are the 6000K 55W safe for the stock headlight housing, ive heard things about glare and melting the housing and having projector shilds, im new to the HID light stuff but im wanting to put the 6000K 55W on my 08 f150 in my stock headlights and im woundering if its safe to do with out melting the housing or causeing a fire?????

and how does the high and low beam work in a single bulb???

 

they will be fine as long as you are getting real HIDs and not those crappy bulbs that are just tinted blue.

if you want to have hi and low beams you need to get a bi-xenon kit.

 

yes you will be fine, hid kits run cooler than stock bulbs so there is no problem with melting. my bixenon kit works by a little motor in the back on the bulb tha changes the beam pattern when switched from high to low.

 

6K's are fine....they burn in hotter than halogen bulbs but run at a lower temp than you stock halogens...heat will not be a problem

melting usually occurs when people buy those tinted bulbs to make their headlights look like HID's...those bulbs run around 100W which can cause too much heat buildup and lead to melting of the plastic housing.

If you want to still have Hi and Lo beams you need a Bi Xenon kit which was mentioned...I also recommend a wiring harness to wire your HID's directly to the battery. Will save your stock wiring and allow your HID's to run longer as there will be no fluctuation in power which does happen with the stock wiring. This causes your HID ballasts to have a shorter life span and require replacing.

 

would either of u recommend this site to buy from, its 80 bucks for the 6000K but 200 for the bi exon and im not going to spend quite that much when i got offroad lights i can use as a high beam, but here is the site

http://www.carhidkits.com/xenon-hid-...d-kit-183.html

and if just kit the 6000K as my low beam then will i still have a high beam or will the low and high all be the same????

 

that kit seems pretty overpriced for a bixenon kit. on the single beam kit it says on their site that it has an hid low beam and a halogen high so your high beam with be almost like stock just the low will be hid. here is where i got my kit from Xenon Link . they are a vendor on this forum i believe. i've had my bi-xenon kit for about half a year with no problems. plus it comes with a relay.

 

yea im not to worried about the high beam cause i dont use them that often cause i use my lights on my bumper for my high beams, so ill just stick with the low beam, but how much further and clearer can u see from the stock light to the 6000K 55W kit

 

whats the difference between digital and slim hid kits???

 

ballast size. the slim ones are exactly that, the ballasts are alot slimmer and easier to fit in smaller spaces than the regular ones.

 

is there any difference on the life span between using one or the other

 

no. its really just a cosmetic thing. the slim ballasts tend to be easier to mount because they take up less room.

 

Don't forget the glare that is going to be produced from the improper (read: illegal) housing they are in and the fact that you have a 4wd height truck with a 2.5" leveling kit too. IF you must use these HIDs, at least aim them down to not distract on-coming drivers .

 

yea ill do that, what do u mean by (read: illegal) whats illegal about them i thought they were oem approved, and whats the diference between 35 W and 55W, i hear not that much and i hear that theres a big difference, would the 35 give less glare to oncomming cars then the 55, and how much of a difference is it when compared together

 

how would u hook them up to the battery, would the instructions tell u or do u just have to know how to do it, is there any pics on how to do so, cause i dont wont problems in the future i want to have them as long as possable with no problems

 

They should come with directions, at least mine did. It's actually very simple to install and proper adjustment is a absolute must!

This might help you:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/ap...-end-user.html