bulbs

[02GTIusmc]

Trying to buy some Xenon bulbs for my dub. Need to figure out what size bulb it is. Anyone know?

[afinley]

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/LampReplacementGuide/

[a4wdhybrid]

uhh...youre going to need a little more than just a bulb for a true xenon (hid) set up

bulb + ballast + igniter + harness + projector headlights + h7 adapter for those d2s (or d1s) hid bulbs should do it

4300k or bust btw

[Vampire Cockroach]

sounds like $$$!!! :upyeah:

[xtreem]

Hold on there. Are you wanting to do an HID conversion? Or do you just want the HID-like bulbs? 'Cuz if you're doing a conversion, I'd go with a kit anyhow. Get some e-codes that already are HID. More reliable.
Do not... lemme say that again..... DO NOT put Xenon bulbs in a "halogen reflector" housing!!!!!!!!!! That is just S-H-I-T! You need a projector housing for true HID.

What headlights do you have now? Stock? e-Codes? Projector? Hella's?

[CircleHookDrums]

^ why do you have to put projectors in to have a true HID? Tons of Acuras come with HID's without projectors

[afinley]

...arent ecodes reflectors?

there is someone in raleigh with a gray gli with hids, and there isnt a glare problem.

[a4wdhybrid]

...arent ecodes reflectors?

there is someone in raleigh with a gray gli with hids, and there isnt a glare problem.
you have obviously never driven in front of someone w/ hids in a non-hid, non-projector housing

[a4wdhybrid]

^ why do you have to put projectors in to have a true HID? Tons of Acuras come with HID's without projectors
http://www.wheelsjamaica.com/wheels_forum/index.php?topic=69833.msg1003568#msg1003568

[afinley]

you have obviously never driven in front of someone w/ hids in a non-hid, non-projector housing

you quoted me saying someone has hids in a non hid housing, and the glare isnt that bad.

[a4wdhybrid]

where?

you said..there isnt a glare problem..

[afinley]

not that bad = there isnt a problem

[a4wdhybrid]

i said you obviously have never driven in front of someone w/ hids in a non-hid, non-projector housing

meaning..if you had..then you would know there is a glare problem

[afinley]

there is someone in raleigh with just that in thier gli, i have driven in front of them. it wasnt a problem. i think we're going in cirlces.

i was thinking about it in my jetta, and figured the way to go would be do it in ecodes at least, because they point more of the light down, but you would still lose your high beams

[xtreem]

e-codes = European beam pattern.

You can run a Xenon bulb in a reflector housing, but you won't pass inpection with that beam pattern. It's all over the place. There are a few cars where it might work, but it's mostly a crapshoot.

[mkIV07]

ok i dont get whats so special about hids what the hells the difference ive never been able to find out please some one help me

[a4wdhybrid]

if you have never been able to find out the difference between a halogen and an hid bulb then you have never even tried

i would suggest learning how to work ~> http://www.google.com

hid uses electrical arc + xenon gas