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New Headlight Mod
halo headkights along with a heavy duty harness relays and hid lights what does everyone think? (i only took a pic of 1 side of grill cause i couldnt get back far enough to get the whole thing it a 1965 gmc so dual headlights)
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Re: New Headlight Mod
looks awesome. i like how its not obvious until they are on
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Re: New Headlight Mod
looks good!
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Re: New Headlight Mod
That looks AWESOME! Love that blue. Where did you get the halo headlights and HID kit from?
Thanks!
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Re: New Headlight Mod
I'm really not a fan of halos, they look great on the audis but not much else. I am guilty of runnin some on my dd jetta, but they're so dim you can't see them unless its dark. Also hids in reflective housings are really bright to on coming traffic, that's why most come with projector beams, they have a cut off built in so the beam of light doesn't blind on comming traffic. You may want to adjust them down a bit further than normal and hope no cops are out looking to fill a quata, because they are illegal in most areas (hids in reflective housings)
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I had some at one time and took them out because they were burning out.
They had the halo, and a blue led light at the bottom. ![]() http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=474527 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: New Headlight Mod
i got them from a place called www.prostreetlighting.com but the down fall is that i had to modify the light the the trim ring and the part that holds the bucket with the adjusting screws they were suppose to be for a 64 impala but theyre all the same size i have to wait to afjust them till after i finish my paint job and mount the grill does anyone have tips for adjusting the lights?
how fast were your lights burning out? and did you have and trouble with cops with the halos? |
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Here's a shot of low beams with a sharp cut off pattern. The horizontal line is what you use to aim the lights. The line will rise towards the passenger side; some rise at an angle and keep going up, and some level off again as shown in this pic. Either way, the point where the horizontal line begins to rise at an angle is the center point of your low beam pattern when aiming the lights. I doubt you'll have a sharp cut off with HID bulbs though. I've had friends with drop-in HID's in halogen housings get pulled over for excessive glare, so those may be a problem too. HID's can't be switched on and off quickly, and take a moment to warm up so you probably won't have functioning high beams without a few seconds of darkness when switching beam patterns. If you have four H4 headlight housings, you won't have a noticeable difference in beam pattern between high and low beams with HID bulbs; they'll just be "on". The dual filaments in H4 bulbs is what create the high and low beam pattern in the same housing; HID bulbs lose this feature since they're only "on". ![]() If you do have a cut-off on low beams, here's a pic of how to adjust the headlights. You'll need a flat driveway or parking lot with a wall to shine the low beams on 25 feet away. On low beams, the cut off point on the wall should measure 3 inches lower than the height of the center of your headlights. Three inches isn't much, and is why you need a completely flat surface to aim your lights. ![]()
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Re: New Headlight Mod
I poked around on prostreetlighting and found this, which they advertise as "HID" but really is just a blue tinted halogen H4 bulb. Real HID's have a ballast box to run the HID bulbs. If this is what you bought (except in the 5 3/4" version) then you should have functioning high/low beams just like normal bulbs since that's all they are. Depending on the quality of the housings you will probably have a low beam cut-off too. The blue tint actually reduces the light output compared to clear bulbs, but they get away with advertising them as "90/100W output from a 55/65W bulb" since most people are replacing old sealed beams and the new housings will make any regular wattage bulbs seem alot brighter than the old sealed beams.
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was this the kit your bought? http://www.prostreetlighting.com/pro...-5-34-4pc.html
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also pirateexpress that was the kit i bought i will take some pics of the modifications i had to make before you buy the kit you should really look at the modifications! ill post them tonight hopefully or as soon as possible
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Re: New Headlight Mod
cool thanks ..local law here says no blue light in front ..i have sent email to the company to see if the ring comes with a white ring instead of blue...but i do like the blue ring
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Halogen H4: ![]() Drop-in HID with ballast: ![]()
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Re: New Headlight Mod
Those look cool I like the blue there on a separate switch right the blue only comes on when you want it too. You should post up a how too with pics.
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Re: New Headlight Mod
the first pic shows the holes on the grill i had to open up to get the back of the headlight housing to fit the second is the tabs on the headlight the are suppose to keep it from rotating they dont line up so i ground them down flush to get the headlight to sit in the bucket and the last two are of the piece i made to help bend the trim rings in order to get them to fit around the headlight
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Re: New Headlight Mod
I would love to have these with blue halos for our 69. I need to snoop around the site n see if I can find some 7''ers
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