So I was at my local truck accessories shop yesterday and my buddy, who is also the owner, was trying to talk me into getting an HID Kit for my truck. If I remember the price was around $500 for the kit also including my fog lights. So my question is...is it really worth that kind've money, or would I get the same look if I were to just by the HID bulbs for about $50 a pair. Thanks for the help guys!

 

No. Not $500.

About $150 will get you a good kit on e-bay (HID4U is the member). The kit is Bi-xenon (low and high beam), and comes with everything you need to install (2 ballasts, 2 HID bulbs, all wiring, and a relay harness so you can hook them up directly to the battery.)

The relay harness is very important... for some reason HID4U only provides them with the bi-xenon kit, there is just a low beam kit for less money, but you loose high beams and you have to buy a harness separately.

For $150... its one of my favorite mods.

 

I thought $500 sounded pretty high. And he's supposed to be a buddy too, hah. Thanks for the info man I'm gonna go ahead and check that out on ebay!

 

A bunch of the members here are running the kit from HID4U (including myself). It seems as though the relay harness is a necessity if your going that route... those without it seem to be running into problems with the ballasts (HID requires less power, but more of a steady current... hence why a direct connection to the battery through a relay harness would be the best steady current possible.) and those with (me too) haven't had a single problem.

 

I'll vouch for the realy

The HID's defiantly make a huge difference and get the attention of people.

 

HIDs are hands down my most favorite mod

but dont pay 500 bucks haha

 

Don't they have different output options like 4000k and 6000k? I'm looking for a more purple looking light rather then like a blue color. Do you guys think it would look good if I went with HID's for my headlights and go with yellow bulbs for my fog lights?

 

500 is way too much, I went the HID4U route and got Bi-xenon headlights and then the fog lights and I want to say it was a little over 200 for everything.

 

yeah i think they go from around 4k to 8k but dont quote me on that haha

 

500? Damn, I thought the 300 kits were expensive. Granted, they say you get what you pay for, but 500 seems like a lot. Also plenty of people here seem happy with the ones from HID4U.

Just remember that the higher you go in the color range, the less output you are going to get. Also, it'll be harder to see in the rain.

3000K is yellow, which some use in the fogs.
4300K is a more OEM look, with excellent light output.
5000K is a white light, with great output.
6000k is a white light with a blue tinge, good output. Many say this should be as high as you should go if you want to keep rain visibility.
8000k-10000K is basically a blue light.
12000k+ is going into the purples, which IMO you shouldn't be putting on a truck that you plan on driving at night with.

Got this from a random ebay page:

 

Aight good deal. What do you think about the HID for the headlights and the yellow bulbs for the fog lights? Or would you just go HID for both?

 

I don't know, I guess that's a personal choice. Many like matching lights. Personally, I do, though I'm sure it a white healight with yellow fogs wouldn't look bad.

 

for those that have the hid kit what brand is it??

Is this the one you have??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-X...mZ350073170028

 

do some research..

everyone has different kits... everything differs due to price, quality, manufacturer, branding etc.

imo do research and find a company which offers a great warranty, exchange policy, and is generally local. Kits can be found from 60-500$ depending on all of these factors... but it doesn't mean that a cheaper kit is worse then an expensive once.

some have found gold mines on ebay, others nothing but headache.

 

Xentec kits have horrible Fm interference.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=337638