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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 11:57 PM
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hey all, My name is Jeff and im 17. My mom just got me a 96 blazer and i wanted to upgrade the head lights with some HID's. Dose anyone know of any HID's for this truck I am wanting 10K, but imma need a conversion kit because it has the glass headlight now! So if anyone as any info that can help, i would really appreciate your help.

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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 01:22 AM
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Ebay has tons of lights to fit your blazer.
There is also someone offering a special deal to members here, look around the forum main page, I believe the thread shows along the right.
 
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don't get 10,000k the blue impairs the brightness of the lights. For maximum brightness you want somewhere from 4000K-6000K, and if you don't want the lights for performance and just the blue color don't waste your money on HID's and get the 10,000k halogen bulbs off of ebay like $10 a pair
 
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think im going with a pair of the hid extra's. hows the reliability? anyone melting anything?
 
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Originally Posted by blazinloud
think im going with a pair of the hid extra's. hows the reliability? anyone melting anything?
Not melting from what I've heard. A few ballast problems, but they have 2 year warranty.
 
Old Mar 26, 2011 | 01:06 PM
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Ive had nothing but problems with hid extra. I bought 4 sets from them and 3 out of the 4 have horrible flickering problems at start up and then constantly when driving and has yet to ever stop now and they are only about 3 months old and the flickering started from day 1 and is only getting worse. They told my to swap bulbs and ballast to see that the problem is and i did its the ballast's and nothing was accomplished by doing that. If you get hids get them elsewhere
 
Old Mar 26, 2011 | 01:14 PM
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Mine flickered a bit on start up but that has decreased over time and they don't flicker at all once they warm up.
 
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get your HID's from ddmtuning.com they are $30 for a pair and I've had mine almost 2 years no problems to speak of, no flickering or burning out
 
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Originally Posted by Benedict1337
get your HID's from ddmtuning.com they are $30 for a pair and I've had mine almost 2 years no problems to speak of, no flickering or burning out
Those have lifetime warranty, but I hear they are dropping their HID products. Not sure how that would be handled in the future if they stopped working.
 



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