Powerful HID light bulb upgrade.
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Powerful HID light bulb upgrade.
Any thoughts? Thinks it's a good idea? Yay or nay?
I ordered some so they should be arriving soon, their a pair of 2 headlights and 2 fog lights, 12V 100W.
I got a quick question, is our headlight and foglights H7 and H1?
It's just too bad I don't got enough money for a set of new headlights, I'd go get me those Black Projectors man
I ordered some so they should be arriving soon, their a pair of 2 headlights and 2 fog lights, 12V 100W.
I got a quick question, is our headlight and foglights H7 and H1?
It's just too bad I don't got enough money for a set of new headlights, I'd go get me those Black Projectors man
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If you have replaceable halogen capsules, then your headlights are H7's. If you have Xenons, you'll need D2Rs. You may want to be sitting down if you've never priced D2Rs before.
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I bought a pair of Plasma Xenons, I dunno if you guys heard of that...I was just making sure I got the right ones for my car, my 430 already has HID lights...so I'm hoping replacing them won't be a problem? Especially the foglights, since their not HID..
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Ok, just got my Xenon lights today, their called Halo Xenon Plasma Blue, I would take a picture of them to shows you guys but I don't know where my damn USB Cord is =(
there 4500k, they any good? I spent 20 bucks total for headlights & Foglights...what is the stock HID lights on the CLK430? more or less then 4500k?
there 4500k, they any good? I spent 20 bucks total for headlights & Foglights...what is the stock HID lights on the CLK430? more or less then 4500k?
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Ok, just got my Xenon lights today, their called Halo Xenon Plasma Blue, I would take a picture of them to shows you guys but I don't know where my damn USB Cord is =(
there 4500k, they any good? I spent 20 bucks total for headlights & Foglights...what is the stock HID lights on the CLK430? more or less then 4500k?
there 4500k, they any good? I spent 20 bucks total for headlights & Foglights...what is the stock HID lights on the CLK430? more or less then 4500k?
u mean 200 im guessin? ..
i dono if our stocks or more/less than 4500k but most ppl that go aftermarket get at least 6000k i think....im probably gunna get sumwhere between 6-8000k on the HIDs for my hella foglights...
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lol, I'll take a pic of them and show you, I think I'm only going to change the foglights anyways, I just thought they were powerful then the stock HID lights, guess I was wrong, I'm just getting used to mine I guess
How do you change the foglights lights...I tried last night but it was dark and I didn't wanna mess with anything.
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Ok, I grabbed some shots and managed to use my bros laptop to upload'em, still dunno where the USB cord is but here they are, you can definately tell which are for headlights and foglights.
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Those are halogen Bulbs, Definately not HID's. If you have HID's in your car, which i believe you don't do to the fact that you have a 430, then they wouldn't work. But since you don't have HID's then these halogens will probably work, but they would end up melting your socket because they get to hot. I wouldn't recommend putting them in.
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Thanks for the input guys, I just wanted to see if they were worth putting on my ride, but I shoulda done my homework a little better before buying them, you live n you learn.
Well here is my ride w/ the lights luminated to give you a better idea of what kind they are, there either one of the 2...Xenons or HIDs...what is it?
Well here is my ride w/ the lights luminated to give you a better idea of what kind they are, there either one of the 2...Xenons or HIDs...what is it?
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HID stands for HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE thats what Xenons are. The bulbs you bought are Halogens, they 100% will NOT WORK. It looks to me as if you have Xenon's. But its hard to tell.
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In 2002, if you had headlight washers, that meant you had Xenons. You could not get Xenons without the washers and you couldn't get halogens with the washers. If the other years are the same . . . . . .
"got washers?"
"got washers?"
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I odered the same ones and installed them a few weeks ago. They will work for now but I will defiently be upgrading to a HID kit. Most likely Philips because thats what I had on my GS300. Never had problem.
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Those are halogen Bulbs, Definately not HID's. If you have HID's in your car, which i believe you don't do to the fact that you have a 430, then they wouldn't work. But since you don't have HID's then these halogens will probably work, but they would end up melting your socket because they get to hot. I wouldn't recommend putting them in.
