RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/21/2007 10:45:47 AM
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otnietdehoooo
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you can get them off ebay for ~ $130-$140 CLICK
that was for PILOT brand. i've been looking at THESE no-name "Extreme HID" ballast and GE bulbs for $73 shipped. if you visit the guys store, you can get nearly any bulb size for the same price
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/21/2007 4:22:17 PM
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kankoon52
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does it matter what kind of projector you get? im lookin at doing this to my jimmy. do i just get a projector and mount it inside of my stock light? im kind of confused with all this. i was to do a true hid set up with projector but not sure that anyone makes any specific projectors for the gmc jimmy. anyone got any ideas or info on that?
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/21/2007 4:38:24 PM
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Blazin_Jason
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I'm no HID expert, but I think that's called a retro when you put in a true HID projector into your housing. Which is about the best way. That's what I plan on doing one day for my blazer maybe. But if I can just plug in a set of HID's for my jimmy, I might give it ago.
edit: Now I remember why I want to do a retro install. I need bixenon hid's for the first gen's to have both high and low beams.
< Message edited by Blazin_Jason -- 11/21/2007 4:47:05 PM >
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/22/2007 9:05:19 AM
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drperry
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does it matter what kind of projector you get? im lookin at doing this to my jimmy. do i just get a projector and mount it inside of my stock light? im kind of confused with all this. i was to do a true hid set up with projector but not sure that anyone makes any specific projectors for the gmc jimmy. anyone got any ideas or info on that?
Projectors are generally projectors... I haven't seen the inside of an HID projector so I can't tell you the differences...
If your Jimmy is 98+ you can see if you can find the headlight housings from an s-series based Envoy (98+ of course) that came with HID's from the factory.
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ORIGINAL: Blazin_Jason
I'm no HID expert, but I think that's called a retro when you put in a true HID projector into your housing. Which is about the best way. That's what I plan on doing one day for my blazer maybe. But if I can just plug in a set of HID's for my jimmy, I might give it ago.
edit: Now I remember why I want to do a retro install. I need bixenon hid's for the first gen's to have both high and low beams.
You don't need to do a "retro" for the bi-xenon lights, however, they do offer a few of the combination bulbs with high/low settings.... Something about a metal plate moving with magnets, lol.
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/28/2007 1:59:43 AM
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I know, I know, bad Dennis and double posting... But how else are people gonna notice it? lol
I still gotta cut the rad support, and splice in the rubber seals for the plugs...
H1 HID's into H1 projectors are a major PITA!! lol.
Gotta do some grinding in the projector housing, and the bulb doesn't fit quite right... That could be from the cheaper E-bay projector, though...
Had to trim the bulb a bit as well...
Almost got one side ready to put in, though!
All in all... Me like!
And this is another reason it's a PITA... back of the bulb is uber long, lol.
If you're using 9006 bulbs to begin with, I don't think you'll have any issues... It'll just drop right in...
So these are the results from the Pilot HID kit and the projecter housings you find on ebay? What specific company did you get the projectors from and what do they look like? I'm intruiged that the cutoff and projector worked that well it seems, can you take some pics with the light pattern on the pavement (like while driving) I think these projectors might be my key to a lower cost solution, have you had any issues with the pilot kit, do they seem to be well made?
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/28/2007 2:58:19 AM
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So far they seem to be working great!
I hope they keep working good, too, lol.
Keep in mind these are 6000k bulbs so they're not as bright as they could be... My camera doesn't do a good job of taking light output shots, lol...
At least not through the windshield... does a much better job from the hood/brushguard...
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The projectors I got are the generic ones from ebay, with the Halo around the lowbeam... I got the black version... they have chrome and carbon fibre as well...
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/28/2007 7:51:59 AM
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Tippman7641
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i ahve a set in mine, yeah i have tthe orginol housing on them, they are a extreme impriovement from what ive seen(my lights were really dim as it was) it only cost me i think 350 and that was install to, but i had it down but a custom car shop, you do notice with hids how yellow halgon really are, first thing i nothiced, and on my truck there seem to be like voids(where light wasnt present) that were filled
o and by projectors, do you men aa whole new headlight housing, and how much these run, and are they really nessary to instaly or do i just leave the old housing in?
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 1:23:45 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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they do sell just an indivdual projector lens that you can pop into your stock housing but the ones perry has are new headlight assemblys. from what i have seen, they are mostly about $100-$150. some say they are necessary to aim the light correctly but i have ridden in several cars with HIDs in stock halogen housings and they seem fine. i ordered a HID conversion kit on ebay yesterday and i am going to use them in my stock housings.
also, the projector assemblys use a different size bulb than the stock ones so if you do buy new assemblys, then you have to buy new bulbs :(
do you have any pics of your HIDs in your stock housings? i wanna see what they look like in a non-projector lens
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 1:38:53 PM
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drperry
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It's not so much to "aim the light" but to limit the bleeding effect around the light that blinds other people...
Some lights are worse for it than others...
Best way to see what I mean, is next time you're driving at night, look at a green light and how much "light bleed" it has (halo glowing around it) and how little the red has in comparison...
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 1:45:35 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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It's not so much to "aim the light" but to limit the bleeding effect around the light that blinds other people...
Some lights are worse for it than others...
Best way to see what I mean, is next time you're driving at night, look at a green light and how much "light bleed" it has (halo glowing around it) and how little the red has in comparison...
limit is a much better word for it, i couldnt think if a good word besides "aim"
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 2:57:29 PM
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Tippman7641
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so all the projectser do besides better aim the light is prevent the person on the other side of the road heading ur way from turing his brights on casue he thinks ur an ass
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 3:04:19 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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sort of.
they focus the light better. focused light will light up the road much better than an unfocused light which can shine light up into the air where you dont need it. they basically make the light shine on the road in front of you and off to the sides a little bit. instead of just... light everywhere
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 3:08:11 PM
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ooo well im getting it instaleld on 22nd which is why im asking, but u can buy jus te bulbs right, you dont have to buy the balast, like if everything thing is there but the bulbs u can just buy differnt bulbs?
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 3:09:21 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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yeah. if you already have ballasts and everything, you can buy the bulbs seperately
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 3:10:47 PM
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Tippman7641
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i know the house will run me like 100-150 total(right?) and what would the bulbs run
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/29/2007 3:39:27 PM
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drperry
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You can buy just the bulbs, and they average $100 or so, give or take a few bucks.
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/30/2007 3:47:17 AM
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OK here are pics finally of my HID's with stock housing. Now the camera setting is a little screwed up because I'm still figuring out the settings.
Pilot 8000k HID's, yes my headlights are aimed down but thats only because I messed with the adjustment and never put it back to normal.
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/30/2007 7:44:07 AM
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otnietdehoooo
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those look good. a little too blue for me but that could be a side-effect of the camera.
those stripes on the edges of the lit-up area are more amplified, but thats expected with bulb thats 2000 more lumens than a standard halogen.
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/30/2007 9:36:32 AM
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Well the kit you got is 5000K so it should be more white than blue.
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RE: anyone instaled HID head lights on a blazer - 11/30/2007 9:51:23 AM
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otnietdehoooo
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did you just add the top pic? i could have SWORN when i saw the pics earlier, it was just the bottom two... theres no message at the bottom saying "edited..."
yeah, i think the 5000's will be good enough for me. after seeing those pics, i think the ones my brother-in-law have are 10,000k. his are way blue-er than yours
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