HIDs, who uses Projectors?

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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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I dont have them. Idk, i like the way it looks, i also have hella 500's i flip on that have h3 hid's that match my heads. With all four its blinding, it lights everything up. The headlights arent so bad. idk, idc.

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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kazbek1
I have projector headlights i got off of ebay and on the front of the lens, it says H13 so I bought an H13 HID kit from DDM thinking it would fit but it doesn't...kinda confused on why its not fitting...anyone else run into this problem...here are the headlights I had on already: http://www.octanemotorsports.com/Lig...tml#googlebase
Sorry to say, but those are NOT projector headlights. That is just a lens that sits in front of the H13 Bulb. It is still a reflector housing. You can get an H13 HID bulb in there, however the glare to oncoming traffic is unbelievable. I know....I tried them once.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by sam1947
Sorry to say, but those are NOT projector headlights. That is just a lens that sits in front of the H13 Bulb. It is still a reflector housing. You can get an H13 HID bulb in there, however the glare to oncoming traffic is unbelievable. I know....I tried them once.
Ohhhhh my bad...yea I got them in there, Im dumb and kept trying to screw them in on an angle...both bulbs were already defected so I have to send them back to DDM tuning so I have to wait another 2 weeks...and is the glare worse than the regular housing?
 
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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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powerz, how do you have your high-beams set up?
 
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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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I bought the H13 hid kit, then went and bought the projectors that use a D2S bulb. So I bought the bulbs and D2S adapter for the H13 kit. The projectors lift the cutoff with a electromagnet when the high beams are turned on. Here's a good write up I followed by Thomas_W for your year of truck.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ot...t-upgrade.html
 
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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by kazbek1
Ohhhhh my bad...yea I got them in there, Im dumb and kept trying to screw them in on an angle...both bulbs were already defected so I have to send them back to DDM tuning so I have to wait another 2 weeks...and is the glare worse than the regular housing?
Let's get one thing corrected...you are not dumb !!....this how we learn new things. HID bulbs need something covering the top of the bulb,
that is why they will work with the stock housings, not great, but they will work. They will still give off glare to the front as HID's are not meant for reflector type housings. The all around best thing is a true retro-fit with projectors, although that can get expensive. If you want to keep the housings you have I would get a pair of silverstars for them. If you want to go with HID you should put the OEM (or HELLA) housings and aim them down. Just my .02
 
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