John Redcorn
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I always thought HID conversions were hundreds of dollars, my brother just bought a $70 kit from ebay for his wrx that the ballast plugs into the headlight harness then there's another wire coming off the ballast that the hid bulb connects to and then the bulb just clicks into your composite lens like any other.
They look pretty good and are not what daniel stern describes on his automotive lighting website. He hates HID kits because the arc is usually side to side and the halogen bulbs filament goes front to back. (the reflector and lens are designed for fornt to back. My brothers have the arc going front to back.
Any opinions on these? I see a gmt400 silverado going down my street every once in a while with HIDs and I keep meaning to wave him down and ask him about them but he's always hauling ass.
Is it truly plug and play like they descirbe? no wire cutting involved at all? My brother said he had to run a ground wire I think, something about japanese cars not having a ground in the headlight harness, the halogen bulbs ground to the chassis somehow.
What about the DRLs? I've pulled the "DRL" fuse out of the inside fuse box and my drls don't come on anymore, there's still the green drl light on the dash though. I think I read something somewhere saying that just pulling the fuse isnt good enough?
They look pretty good and are not what daniel stern describes on his automotive lighting website. He hates HID kits because the arc is usually side to side and the halogen bulbs filament goes front to back. (the reflector and lens are designed for fornt to back. My brothers have the arc going front to back.
Any opinions on these? I see a gmt400 silverado going down my street every once in a while with HIDs and I keep meaning to wave him down and ask him about them but he's always hauling ass.
Is it truly plug and play like they descirbe? no wire cutting involved at all? My brother said he had to run a ground wire I think, something about japanese cars not having a ground in the headlight harness, the halogen bulbs ground to the chassis somehow.
What about the DRLs? I've pulled the "DRL" fuse out of the inside fuse box and my drls don't come on anymore, there's still the green drl light on the dash though. I think I read something somewhere saying that just pulling the fuse isnt good enough?