It doesnt really cost that much more to get the projectors if you already bought the bulbs ballast, etc. You can find the projectors on Ebay for $50 on up or if you buy them new HID Planet has a set they sell for roughly $400. I was going to buy them one day but then I thought about how much I drive at night. But it sure would be cool. Im still debateing, this month has been really good to me, so I guess I will see.

Everyong thinking about HIDs take a look at HIDplanet's website they also have a forum that has been very informative for me.

Heres a few pictures of what real HIDs look like:

 

Aye, you can't beat a real 100% ground up HID setup/conversion... But you've gotta be lucky to snag them HID projectors off the 'bay at a good price, lol

 

Yea you do. Otherwise you can get the projectors form HID planet for not that much. I guess it all depends on how much you want to spend. If I drove a lot at night I would not hesitate spending the money for the real HIDs.

 

I know if I could, I'd snag me some S2000 projectors, and mod my current setup to fit 'em...

If it wasn't too much work, I'd throw in the light bending idea too, but... A little much,I think, lol


Edit: I just ordered me a Pilot HID kit, so we'll see how that works... Taking advantage of their major sale! lol.

H1 kit + 9006 harness is what I had to order... and there's currently a 10% off option, which pretty much covers shipping for me...

 

Hah! 2nd page revival!

Ordered on Wednesday! Now that's what I call fast shipping!

 

if possible, do you think you could post a pic with one normal halogen headlight and the other with the HID light? i wanna see the difference and its hard to tell on a lot of the pics on the HID sites...


i have been doing a lot of research on them and i think if i get them, i will get either 4300K or 5000K. ive been reading a lot of threads on s2000, tl, bmw, mb, and lexus sites and it seems to be a pretty universal opinion that the 4300K is actually the brightest

 

Yep, 4300k puts out the most light...

And I was planning on doing the whole one HID and one stock, lol.

Though, I might have to do some more core support trimming... this time on the drivers side... the HID's are longer on the wire side than H1s...


Side note: theglass base of the HID bulb is stlightly larger than a regular H1 bulb...

installing these into projectors is a PITA so far, lol.

 

I know, I know, bad Dennis and double posting... But how else are people gonna notice it? lol


I still gotta cut the rad support, and splice in the rubber seals for the plugs...

H1 HID's into H1 projectors are a major PITA!! lol.

Gotta do some grinding in the projector housing, and the bulb doesn't fit quite right... That could be from the cheaper E-bay projector, though...
Had to trim the bulb a bit as well...

Almost got one side ready to put in, though!

All in all... Me like!

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And this is another reason it's a PITA... back of the bulb is uber long, lol.

If you're using 9006 bulbs to begin with, I don't think you'll have any issues... It'll just drop right in...

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Looks pretty good, been thinking about getting hids but I think with the sylvania bulbs I got I might just get the projector housings!!!

 

Be warned, a lot of projectors use H1 bulbs instead of 9006s, lol.

Otherwise, this would be a piece of cake!