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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 02:19 AM
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Default Which hid kit for 08 tc

well i know the o8 uses different harness so which hid kit do i need

like do i use h7,h11...catch my flow?
Old Oct 14, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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H11

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x2 anything 4300k-6k nothing more IMO
Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:07 AM
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6k from hidextra.com h11 there bangin just got em a week ago.
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x2 anything 4300k-6k nothing more IMO
x2 on the 4300k, super bright. Best light output you can get without a retro
Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:14 AM
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i regret gettin rid of my 08's. i traded for some 07's now im gonna try and get another set.
Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:18 AM
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^how did you do that? aren't the 08 bulbs different from the 05-07?
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If he had an hid kit all he had to do was get 9006 bulbs
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Originally Posted by SE7EN
^how did you do that? aren't the 08 bulbs different from the 05-07?
i didnt have my hid kit wen i had my 08's, but we jus changed out the connections on them. i put angel eyes in these 07's but im goin back to 08's really soon. i dont remember the bulb number for the 0'8s but i wanna put hid's in them. i have an hid kit for my 0'7s. so would i have to get new bulbs for them to work wit the 08's?
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^^lol you are in a thread that gave the bulb size for 08 headlights

05-07=9006
08-10=H11


H11

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yea i kno. i was jus giving my 2 cents. this will be useful to me the end of this month cuz i sure as hell didnt remember the bulb number.
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Originally Posted by 09crimsontc
6k from hidextra.com h11 there bangin just got em a week ago.
I agree. This kit is cheap, awesome & ez to install. Bro get 6000k. That is what I got. They r so brighter than the Acura/BMW stockies
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^^I call BS on that, 6k are not brighter than my 4300k, and my lights are not brighter than a TL's oem hids
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yo if u have an 08 tc, with projector type lamps, check ur bulbs, because they are not H11 bulbs, they are 9006
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6k will NEVER be brigter then OEM lexus/bmw/mercedes/acura etc. why do u think people retrofit there headlights with bmw shrouds and acura tsx projectors and OEM 4300 HID kits, pff wat a noob. u may THINK there brighter cause there darker in color, that's not the case. I have 6k now and I hate them, I had 5k which were much better. BUT 6k aftermarket hids will never be better then oem 4300's.
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ugh grumpy we know that 08s don't have 9006, we established that.
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Originally Posted by grumpy6489
yo if u have an 08 tc, with projector type lamps, check ur bulbs, because they are not H11 bulbs, they are 9006
Wait are you saying they 08-10s headlights are 9006? If you are then you're retarded because they are h11
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OMG i read that completely wrong. he thinks they hae 9006 in them? LMAO wow, what a fail. were on a thread that has NUMEROUS posts that 08 plus headlights have h11's. 05-07's have 9006 man. dont give people advice if u urself dont know what your talking bout
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if hes talking bout the high beams, the high beams are 9005's
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Originally Posted by luvmytc12
I agree. This kit is cheap, awesome & ez to install. Bro get 6000k. That is what I got. They r so brighter than the Acura/BMW stockies
lol, you are a retard. No aftermarket HID kit even comes close to putting out half of the lumens as OEM Acura HIDs, and 6000K HIDs are barely any better than halogen bulbs.



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