bulbs fire instantly and simultaneously like flash bulbs and very hard not to notice them. They're so much brighter than the brightest halogen bulbs which draws more power. I definitely don't miss the old factory halogen set up. HIDs rocks!
 
HID lights arrived

You havee 4 bulbs 2 low and 2 high beam? Did you have to change the headlight assembly?
 
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ldawg said:
You havee 4 bulbs 2 low and 2 high beam? Did you have to change the headlight assembly?
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No, I have 4 ballasts and 2 bulbs but each bulb has 2 xenon elements, one for high and the other for low. No modification to the headlight housing needed.
 
MM_BKK said:
The only thing different I did was to wire the low beam to stay on when I put high beam on. I can flash to pass with no problems
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Thats the difference, Its all plug and play so its impossible to wire it up wrong. I have installed HIDs in over 20 cars and they all had seperate high beams, its only typical that my own car would have the issue.

There are no specific brands, its only where they are built. Each country have their own ballast and bulb design.
 
Blackened300a said:
Thats the difference, Its all plug and play so its impossible to wire it up wrong. I have installed HIDs in over 20 cars and they all had seperate high beams, its only typical that my own car would have the issue.

There are no specific brands, its only where they are built. Each country have their own ballast and bulb design.
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I went to the auto show today to get these bi-xenon lights you had picked up. I didnt see the vendor you had mentioned. All i saw were several booths for rims and waxes, lol. :shake:

I tried ringin ya to ask you had installed them. This is the one thing i cant stand about my car, the headlights suck!!! Its worth the $225 if they work properly.
 
OneBADLsE said:
I went to the auto show today to get these bi-xenon lights you had picked up. I didnt see the vendor you had mentioned. All i saw were several booths for rims and waxes, lol. :shake: .
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Sorry I didnt get back to you, I been having issues with my phone.
The vendor was upstairs next to the guy selling Mops. He had a little table and had the kits stacked up. If you didnt look closely at what he was selling you would walk right by him.
So far so good with the kit, I also installed the same kit into my fathers truck and he loves them.
 
ldawg said:
What HID kit did you intall?
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It was a German 8K kit with seperate halogen bulbs for high beams. My fathers had two prongs that had to be slid into the oem plug that goes into the back of the bulb. The rest was all plug and play. Total install time was a half hour.
 
I am transferring my phots from the JID install this weekend to Photbucket right now...
I will create a thred linking to them shortly in the garage for all those interested....
 
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