ildd

I've been looking to upgrade my '02 C240 headlights to HID. I was really looking to get 5000k, but found these on eBay with pre-installed 6000k.
My question are-
Does anyone have those headlights installed?
Is 5000k much more effective than 6000k? Is it worth the extra $40 to switch?(would be buying Philips 5000k in-box)

Thanks in advance.

edit- had these installed 10 days after thread was posted(December 19th). Thanks for the help and advice everyone.

MBfinatic

Yes countless threads on this. From what I know 5000-6000k is best visibility and over that is just for the color. In the end its up to you what do you prefer. I would go for the 6000k.

phister

Actually 4300k gives the best visibility cause its closest to natural light. I personally would get the regular depos then get different hid kit. The higher the Kelvin the more color it outputs but its brighter to oncoming traffic but visibility diminishes for the driver.

ncmudbug

I have these on my and my wife's car. If you prefer 6000k, he'll install them for you for no charge.

Some will say they aren't as good as the MB units. I can believe that, but for the price, these are great!

There are a few things you may want to think about:

1. take the ballast off the lamp and attaching it on the wheel well. If it goes out, it will be a lot easier to replace there.
2. check that the bulbs are installed correctly. They were loose in my wife's lamps and it took me a while to figure out what was wrong.
3. be very careful with the adjuster. I had an indy install mine on both cars. It didn't look like he tried to aim them. I was able to aim mine but my wife's will not adjust. I have heard it said that when it "gets off the track", they can't be adjusted. I don't know if that's true but I'll be taking her car apart and seeing what I can do to get them to adjust. For this reason I would seriously consider installing them yourself and checking them out before hand.

I don't want to scare you. They are great lamps for the money!

ildd

Thanks for the info guys. The point of putting headlights in is to be able to see; I will never intend to go higher than 6000k because that defeats the purpose. I've been debating for the past few days as to if I should get 5Kk or 6Kk, and most people say there really isn't a difference.
Thanks for the suggestions ncmud, I was actually reading your thread earlier about the light not being screwed in

TTR

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just do a HID conversion, rather than a whole headunit change? Just curious as I am thinking of doing the same mod.

ildd

Sure, but you would blind everyone on the road and the light output wouldn't be as good because the current stock unit uses reflector headlights instead of projector.

TTR

Oh lol, thanks for the tip, wasn't aware of that.

LLUSKYY

Well there's also retrofitting, which I'm planning on doing to my set. Might even be cheaper than buying a brand new set of projectors too.

phister

you really wouldnt blind anyone its just that you wouldnt have focused light output it would be scattered light output. you can still use hid on a halogen headlight but the focal point of the light wont be as sharp.

kluvsbenz

Does the clear lens come with this unit?

Javvy

or you can try converting the H7 plug to a D2R base and then use a D2R HID bulbe in your reflector housing.....I have uit done but am debating going through the whole routine of taking the lamps down......will do so once I get good wheather out here in NJ...

javvy

ildd

Thats what I was hoping; I posted it here to see if anyone else has it. I can see it is bi-xenon, and in the pics I see a lens, but I can't confirm that.

TTR

Did you end up getting them? I see that they're for sale again on eBay and would love to hear if they actually fit and gave no errors for the computer.

ildd

So far, so good. I got a local shop to put them in. It's blocked out any rain from fogging the lenses up. They fit as close to perfect as possible. To not get an error, you would have to go to a shop and use STAR diagnostics and change xenon=present(search that- there is a 5-step post somewhere. I just printed it off and handed it to them with the headlights)
The light output is phenominal compared to the halogen lights... like, its comparing a $5 bill to a $20 bill. which would you take?

Also if you want 6k headlights instead of 8k, send them a message immediately after you buy them.

Akhafeez

I've had em for a year now, good stuff

TTR

I heard people were experiencing some problems with condensation. Did you guys experience that, if you did how did you rectify it?

Thanks

phister

to fix the problem you have to reseal the headlight. do the old method of baking them in the oven at a low temp, around 200-250 for 15 or so mins then pry apart the lens from the housing. remove all the old sealant and reseal with good sealant. Nissan makes a really good sealant that a lot of shops use to reseal headlights and all my friends use that when they do retrofits. Stuff is pricey for a tube though.

TTR

Jesus 0_0 that sounds like a **** load of work.

ildd

I've had it in rain(35F rain and 65F rain)and haven't seen any condensation buildup. all 3 times were in a 15-20 minute drive and 8 hours of sitting in a school parking lot. The seal seems pretty good on mine so far.

1 thing that is weird, and im not sure if it's from installation or the product itself, is that the left side high-beam registered as a error(and didn't come on; this was 3 days after installation) and then fixed itself with a little touch on the wire... and then today the left parking light(tiny bulb inside high-beam) did the same thing(didn't come on and went to dash saying "error! parking bulb out!"), so I went to check it, but I didn't know where the wire/bulb cover to that was. Let the engine cool off, i went to unlock the car and BOOM it fixed itself again. Could the problems be from an overheated housing or something?

hcoronado

I have the same set from the same vendor. If you look at the picture below you need to make sure all the wires are going through the grommet to avoid any elements going in. That grommet is not 100% sealed since the hole is a tad bigger and the grommet is a bit loose.

if you buy them and you look closer - you will know what i am talking about. GL!!

I forgot to mentioned that I removed the ballast that came with those and bought the digital water proof ballast from one of the sponsors here.