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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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Finished!!! Hella 500 behind grill with 8k HiD's

here's a link to the thread

only cost me $140, details and pics in the link

and i wanna give a shout-out to William of XenonLink (also his forum name) for helpin me out with all my questions and providing customer service that is just as awesome as PHP's
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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Looks good I got Hid's in my Hellas too
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:14 AM
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great job! looks good
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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Those look awesome. I've been want to do this! Did you custom make your brackets?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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looks sweet...i need HID's
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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that is so bright in the last pic of the first page of your link. Looks like a UFO coming or something.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Nice diagrams!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 11:46 AM
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thanks everyone, the brackets were just bent out of a couple pieces of scrap metal i had layin around. i need to add a cross-bar for added support to help with them shaking over bumps
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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update: added HID's to my headlights

 

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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 01:57 AM
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You painted the outside of your headlamps?!?! That must affect the light output/beam pattern big time.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mSaLL150
You painted the outside of your headlamps?!?! That must affect the light output/beam pattern big time.
x2, why on earth would you paint the outside of the headlamps?!
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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x2, why on earth would you paint the outside of the headlamps?!
It probly cuts down on the HID glare/over spread now anyways so its most likley a good thing
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by nuclearthreat54
It probly cuts down on the HID glare/over spread now anyways so its most likley a good thing
Yeah but from the side you probably cant see the turn signal...that is a very bad thing.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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yeah...painting your headlights like that is definately illegal..

and why are the lights behind the grill so low?

the HIDs look great...i think the front end just needs a few minor touches
 
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Looks good, but the painted headlights?
 
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