Looking for a good price on 4500K HIDs...

[Jngrbrdman]

Anyone know where I can get the best price on a 4500K 9006 HID conversion kit? I've seen them in the $400 price range fairly often. I could have sworn I've seen them for less than 400 in the past. I'm sure if I wanted to get some purple 6000K rip offs then I could get them easy. 4500K is the best one for actual effective light being put down on the ground. Those are the ones I want. If anyone gets wind of a good group buy or something, then would you let me know about it? Thanks!

[thevolvoguy]

HIDs4Less has a Stage 1 kit for $499.

http://www.hids4less.com/www/search/...age=search.asp

I doubt that link will work (I think the site must be flash), anyway I pulled up a page for your integra...

and the Stage 1 low beams only are $499, this includes the complete housings, bulbs, conversion kits and anything else needed. I have read very good reviews about the company too.

Brightheadlights.com has Philips 4200k for $498.

http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/hid-9006.htm

Good luck finding them for under $500. You may want to look on ebay.

I have been wanting to get a kit for my 850 for a while now, if you do purchace one... let me know how it turns out.

[Jademonkey]

check www.xenondepot.com as well.

They seem to have similar prices to hid4less.com, but you never know.

[Jngrbrdman]

That sucks that they cost so much... Oh well. I guess I'll have to get to work so I can rake up the bones. www.liteswap.com has them for a little under $500 but not much. I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open. Thanks for the help! I'll let you know if I find anything good.

[Aurora40]

http://www.misterjung.com/

5200K, $379 shipped

[AlBoston]

Hope I wont meet you on the road jngr, you will blind the hell out of people with your stock integra projector housings. Conversion kits are bad ideas imo .

[Jngrbrdman]

Originally posted by Aurora40
http://www.misterjung.com/

5200K, $379 shipped

LOL I was just coming back to this thread to post that link myself. LOL I had it in my favorites at work and totally forgot about it.

AlBoston: I doubt it. Its possible to do if you know how. I've got 9005 Silverstars in my low beams right now and nobody has flashed me since I put them there. Going on 2 years in March. I've got friends with HIDs in their Integras and they aren't blinding.

[Kordaek]

I have seen tons of arguments over whether or not HID's in non stock HID housings work - safely.

My buddy has HIDs in his teg, and I tell you - he spent a long time doing it right, making sure the cut offs were proper. There is NO blinding from them. THey are fine. No worse than my friends new A4.

Just do it right, and it can look good - nothing wrong with HID's in a teg.

[Aurora40]

Originally posted by AlBoston
Hope I wont meet you on the road jngr, you will blind the hell out of people with your stock integra projector housings. Conversion kits are bad ideas imo .

Why do you feel they are a bad idea? Is it just the blinding factor?

I have projector beam headlamps, so brighter bulbs really shouldn't cause any problems for oncoming traffic. I also have a load-leveling rear suspension, so when I have stuff in the trunk the beam won't raise. I am interested in an HID kit because of their superior light output and beam pattern. The OEM HID's I've seen have about the same brightness as the center of my lights, but it is that bright throughout the pattern. I find that very appealing/compelling. They also use less wattage and are cooler (I think?) than the stock halogen bulbs, so there is no danger of frying anything.

Is there some other thing to consider? Do the aftermarket bulbs not tend to produce good beam patterns (I've noticed the beam pattern can depend greatly on the bulb from having crappy Wagners and nice Sylvanias in the same housing).

Also, it's been my impression that adding those aftermarket kits consists of attaching the stock connector to the ballast, the ballast to the bulb, and finding a place to mount the ballast. But it doesn't require any cutting or splicing of wires. Is this the case? I wouldn't do it if I had to cut/run wires or couldn't easily reverse it.

Sorry if this is a hi-jacking, Jngr...

[Jngrbrdman]

Hey, my question was answered. Hi-jack away. lol New topic has been set. Run with it! lol

[JustinTRW]

I think Al was referring to the self leveling aspect of factory installed xenon headlamp systems. For example, when you first turn on the car, the headlamps do a little dance (they point up and down, side to side) to ensure they are properly leveled each time they are used.

[Aurora40]

Originally posted by JustinTRW
I think Al was referring to the self leveling aspect of factory installed xenon headlamp systems. For example, when you first turn on the car, the headlamps do a little dance (they point up and down, side to side) to ensure they are properly leveled each time they are used.

I don't believe this is a requirement on cars that have self-leveling suspensions. And I believe there are cars with OEM HID's with self-leveling suspensions that don't have self-leveling HIDs. When I was checking out the Cadillac STS's HID's (because the car is similar to mine), I don't think they self-level. But the car does, just like mine.

My car also has lows and highs that stay on together, so there is no darkness gap when switching the highs off, and the highs are the DRL's, not the lows, so no problems from that either. As far as I can tell, my car is a great candidate for the conversion to HIDs. I think I might try the 9005 trick Jngr suggested first.

I would like to hear from AlBoston as to what he feels are the bad aspects of aftermarket HID's.

Also, I'd love to hear feedback from anyone that actually upgraded their headlamps. Do they have good beam pattern? Uniform brightness? Thanks!

Jngr: I think I got that misterjung link from you in the first place! If you do buy HID's, make sure to let us know how they do!