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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:07 AM
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has annyone put HID's in thier anzo headlights?? on the housing it says not to use HID but i want some bad. so has anyone done this with no problems???
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:22 AM
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dont do it. the cut-off on anzos is horrible. You will be blinding the hell out of people. If you want hids and want them to look right get a retrofit
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:33 AM
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10000000 ppl have done it
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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i dont think it will be that bad will it?? i was just worried about the housing or lens melting. the cut off isnt that bad to some that ive seen. but were would i fing some retrofits?? i like my halos
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by paco-tc
i dont think it will be that bad will it?? i was just worried about the housing or lens melting. the cut off isnt that bad to some that ive seen. but were would i fing some retrofits?? i like my halos
this is the cutoff




you want a retro, click the link in my signature :D
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:15 AM
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the cut off is for the stock reflecters right?? i already have the anzos and the cut off isnt the most even thing but its nowere near that bad
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:18 AM
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^Wow..... My Stock '09 headlights with the HIDs that I installed yesterday have a better cut off than that.
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:34 AM
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a friend of mine has 6000K HIDs in it.. its not horrible just has a weird cut off.
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:46 AM
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it doesnt look like ^^^ though does it
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:53 AM
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well if you count out the fact that all the LEDs are burned out and the driver side angels are also, its fine. when he follows me there are weird places that i try to avoid so that he doesnt glare me.. thats cause of the weird cut off
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:59 AM
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Going from your profile if you already have the headlights and if you install HID you can always revert to your stock lights. You can buy HIDs and try them and if it is too bad you can switch/fix the headlights later.
When I was looking into getting projector headlights on my old car and HIDs, I heard that Anzo's put out less light and were not that good for halogen or HIDs. But if you put in HIDs the cut off will be about the same as halogen.
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 05:20 AM
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sell the anzos now.

i ran into SOOO many problems
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 05:21 AM
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thanks everyone for the info but the only bad thing is a dont have my stock lights i traded them for the anzos.the one thing i dont have the stock part of my car is that
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 05:22 AM
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youll regret it.

one of the mods i most regret doing
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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were did you get your anzos from mine originaly came from frank @ A&A
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 05:32 AM
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im not in a good position with a&a right now. i got mine off ebay
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 06:32 AM
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so these are or are not anzos???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Scion...Q5fAccessories
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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I had anzos and then i got a retro fit from lightwerkz.net. those things are awesome. here is the link to some pictures of them http://high-intensity.org/forums/sho...2&postcount=17

I havent taken any pictures with them isntalled or of the cutoff but it is beautiful. I also put eyelids on them too.
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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HID retro > ALL

Old Dec 3, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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jake...haha hes seen my retro...when i had it on ill get it back on soon. if you need help with your headlights let me know. i could help you do a retro too



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