Been seeing some posts regarding hid and was wondering what is the advantage/difference over th factory replacement I see on ebay? It looks like those bulbs put out close to same light and just plug into existing light bases. Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

HIDs put out much more light than regular light bulbs. The lights you see on Mercedes/Audis/etc are HID. They have that bluish hue to them when you look at them the right way.

The HID bulbs you find on ebay are not HIDs. HIDs have a ballast as well as a bulb.

 

Are there kits available for the 850's? Is it a pretty easy job to do by yourself?

 

Yes, very easy to do.

SharpHID sells one. I don't know the pricing.
I will probably be selling some shortly (as a Group buy). They are 135-140 shipped for the single beams.

Or you can do the ebay route. Ebay ones generally are cheap and poor in quality.

 

So the stock headlight housing doesn't need retrofitting?

I thought i read that some states require HID's to be in a projector type housing...

If that's not the case, 5000K HID here i come!

 

HID's produce much much more light then regular Halogens do. Also do not buy off EBAY. HID's come with Bulbs/Ballasts/Wiring. You just can't install HID bulbs and expect them to work like a lot of people think.

You want to purchase your HID kit through SharpHID. John will take good care of you. Also get the kit that has the LIFETIME warranty on it. You wont regret it.

For $135 you can purchase an Apexcone 35W HID kit from SharpHID with a LIFETIME warranty. This is what I have and love it.

Also if you didn't know already with HID's there is a common misconception. People think the higher the bulb temperature the more light that is produced. However on the contrary the higher bulb temperature you go the less light it produces and what you do get is just a color change.

4300k-5000K are the brightest HID's bulbs. 6000K is the highest I personally would go. After that all you get is a different color with the higher bulb temperatures.

Also when you install them be sure to reaim them and if you can't do it have a local shop do it for you, should cost about $20 to have done. I haven't heard this "Have to have projector thing", but I wont say it isn't true or false. A projector will aim the light better then a regular reflector in a headlight housing. Less blinding affect. But like I said reaim them and you should be good to go.

 

^Exactly, well said.

I've helped install an HID kit (8000k) in my friends 2004 GTO and we aimed the lights downwards. That is b/c if we left them the way they were, people will start to get more pissed off as they are in my city [:@]

I prefer 5000K b/c they are indeed the whitest and brightest. 8000k will shine with that annoying blueish/voilet tint due to the Kelvin scale.

So no need to retrofit huh? that's great news im going to check out those sites you mentioned and research a bit more. The ebay kits aren't that bad actually, they work well . . .

 

If your going to buy from EBAY do it from a person called MyDepots.But you will pay about the same price and only get like a 14 month warranty.

 

For our cars, the glare isn't that bad. I would still aim them down a little though.

Edit: 4300k is actually the whitest and brightest. I don't know if you'll like that effect as much as a 5000 or 6000k though.

 

4300 is the whitest you're right.
I guess i am looking for that hint of blue in 5000k.

 

I too, like the blue tint. I just bought blue-beam LED kitsfor my machines...

....1/24 the actual size.

But hey, LEDs are similar to HIDs in terms of beam (except that LEDs cannot produce strong ray of beam without specially-designed thick lens). And some cars actually come with LED bulbs (ex: Lexus LS600hL's 3-eye beams).


JPN

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Do you guys have any tips on good ebay sellers to buy from? Mydepots that you mentioned is quite alot cheaper than sharpHID.com, about half the price when you factor in the cashback from live.com.. Do you think it is really worth twice the cost to go with sharpHID?

thanks

 

Ebay is usually hit or miss...I would stick with a good company and have the peace of mind I made a good investment.

 

I would not buy from EBAY period. You never know what your going to get. However with SharpHID you get great service and support from John also a good product.

$100 for, Apexcone/DDM Ultra Slims 35W series on SharpHID. That is extremely cheap and if you find them on EBAY for less your getting less. You might get a complete package, Bulbs/Ballasts/Wiring but they aren't going to be quality components.

If you cannot afford $100 for HID's, then don't buy them.

Hell I will sell you my HID's so I can purchase the $100 ones from SharpHID. By the way mine are from SharpHID and are an Apexcone 35W system, they just aren't the slim version ballasts.

 

what all has to be done to intall them, I doubt they just go into the existing bulb plug correct?

 

http://www.sharphid.com/installation...c70install.pdf