Just a few HID questions - SRT Forums

FE Srt4 · 07-06-2005, 10:12 AM

Ok so Ive recently feel in love with the idea of getting a HID kit for my car. I just have a few questions.

1.Are these kits easy to install....as in plug and play?? Use stock connections?

2.What kit should I buy If i dont want a very BLUE light i dont mind a blue tint but cant have a very loud blue mainly becouse of the cops in my area would probably pull me over. I was looking at the 6000 kit

3.How much are replacment bulbs for these kits?

4.Any modification needed to stock housing to fit the blubs in them??

5.WHo should I order them from...im looking into Darksyde right now.

**Dark Syde SRT-4** · 07-06-2005, 11:00 AM

my kit is about 99% plug and play (no cutting of wires needed). install time is about an hour and thats for someone with little to no experience in the automotive world.

my kit costs 325 shipped for the standard HID and 450 for the VHO series

mine will work with the stock housing (that is how i am running my VHO)

if you need any help or have any more questions feel free to call me or IM me or PM me

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**Dark Syde SRT-4** · 07-06-2005, 11:02 AM

also my kit is covered for a full 1yr warrenty on bulbs, ballasts, wiring.. and im flexible with that also (say in 14 months your bulb blows i normally will replace for free). but i have had a kit on my car for over 3yrs now and still have the same bulbs i started with

noTe · 07-06-2005, 11:09 AM

Quote:

2.What kit should I buy If i dont want a very BLUE light i dont mind a blue tint but cant have a very loud blue mainly becouse of the cops in my area would probably pull me over. I was looking at the 6000 kit

6000K sounds right for you. Police won't bother you with them.

Just don't get anything over 6000K with HIDs.

FE Srt4 · 07-06-2005, 11:25 AM

Thanks alot guys for all the help

Darksyde I will be ordering from you soon

How is the light output on the 6000 will I be anymore in the dark then normal bulbs (I have Sylvrstars), this is my last concern.

noTe · 07-06-2005, 01:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by FE Srt4

Thanks alot guys for all the help

Darksyde I will be ordering from you soon

How is the light output on the 6000 will I be anymore in the dark then normal bulbs (I have Sylvrstars), this is my last concern.

It's nothing like Silverstars. Once you go HID, you never go back.

iball · 07-06-2005, 01:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by noTe

It's nothing like Silverstars. Once you go HID, you never go back.

Yeah, it's like when buying a black car...once you go black, you never go back.

FE Srt4 · 07-06-2005, 02:09 PM

Ok but I have heard that using them in our stock headlights causes alot of glare and unused light being thrown everywhere. Also im worried about the amount of light on the road for me....

noTe · 07-06-2005, 02:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by FE Srt4

Ok but I have heard that using them in our stock headlights causes alot of glare and unused light being thrown everywhere. Also im worried about the amount of light on the road for me....

They do have alot of glare, but really the light isn't thrown everywhere as much as other headlight housings do. Glare or not, they improve your sight on the road so much better. I love driving at night even more now because of them.

Quote: Originally Posted by iball

Yeah, it's like when buying a black car...once you go black, you never go back.

Heh, I thought that was meant towards something else, heh...

smoger · 07-06-2005, 02:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by FE Srt4

Ok but I have heard that using them in our stock headlights causes alot of glare and unused light being thrown everywhere. Also im worried about the amount of light on the road for me....

ive had my hid's since before winter and i very rarely get flashed by anyone(when i do it tends to be on a hill). when i drive behind people the light is clearly not shining into their cars

and yes it is much better than halogen

**haknslash** · 07-06-2005, 02:50 PM

HID does not do well in our stock reflector housings. Light is still thown around, hot spots and its very unevenly distributed. It was bad enough to where I took out the custom "kit" from my SRT and put back in my halogen stockers. Sure the HID was brighter.....but only in certain areas (not evenly distributed throughout the beam pattern). My opinions worth.

noTe · 07-06-2005, 03:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by haknslash

HID does not do well in our stock reflector housings. Light is still thown around, hot spots and its very unevenly distributed. It was bad enough to where I took out the custom "kit" from my SRT and put back in my halogen stockers. Sure the HID was brighter.....but only in certain areas (not evenly distributed throughout the beam pattern). My opinions worth.

Hm. Mine really isn't thrown out a whole lot, just alot of glare. I'd take a picture but I have a shitty camera.

One of my friends was surprised that most of the light from mine was distributed pretty well, obviously not as well as projectors but I mean for stock housing non-projector headlights.

**haknslash** · 07-06-2005, 03:07 PM

I do agree there are FAR worse oem halogen headlights out there that perform/react ALOT worse to HID being put in them than our cars. This is how most HID kits look in our stock headlights beam pattern and all.....

Most aftermarket HID kit SRT/03+neon owners will notice the "triangle shadow" found on most neons/SRTs I've seen. I had the same shadow back when I threw a kit in mine too.

6k

FE Srt4 · 07-06-2005, 03:26 PM

Is that last pic you have hack from a car with a Kit on it or projecters...?

**haknslash** · 07-06-2005, 03:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by FE Srt4

Is that last pic you have hack from a car with a Kit on it or projecters...?

As I stated in the post, that pic is with a 6k kit.

HID projectors would eliminate all that uneven distribution you see there caused from the kit.