I would have to disagree with you about the poor performance on a rebased kits, as far as my truck go's. I have a 5k kit installed on my truck and am totally happy and impressed with there performance. I would say that with the kit I have improved my light on the road output by 3x over stock. Of course the retrofit would be the best way to go, but I spent less than $300 and 1 hour of time to install. And I have had no issues with glare or blinding other traffic.

 

This is true. The problem with kits is that their performance is limited to the headlight assembly they are mounted in. If its bad to begin with, its only more noticable with a HID Kit. The Ford reflevtor headlight is not as bad as other domestic headlights as you know, but the only problem is that the way the light is distributed, you get 2 big hotspots and just a little glare. Its hard to notice unless you compare side to side with a projector setup.
This is the main reason why the NHTSA banned HID Kits for sale in the USA and Canada in 2003. Theres no way to control the way the light is output with so many different vehicles with many different styles of headlights.
But whatever the case, as long as youre happy with your setup, thats all that counts.

 

Im happy with it. Dont get me wrong, I would love to have your setup. When you gonna post your pix? How long do you plan on teasing us

 

HidPlanet,

SO are you going to make a kit already done for us peeps that dont want to do all the work and just pay you? All I have to do is replace the housing

Looks killer

 

Pictures should be up soon but since im leaving for SEAM, I dont know if I will be able to do it during this week unless I snap some at the show and post them when I get home on thursday.

As for HID hardware, what I sell are the items for the project, not the actualy work. I have people I can refer to do the work however.

 

Any updates???

 

Sorry I just havent had time to take pictures. they are all installed and working fine. Ive been super busy lately with server problems so I havent had time to do anything else. I will see if I can do a quick photoshoot this weekend.

 

Nice setup...cant wait to see the finished product. If you start producing those, though I have the HID kit already, I will definately line up to get some.

 

That would never happen. With the amount of work invloved, even if you streamlined the process, it would cost at least $3000 in labor and more for parts.

 

I am really having a hard time understanding how something so [apparently] small can be so costly (labor-wise). Can you give a small description of the work that must be done. I am trying to understand how building the assembly can be so difficult.

 

I think he just gave some outrageous price so that ...
a) he will be the only one with them
b) he doesnt want to ever do it again

 

There is also a lot of custom molding of plastic and carbon fiber that went into his retro. Just like mine, it's taken months to engineer these things. It's not just a bolt it together type thing. It's designing, testing, re-designing, and custom fitting.

Spend a solid week on hidforum.com and you'll see what I mean.

 

I am gonna have to pass on that, if I learn anymore about them I might actually consider investing the money...but for the record, I still do not see how molding can take months.

 

if you want them to look good then it takes a lot of time to ge tthem right. I did a install on my sport bike 2 winters ago and it took me 2 months to get them done. But in the end it is well worth the time and money..

Still having trouble picking what setup to use for my retro...

HIDPLANET... Would you know what size the location of the blinker opening is.. I still thinking about going the Q45 road like yours but I still want to have a high beam. I am thinking about maybe getting a small projector in the blinker spot for highs and then coming up with a new home for the blinker..
Also where you buy the Q45 hid's ?

 

NEW pictures added:

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...93#post1910193