modern is now selling those ebay projector headlights... now for modern to sell these they must be a legit peice of lighting i would think... question im asking is... can you use an HID kit with these and then have the other bulb for your high beams?! i have stockers right now so i have no high beams with my hids... but with the extra output can u have highs with the hids?! also i read alot about these not fitting very well leaving gaps around the front bumper... but i dont think modern would sell something that wasnt a good product right? heres what im asking...
Modern doesn't make these. They are only as good of a product as what they are getting in. In other words it will stil have gaps and fit issues.
As for the HIDs, yes you can have HID lows and halogen highs. It would not be a good idea to run HID highs unless you had a quality Bi-xenon HID projector. Reason being is that it takes time to warm-up HID bulbs so by the time you flipped on your highs and the beams warmed up, it would be time to turn them off because of another car passing you. Well most of the time this would be the scenario unless you drive at 2 am. Also its not good for HID bulbs or ballasts to be turned on/off in short periods. So it would slowly kill lifespan of both components.
As for the quality of these projectors. Eh, they are like your typical ebay halogen projector. The beam output to me with HID is not better or worse than stock headlights with a HID kit in them. you just won't have the glare issues like you would on a stock headlight but the output is still not going to be uniform and will have hot spots. There is a pic by a local I know on here that has these projectors and HID in them. I'm not impressed with them but it's your call. For $300+ you could make your own headlights with much better components. Just my .02
Modern doesn't make these. They are only as good of a product as what they are getting in. In other words it will stil have gaps and fit issues.
As for the HIDs, yes you can have HID lows and halogen highs. It would not be a good idea to run HID highs unless you had a quality Bi-xenon HID projector. Reason being is that it takes time to warm-up HID bulbs so by the time you flipped on your highs and the beams warmed up, it would be time to turn them off because of another car passing you. Well most of the time this would be the scenario unless you drive at 2 am. Also its not good for HID bulbs or ballasts to be turned on/off in short periods. So it would slowly kill lifespan of both components.
As for the quality of these projectors. Eh, they are like your typical ebay halogen projector. The beam output to me with HID is not better or worse than stock headlights with a HID kit in them. you just won't have the glare issues like you would on a stock headlight but the output is still not going to be uniform and will have hot spots. There is a pic by a local I know on here that has these projectors and HID in them. I'm not impressed with them but it's your call. For $300+ you could make your own headlights with much better components. Just my .02
do you have any idea if you can somehow wire it up so the gay ass halo's don't light up? i just ordered a set of these from modern but i want to see if there's a way around the halo's & the led's
Unfortunately for many of us that just want to buy a projector that is plug and play this is really the only option. You don't have to use the Halo's. Modern is providing very detailed instructions. You will be fine. As far as fitment issues that has been taken care of from what I understand.
Modern doesn't make these. They are only as good of a product as what they are getting in. In other words it will stil have gaps and fit issues.
As for the HIDs, yes you can have HID lows and halogen highs. It would not be a good idea to run HID highs unless you had a quality Bi-xenon HID projector. Reason being is that it takes time to warm-up HID bulbs so by the time you flipped on your highs and the beams warmed up, it would be time to turn them off because of another car passing you. Well most of the time this would be the scenario unless you drive at 2 am. Also its not good for HID bulbs or ballasts to be turned on/off in short periods. So it would slowly kill lifespan of both components.
As for the quality of these projectors. Eh, they are like your typical ebay halogen projector. The beam output to me with HID is not better or worse than stock headlights with a HID kit in them. you just won't have the glare issues like you would on a stock headlight but the output is still not going to be uniform and will have hot spots. There is a pic by a local I know on here that has these projectors and HID in them. I'm not impressed with them but it's your call. For $300+ you could make your own headlights with much better components. Just my .02
do you have any idea if you can somehow wire it up so the gay ass halo's don't light up? i just ordered a set of these from modern but i want to see if there's a way around the halo's & the led's
The two sets of loose wires you see here:
are spliced into the turn signal wires to power and activate the leds and halos. Just tie them up out of the way and they'll stay dark.
Modern doesn't make these. They are only as good of a product as what they are getting in. In other words it will stil have gaps and fit issues.
As for the HIDs, yes you can have HID lows and halogen highs. It would not be a good idea to run HID highs unless you had a quality Bi-xenon HID projector. Reason being is that it takes time to warm-up HID bulbs so by the time you flipped on your highs and the beams warmed up, it would be time to turn them off because of another car passing you. Well most of the time this would be the scenario unless you drive at 2 am. Also its not good for HID bulbs or ballasts to be turned on/off in short periods. So it would slowly kill lifespan of both components.
As for the quality of these projectors. Eh, they are like your typical ebay halogen projector. The beam output to me with HID is not better or worse than stock headlights with a HID kit in them. you just won't have the glare issues like you would on a stock headlight but the output is still not going to be uniform and will have hot spots. There is a pic by a local I know on here that has these projectors and HID in them. I'm not impressed with them but it's your call. For $300+ you could make your own headlights with much better components. Just my .02
do you have any idea if you can somehow wire it up so the gay ass halo's don't light up? i just ordered a set of these from modern but i want to see if there's a way around the halo's & the led's
The two sets of loose wires you see here:
are spliced into the turn signal wires to power and activate the leds and halos. Just tie them up out of the way and they'll stay dark.
If a manufacturer would just make a regular headlight just like the stockers but with a projector I would buy that in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they are not out there so this is what I have to get because I am not about to hack up my own headlights and run the risk of screwing something up.
thanks for all of the input guys... talked to modern and the fitment issues have been resolved... from what i can see the hids with these arent too bad for the money of these headlights... im not looking for perfection... but i did want better light output and this is the way for me... im using 8k hids and then halegon bulbs for my highs... can't wait!
If a manufacturer would just make a regular headlight just like the stockers but with a projector I would buy that in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they are not out there so this is what I have to get because I am not about to hack up my own headlights and run the risk of screwing something up.
Yeah man tell me about it
Too bad no company made something clean and simple like this chop
If a manufacturer would just make a regular headlight just like the stockers but with a projector I would buy that in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they are not out there so this is what I have to get because I am not about to hack up my own headlights and run the risk of screwing something up.
Yeah man tell me about it
Too bad no company made something clean and simple like this chop
That is exactly what I want. I don't need crazy HID's.. Just a projector style headlight with H1 bulbs would be perfectly fine with me. $300 or so and I would be there.
why doesnt someone just come out with these already?! they would sell a crap load of these... just come up with a mold to replace he bulb area and walla! projectors that are tastefully done and its something everyone wants! they should have just spent the extra $300 to the car and sold em stock with these lol
If a manufacturer would just make a regular headlight just like the stockers but with a projector I would buy that in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they are not out there so this is what I have to get because I am not about to hack up my own headlights and run the risk of screwing something up.
Yeah man tell me about it
Too bad no company made something clean and simple like this chop
That is exactly what I want. I don't need crazy HID's.. Just a projector style headlight with H1 bulbs would be perfectly fine with me. $300 or so and I would be there.
Theres no one out there that does any good work like you do on these headlights. You should start doing them again, too many out there trying to do what you do best at and they are sure not doing a great job at it.
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