GREAT DEALS ON HIDs and LED Bulbs!
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Re: GREAT DEALS ON HID's!
Hi Chad, please don't put hid in your two-piece halogen housing.
It's very annoying to other cars on the road (and yes cops do pull you over for that). It blinds the oncoming traffic and the few cars ahead of you. If you really want hid, then get some one-piece projector headlight housings off a 99-01 a4. They are not that expensive and after that you'll have perfectly legal and awesome headlights.
It's very annoying to other cars on the road (and yes cops do pull you over for that). It blinds the oncoming traffic and the few cars ahead of you. If you really want hid, then get some one-piece projector headlight housings off a 99-01 a4. They are not that expensive and after that you'll have perfectly legal and awesome headlights.
No, those 1 piece won't fit without modifications to the body. The 2 piece "projector" headlights by Helix fits really well and in my opinion, looks pretty damn close to OEM. And best of all, NO MODIFICATIONS to anything! The Helix I got from a dealer in ebay. I think it came to roughly about CAN$225 after shipping and everything.
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Re: GREAT DEALS ON HID's!
Are you referring to the BOW3 that DDM Tuning sells? IMO, you won't need one. I had fickering problems at first with my kit but after a few days it went away. I think I might've just lucked out or that I have a 55W unit but according to my mechanic, it is very rare to get the flickering when you have a good quality 55W HID kit.
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Also, make sure they send you the bulbs with the Kelvin rating you specified. DDM Tuning had been known in the past to send a 4500k and marked them as 5000k or 6000k if you specified for an 8000k. I'm not saying that they scam anyone, I think the warehouse personnel are just not too "precise" when filling an order.
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Please don't take this as an attack but your statement is totally incorrect. Once you modify your headlight even with an OEM unit and retrofit it with an HID kit, it's still deemed illegal. The HID kit is generally not intended for street use. I'm not sure if you meant replacing his headlights with the factory Xenons, those could be a bit pricey even when contemplating a set of used ones.
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