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Old 01-24-2009, 11:35 PM
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projectors + hid kits

eh nmind why would i even updgrade to this when i can prob. buy an entire new car with the current economy on the money i'd spend on this upgrade.

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Originally Posted by imphaded
eh nmind why would i even updgrade to this when i can prob. buy an entire new car with the current economy on the money i'd spend on this upgrade.
If you can get a new car for around $500 den you da man

Well I guess since we got a Black President now then that makes me and all other blacks "The Man"
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C'mon now guy! don't be cheap. you drive a Benz yo. Cause if you do end up buying projectors, you'll be pleased, they'll end up looking like this...


(Older pics of the car)


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C'mon now guy! don't be cheap. you drive a Benz yo. Cause if you do end up buying projectors, you'll be pleased, they'll end up looking like this...
Hey is that a dis against my Cheese Grater Projectors?


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Hey is that a dis against my Cheese Grater Projectors?


LMAO!!! Of course not meng. LoL. I was just making a general statement to the dude above.
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Originally Posted by Williams707
If you can get a new car for around $500 den you da man

Well I guess since we got a Black President now then that makes me and all other blacks "The Man"
i see 06 masserati quats with 25k miles on 22's going for 35k.. def a buyers market and not the time to be upgrading via parts..

halo projectors + hid kits + install is gonna be around 1500 dollar install no? i could def buy a nice beater for that..
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Originally Posted by babyboigsxr
C'mon now guy! don't be cheap. you drive a Benz yo. Cause if you do end up buying projectors, you'll be pleased, they'll end up looking like this...


(Older pics of the car)


direct me to everything you bought so my heads and fogs can look like that.. PLEASE
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halo projectors + hid kits + install is gonna be around 1500 dollar install no? i could def buy a nice beater for that..
direct me to everything you bought so my heads and fogs can look like that.. PLEASE

Where in the world did you get that price from? The HALO PROJECTORS only cost $235-$350. New foglamps are $65. The HID KITS are $70-$200 for headlights and fog-lights. Installation... you can do it yourself. It's really easy.
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Originally Posted by babyboigsxr
Where in the world did you get that price from? The HALO PROJECTORS only cost $235-$350. New foglamps are $65. The HID KITS are $70-$200 for headlights and fog-lights. Installation... you can do it yourself. It's really easy.
i got the round fogs bro...

you have an hid kit for your heads and your fogs right?

so i'd need 2 hid kits

and the halo projectors and installation..

any special bulbs or anything?
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i got the round fogs bro...

you have an hid kit for your heads and your fogs right?

so i'd need 2 hid kits

and the halo projectors and installation..

any special bulbs or anything?
Yes, i do have and HID kit for both my heads and fogs. But if you look around, some kits have them for both. They're around $125-$165.

Installation is pretty easy if you know how to remove your front bumper.

The HID KIT is complete. no special bulbs needed.
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cmon carl ive walked u thru this sht like 10x already..jus buy the damn projectors already lol
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Originally Posted by deyainrdy4ds
cmon carl ive walked u thru this sht like 10x already..jus buy the damn projectors already lol
lmao someone told me those projectors on neweggmall weren't even compatible with hids ..

just dont want to go through all the bs.. i also heard the ones on neweggmall leak or something..

and you can tell how tentative of a buyer i am..
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lmao someone told me those projectors on neweggmall weren't even compatible with hids ..

just dont want to go through all the bs.. i also heard the ones on neweggmall leak or something..

and you can tell how tentative of a buyer i am..
I heard
HALO = Not HID Compatible

I know
Cheeze Graters = HID Compatible
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where do you get all of the equippment from?
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where do you get all of the equippment from?
I got mine in Japan
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Originally Posted by Williams707
I heard
HALO = Not HID Compatible

I know
Cheeze Graters = HID Compatible
so how are people getting the bright beautiful projections in the halo's projectors then?
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From what i have heard you can get Halo's with stock HID but you will have to change out your factory bulbs to a different size in order for them to work with the Halo socket configuration....Don't quote me on this, just something I have heard.

Hopefully someone will chime in with a definitive answer because I want the halo projectors and have stock H.I.D. as well...
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Originally Posted by Williams707
I heard
HALO = Not HID Compatible

I know
Cheeze Graters = HID Compatible
Williams i dont think thats true.

Ahmad aka blackbenzz has the Halo projectors, he has remove the Halo light around the projector and deleted the driving city lights, let me tell you looks badass. Oh yeah hes also running HID'd on the halo projectors with no issues.
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Williams i dont think thats true.

Ahmad aka blackbenzz has the Halo projectors, he has remove the Halo light around the projector and deleted the driving city lights, let me tell you looks badass. Oh yeah hes also running HID'd on the halo projectors with no issues.
I also heard that the HALO projector was not meant for HID so the cut of sucks.

I remember some issue with HID because withn the HALO Projector Group Buy everyone with HID opted out.
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We need to get to the bottom of this...
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yeap.. exact reason i've been holding off for years.. been told 500 different things..
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I've got HID's in the halo projectors too. The cutoff does kinda suck, but it gives plenty of light and looks great. Cutoff is like this, but less steep:

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I've got HID's in the halo projectors too. The cutoff does kinda suck, but it gives plenty of light and looks great. Cutoff is like this, but less steep:

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Can you post pictures?

Here are mine.






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I don't have any pics yet. Is that with HID fogs on also?
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[QUOTE=Williams707;3305527]Can you post pictures?

Here are mine.



Williams:

Those are exactly the tails I want. Can you tell me where you got em? I see some on Ebay; are they the same?
Will they set bulb message? Did you have to go to an electronic flasher to avoid the rapid blink?

Thanks,
John


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