Getting some HID's

Started by Berm-Saw, Nov 29 2009 07:35 PM
15 replies to this topic

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 29 November 2009 - 07:35 PM

#1


so i have officially decided i am getting HID's, plus i cant resist, my parents are going to pay for them as a christmas present :banana:

so i am thinking about getting some Xentec brand HID's on ebay, i really dont feel comforable ordering on ebay, it just seems like you dont know what your ordering you know? any last suggestions, i would prefer not to order on ebay i want them in high beams on my 02 silverado.

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  • swjohnsey

Posted 29 November 2009 - 08:01 PM

#2

I like eBay especially paying through Paypal using credit card.

That said i think I would not mess with the regular headlight but put the hid in the auxillary lighting in the bumper.

  • lovestrucks

Posted 29 November 2009 - 08:06 PM

#3

Berm-Saw said:

so i have officially decided i am getting HID's, plus i cant resist, my parents are going to pay for them as a christmas present :banana:

so i am thinking about getting some Xentec brand HID's on ebay, i really dont feel comforable ordering on ebay, it just seems like you dont know what your ordering you know? any last suggestions, i would prefer not to order on ebay i want them in high beams on my 02 silverado.

haha how come you didn't put this in the trucks forum? :p Glad your finally seeing the light :busted:

did you every talk to JAT? I'm probably gonna be ordering some from him in the next few weeks for my Excursion

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 29 November 2009 - 08:20 PM

#4

because i already got 2 other threads in the turck forum! i dident want 3!! finnaly got it payed off now its time to start fixin' and pimpin'

no i never talkied to him

  • lovestrucks

Posted 29 November 2009 - 08:24 PM

#5

Berm-Saw said:

because i already got 2 other threads in the turck forum! i dident want 3!! finnaly got it payed off now its time to start fixin' and pimpin'

no i never talkied to him

hhmmm oh well....he knows his stuff though :thumbsup:

gonna be getting some dual filament head light bulbs, and fog light kit from him

was your truck dual filament or does it have the complete separate high and lows?

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 30 November 2009 - 05:50 PM

#6

they are seperate, i thought all vehicles were seprete????....i plan on HIDing the highs and slapping silverstar ultras in the lows

  • lovestrucks

Posted 30 November 2009 - 08:58 PM

#7

Berm-Saw said:

they are seperate, i thought all vehicles were seprete????....i plan on HIDing the highs and slapping silverstar ultras in the lows

mine have 2 filaments in one bulb so i only get one bulb but 4 ballasts

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 01 December 2009 - 04:30 PM

#8

so on your rig there is only 2 total hedlight holes (where you put the bulb in), not 4

  • jeddclampette

Posted 02 December 2009 - 05:58 AM

#9

HID lights need about 1-2 minutes to warm up to produce maximum light output.
what do you think will be YOUR problem if you use HID for high beams ?

  • dkipz

Posted 02 December 2009 - 07:18 AM

#10

Just my personal experience - I have an 05 suburban - bought xentec HID's for the low beams off eBay (6K), put them in, turned them on, and 90 seconds later my plastic stock headlight housing began to melt a ring into the center of lens. I also bought 4K 880's for the factory fogs - they have a deflector in them so they didn't melt, but 8 months later they're dead. All silverstar ultras for me from here on out...

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 02 December 2009 - 06:40 PM

#11

jeddclampette said:

HID lights need about 1-2 minutes to warm up to produce maximum light output.
what do you think will be YOUR problem if you use HID for high beams ?

i am drawing a complete blank here

dkipz said:

Just my personal experience - I have an 05 suburban - bought xentec HID's for the low beams off eBay (6K), put them in, turned them on, and 90 seconds later my plastic stock headlight housing began to melt a ring into the center of lens. I also bought 4K 880's for the factory fogs - they have a deflector in them so they didn't melt, but 8 months later they're dead. All silverstar ultras for me from here on out...

well i am gonna give it a go anyway, i have heard alot of people with silverados running them without a problem

  • lovestrucks

Posted 03 December 2009 - 09:57 PM

#12

Berm-Saw said:

so on your rig there is only 2 total hedlight holes (where you put the bulb in), not 4

yes 2 holes

jeddclampette said:

HID lights need about 1-2 minutes to warm up to produce maximum light output.
what do you think will be YOUR problem if you use HID for high beams ?

not even :bonk: mine take like 30 seconds and they are full blast

  • Berm-Saw

Posted 04 December 2009 - 04:19 PM

#13

ordered em yesterday :banana:, and they shipped today, i planed on putting silvania ultras in the lows but then i thought i can get HIDs cheaper than silvanias lol so i will probally be ordering another pair

  • lovestrucks

Posted 04 December 2009 - 09:31 PM

#14

Berm-Saw said:

ordered em yesterday :banana:, and they shipped today, i planed on putting silvania ultras in the lows but then i thought i can get HIDs cheaper than silvanias lol so i will probally be ordering another pair

nice :thumbsup:

post pics when they're in

  • triumph406

Posted 19 December 2009 - 12:02 PM

#15

lovestrucks said:

haha how come you didn't put this in the trucks forum? :p Glad your finally seeing the light :busted:

did you every talk to JAT? I'm probably gonna be ordering some from him in the next few weeks for my Excursion

I've just put the HID's from JAT in my F350, they are the 9007 bulbs. If you haven't already ordered the JAT setup, I can tell you they make a huge difference!! I haven't added the diode so that I can have high and low at the same time, when I do that it will be like driving during daylight!!

  • lovestrucks

Posted 19 December 2009 - 05:27 PM

#16

triumph406 said:

I've just put the HID's from JAT in my F350, they are the 9007 bulbs. If you haven't already ordered the JAT setup, I can tell you they make a huge difference!! I haven't added the diode so that I can have high and low at the same time, when I do that it will be like driving during daylight!!

nice :thumbsup:

I already have some HID's in my X now but JAT informed me there are mechanical so i don't have dual filaments :banghead: but I really wanna order them once I can save my money up again and will be going with the headlights and fog's and i wanna run the hi's and lows at the same time too, that's 4 HID's!!! :banana:. And then i wanna be able to get them for my dad's F-250 and our magnum, but think that'd be down the road a little cuz i don't wanna have to buy them for their cars yet.

Can you pm me a pic of how they look at night?



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