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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:50 pm #111461 Alright so the title might be a little missleading but my buddy bought a set of 8000k HIDs from jdmlighting and we installed them and everything and they look sick but we cant determin if they are any brighter than the sylvania silverstars he had before. So my question is Have you guys found your HID's being brighter than after market halogens? Cause i want HID's but i only wanna buy ones that wil be worth it ya know?


And im not dissin on jdmlighting at all it was just a reference point and if needed i can remove their name from the paragraph.

- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:00 pm #111463 an 8000k HID kit... no they probably aren't any more brighter then the old halogens, also the build quality of the bulbs effect the light output too.

If you want real lighting i'd recommend an HID retrofit. as OEM HID bulbs has a shit ton more output then standard halogen

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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:13 pm #111464 funny, i just got rid of my 8k hids this morning and put in silver stars.
i did it cuz in ny everyone has hids and i want highbeams
havent seen them at night though but ill post tonight see the difference
ive been with hids for 3 years so it should be different

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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:19 pm #111466 aight sweet. Thanks for the feedback guys. yeah im for sure gonna go out and buy some different ones and do the retrofits. I just didnt feel like buying somthing that isnt really worth the 165$ ya know? haha.

- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:27 pm #111467 $165 for a hid kit is a rip off these days', You can get em for <$70 now. i bought one on apeccone.com for $35 because they own the plant they are made in

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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:35 pm #111468 so another quik question, am i retarded and reading wrong or do i have to buy projectors to do the retrofit hids?

- Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:56 pm #111469 Yes you would require HID projectors from a vehicle that came equipped with HID's from the factory, and for a good setup, you'd be looking at spending $400-$500 if you already had headlights to retro them in.

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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:01 pm #111470 haha alright thanks for holding my hand and walkin me though this stuff haha. well that will probly be a project for later on. thanks bro.

- Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:30 pm #111473 no problem, there's plenty of HID info on here posted from both Myself and Lowtec_derbo

I'd recommend also checking out hidplanet.com and reviewing their university section if you're really interested in pursuing HID lighting

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- Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:59 pm #111484 yeah i read your stuff but i still kept hopin maybe i was reading it wrong so i just threw the question out there. But thanks bro.