Whats up everyone! So for some years now I've wanted HIDs but didn't know much about them. I was the typical guy that found an hid kit on eBay and threw them in my stock halogen reflector housings, not knowing how terrible that was. Granted, the were angled down so they didn't blind anyone but of course a state trooper got me the day before Thanksgiving in 2013 as I was traveling back to my hometown from college. After that, I found some Denji projectors. They were the shit with the PIAA super plasma gtx bulbs! The only "HID look" remotely close. But I failed inspection a few months ago because those housings wasn't DOT approved. So I ordered some black/crystal DOT reflector housings and used regular halogens and they sucked! So I then ordered some spyder projector headlights and installed another eBay hid kit in them and they were ok. Didn't look that great and the output was so-so. Nice cut off but the light reflected off the shield inside the projectors and produced huge amounts of glare. So went with philips crystal vision bulbs in those and that was way better. But nothing compared to the denji projectors. So I did TONS of research on retrofitting and decided to do it as a summer project before classes started again. And I'm glad I did! First, I want to say that its actually pretty easy but it does required PATIENCE!! With me being a college student I can't go all out and spend $500-$1000 on unnecessary things so, I did this on a budget. I ordered two mini h1 bi-xenon projectors on ebay for $40 total and used the previous eBay 5000k hid kit that was maybe $30. The output was better and of course gave me greater distance and better foreground visibility but something wasn't right. So I did more research and figured out that eBay hid kits are terrible, especially the ballast. I never had an issue as in they always worked but I just notice the the light output wasn't as bright and full as it should be. So I ended of buying an opt7 bolt series hid kit with premium AC ballasts, about $56...and that did the treat. Looks better than some stock HIDs. Here are some pics of after the retrofit. You can tell the difference between to two kits, although the opt7 kit is 4300k. First two light output pics are the eBay hid kit and the last two are the opt7 kit. You can see the blueish/purple flicker in the 3rd pic if you look hard enough. It's beautiful at night and cloudy days, reflecting of signs and other cars. The last 2 pics were more focused so it seems that the first cutoff pic was brighter but it's not even close. Next mod will be wheels, then paint job.
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