I can't stand halogens so I upgraded the low beams w/ a 10k hid kit, heres some pics

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/chinkyx1/sam089.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/chinkyx1/sam088.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/chinkyx1/sam090.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/chinkyx1/sam086-1.jpg

it looks like you need some petro in your new whip.

How much did it set you back?

are the low beams really a H11 bulb? I want to order a pair of HID's before I get my new xB so they are ready to go in when I get it. I just want someone to varify this with me before I go and buy some. Thanks for all your input.

are the low beams really a H11 bulb?

H11 that is. I used the 8000K kit from mobilehid and it was an easy install. Good luck!

LOOKS SICK BRO!

I put a set of 8000K for my highs, don't know if I wanna put any in my lows.

i just ordered a set of 5000k from Mobile HID. I'm picking my car up Thursday so I'm hoping they arrive soon after, I think they'll most likely arrive on Monday. I cant wait :love:

Be sure to post up pics please!
I know I should get the 4300K for max lumens (3200 right?). But I keep seeing that 5000K is around 3000 lumens which is not a big loss and they look like a "cooler" shade of white whereas the 4300K can have a "warm" white look to them. OEM is 4100K or 4300K so that also weighs in, I don't want the blue ricey look, sorry, I actually want usable light and visibility. Decisions, decisions...

I don't want the blue ricey look, sorry, I actually want usable light and visibility. Decisions, decisions...

Thats why I went with 5000k. Whiter than 4300k but not blue like 6000k

I just wonder if the 200 lumens loss is that noticeable. :-/
I would love to see side by side pics...

I don't want the blue ricey look, sorry, I actually want usable light and visibility. Decisions, decisions...
lol I guess I was not aware that BMW's, VW's, Saab's etc with factory HID's looked "ricey". :eyebrow:
Or did you mean you just don't care for the bluish ones personally? :P

All OEM have 4100K - 4300K and use Philips or Osram-Sylvania. The highest K rating from those two companies (that have the OEM HID market owned) is marketed as a 6000K kit, the Philips Ultinon which in fact is 5800K. BMW's, Audi's , etc seem to have a blue hue to them due to the projectors and the angle at which you're viewing the light (refraction) coming off that projector housing. The light they have inside is 4100K - 4300K which is the closes that we can manufacture to sunlight. Proven time and time again to be the most "visible" spectrum the human eye can see.
What I'm looking for though, is I might trade off some visibility and real light output for perhaps what I would see as a "colder" hue of white. That said all OEM HID's I've seen look real good on the road and not at all "warm", including the ones in our current Mazda 3 GT hatchback so I'm leaning towards staying with the science behind it and going 4300K but I'd still like to see some pics. :-P

6k is good for a normal look. If you want to gain attention, try red, green pink or purple.

do you have a pic of the red?

Of all the colors you wanted, i don't have red pictures yet. my supplier keeps running out of them when I place my orders. I'll take pictures of it when they show up.

cool, thanx. I have tried to find them online and can't find pics either.

so how much for the hids and are they easy to install? anyone have them for fogs yet?

$170 Shipped from Cliff:
mobilehid.com/scionlife

Sold many to people here and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for everything from delivery to customer service