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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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HID/Projector Light went in.

I ordered the Projector/HID kit. I wanted a black look to them so I got the housing that has halogen and projector bulb. Has the halo rings too and LED's. Those still need hooked up though.

Finished late last night installing the housings and HID bulbs/ballasts.

I can tell you the light output is night and day between stock and HID.
Very happy so far.

The HID kit came with the HID bulbs, wiring harness(no splicing in to wires), and ballasts. The ballasts is getting the signal from the OEM harness. What I liked is it has the halogen bulb for high beam and the HID for low beam so you can still use the hi/low.

As everyone stated the one piece housing does stick out a little. Not a perfect fit. I'm going to try and fit them a little better and also angle the lights a little more.

I looed at the housing and noticed there was plenty of sealer coming out from the place where the lens meets the housing. I've read to put sealer on there since most aftermarket lights let water in. When I looked at the housing you could see a very thick bead of sealer. I didn't add any, but I might as I need to remove them again to hook up the halo's and led's.

I'll post some daylight pics up if anyone is interested.







 
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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looks pretty good. I assume you are on a hill in the second picture?
 
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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Not bad, but be prepared for those halos to go out. I had some at one time and two of them were burned out along with a couple of the small LED's within 3 months.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor05121
looks pretty good. I assume you are on a hill in the second picture?
Yea, I was on an inclined drive way. I'm going to my inlaws house at some point since they have long flat drive way. Then measure center of projector to floor then go back 20 feet and measure on their garage door the same measurement i took from truck less 3"......I think I remembered that from someone elses post where you commented on how to adjust lights.

While I was driving to work, I noticed a few cars in front of mee and the light were about on their trunk line on top....I didn't see the light inside the vehicle unless of course I was right behind them at a stop.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Its 3" at 25', but good enough. Mine is at 5" drop. I live in a hilly area.

Just the other night I crested a hill and some poor old guy in a Camry got it from me for a good second. By the time he went and flicked on his high beams, the cutoff went down below him so I gave him a second and he didn't kill those 9005s so I just raised that cutoff bar again. That did the trick
 
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