I'm looking at purchasing some projector headlights for my srt-4. My car came with the black housing headlights and they look really nice but I have HID's in the car and i'm not a big fan of blinding people. I was wondering what people's experience is with the different projectors. I know you can find cheap ones on for like $150 on ebay and then they can get up to $400 for other ones. Is there that much of a difference between the cheaper and more expensive ones? Also, my HID kit is a 9007 bulb kit. I know alot of projectors use different bulbs. Are there any projector headlights where I won't have to get a new HID kit or am I going to have to bite the bullet on that one and buy another kit? Thanks.
I'm looking at purchasing some projector headlights for my srt-4. My car came with the black housing headlights and they look really nice but I have HID's in the car and i'm not a big fan of blinding people. I was wondering what people's experience is with the different projectors. I know you can find cheap ones on for like $150 on ebay and then they can get up to $400 for other ones. Is there that much of a difference between the cheaper and more expensive ones? Also, my HID kit is a 9007 bulb kit. I know alot of projectors use different bulbs. Are there any projector headlights where I won't have to get a new HID kit or am I going to have to bite the bullet on that one and buy another kit? Thanks.
nd4spd has been doing some amazing things with depo projector headlights. if thats the route you want to take order a pair form him. you could always do a retro but the price on parts and labor range from 500-1000. either way you will have to get new bulbs for the projectors, but the res of the kit that you have currently can remain the same.
If I were to give any advise, if you end up doing a retro, don't settle, if you are going to go through all that work and money, make it what you really want.
thanks for the advice. Retro isn't a path i'm going to go at this time. Maybe down the road when I have more money but as of right now i'm just looking for something to keep every person from flashing their brights at me, because of the HID's in a reflector style housing. If I had the spare cash lying around though I would love to go the retro path.
what you can do is, take a thin peice of metal, and put in with the bulb (underneath) that way you'll have the same beam as cars that came with hids, but no projector.
thanks for the advice. Retro isn't a path i'm going to go at this time. Maybe down the road when I have more money but as of right now i'm just looking for something to keep every person from flashing their brights at me, because of the HID's in a reflector style housing. If I had the spare cash lying around though I would love to go the retro path.
See my post on the no-cut hid projectors they might work out good for you.
^^^ Seriously. Like a 200 dollar retro with slightly less than awesome projectors. Like a happy medium between a "real" retro and crummy output aftermarket lamps.
If you are looking at getting aftermarket headlights, I'll sell you my old retro I did for about the same price you would pay for the halo's. (It is a halo housing with retroed e46 projectors and ccfl halos)
what you can do is, take a thin peice of metal, and put in with the bulb (underneath) that way you'll have the same beam as cars that came with hids, but no projector.
It's called a casper shield. If you do a search for 9007 casper shield you can sometimes find some nice ones. They still don't look that great when it comes to output but they do keep some light out of others eyes.
If your budget is low & you just want to keep from getting flashed then switch to a set of ebay projectors with HID's in them. They'll be better then the stock headlights with HID's for the time being.
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^^^i searched for one a couple years back. all i found were ones for h7's. i was just giving him cheap alternatives
Yeah, most are for other sizes. It'll give you a good reference on what the concept is. I've seen people chop up soda cans to make them, pretty simple yet creative.
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