Aftermarket HID Conversion Kits & required setting XENON=PRESENT thread
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So as I've been in my search to upgrade my halogens to HID with projector headlights I was wondering if someone could explain the difference between single beam HID and bi-xenon? also if i buy a set of depo's are they set up for d2s or h7? im havin a hard time putting all of these thigns together for some reason?! lol...everywhere i see that bi-xenon aftermarket is for h4 and like 9007 and a few others while d2s, d2r, h7, etc are single beam...so which one to i buy if i get a set of depo projectors?
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Quick question--I just replaced my OEM halogen headlights with the OEM Bi-Xenons, does that mean I will need some time of harness that you guys are talking about? I haven't set my computer to Xenon-present yet, but they work great (no flickering or errors) as long as I turn on the headlights "before" I turn on the car. If I turn on the headlights "after" I turn on the car, I get flickering and an error message on my dash display. By the way, my car is a 2007 C230 sport sedan.
You can probably get away with it since your using oem bixenons. Most people who buy aftermarket hids are the cheaply made chinese ballasts that tend use a lot of amps during startup and run really hot.
You can definately tell the difference between the oem and chinese ballasts..
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So as I've been in my search to upgrade my halogens to HID with projector headlights I was wondering if someone could explain the difference between single beam HID and bi-xenon? also if i buy a set of depo's are they set up for d2s or h7? im havin a hard time putting all of these thigns together for some reason?! lol...everywhere i see that bi-xenon aftermarket is for h4 and like 9007 and a few others while d2s, d2r, h7, etc are single beam...so which one to i buy if i get a set of depo projectors?
The depos are single low beam with a separate aux high beam..i believe its h7. Your going to need to get a h7 hid kit if you want to pplug them into the depo projectors. I would email the seller to double check if there h7's.
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whered you get your oem bi-xenons? and i didnt know the bi-xenons were used as both high and low beams...what is the high beam light apparatus used for then? (aka the inner set of headlight sockets)
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anyone have any experience with this kit?
http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Xtreme_HID..._2001_s/21.htm
http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Xtreme_HID..._2001_s/21.htm
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Anyone have any experience with this HID kit?
http://www.kbcarstuff.com/Xtreme_HID..._2001_s/21.htm
If anyone has any recommendations as to the best kit and/or kit and projector combo, I'd much appreciate it!
If anyone has any recommendations as to the best kit and/or kit and projector combo, I'd much appreciate it!
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I don't have experience with those but if I may recommend you....go to www.vvme.com they have the best prices and awesome products, I have their kit on my BMW for 2 years now and no problems at all. Plug and Play kits.
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Check this thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...875&highlight=
I asked the same question in the AMG Forum.
I think I'm gonna go for it myself. the light output may not be quite a good as my stock Xenon's, but they look sooo much better!!
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...875&highlight=
I asked the same question in the AMG Forum.
I think I'm gonna go for it myself. the light output may not be quite a good as my stock Xenon's, but they look sooo much better!!
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http://store.theretrofitsource.com/p...cc32244a3f5d8c
at $25-30 its not horribly expensive for piece of mind. Given you have oem, you should be fine though. The newer oem hids are pretty efficient.
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HIDS basically use two crystals that discharges current between them to give off light. Halogens run current through a metal filament until it gives off light. HIDS are more efficient once they get up and running but just cost more to produce.
The harness just draws power directly from the battery and only used the head light harness to tigger the lights, so the only thing you can burn out is the $25 harness.
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why bother installing them? why not just resell them?
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what exactly is involved with the "kit" for the piaa tera 6500/5500/etc...is it not just a simple plug n play bulb like any other LED wedge bulb?
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Don't worry about if Tera 6500K is blueish, everyone told me they look great on its own.
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