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Old 06-15-2007, 09:04 PM
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Default Best Project HID or Halo Headlights??

hey guys i want to buy some projector hid or halo( i think there same thing) headlights for my tc and i was wondering if u guys knew of any good brands and/or styles??... or any defects that i should watch out for when buying or installin them or w/e... as in if they get moister in them easily or w/e...
if u guys could reply that would be great... MUCH THANKS!
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:45 PM
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Search is a popular feature here. But the absolute best option is a retrofit. IMO all of the aftermarket projector headlights are crap. The LED's and halo rings burn out and they look really cheap. You could always get an HID kit and plug that into your stock housing but then you gotta deal with blinding other people on the road.
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Old 06-19-2007, 02:10 AM
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yea i searched for projectors but i couldnt find any posts about which ones were the best to buy... sorry bout that
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Old 06-19-2007, 04:18 AM
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JLevi are nice..i currently own them :D and i got 6000k HIDs
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i like MobileHID from Cliffud in the sponsor section...awsome product
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^^^^^^ Second MobileHID. Had mine in since Jan, no problems at all. Have installed plenty from Cliffud as well, and no problems.
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Old 06-19-2007, 09:48 PM
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ooo yea shadow12one i was wonderin do u mean dont get projectors headlights and just use stock head lights with a hid bulb conversion set up?
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thanks guys for the tips
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Old 06-19-2007, 10:01 PM
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thats an easy and inexpensive way to do it yes but like i said your gonna have wild hot spots that might blind other drivers.
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Yeah, but buying aftermarket projector headlights isn't going to make HID's look any better. I bet all of the afermarket projector headlights made for the TC were designed to be used in conjunction with halogen bulbs, just like stock, so if you put true hids in aftermarket projectors, you'd get just as many hot spots that would blind other drivers, if not more.
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Originally Posted by GTS6spd
Yeah, but buying aftermarket projector headlights isn't going to make HID's look any better. I bet all of the afermarket projector headlights made for the TC were designed to be used in conjunction with halogen bulbs, just like stock, so if you put true hids in aftermarket projectors, you'd get just as many hot spots that would blind other drivers, if not more.
yea i was going to just keep stock set up and just get projector headlights
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