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Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
except walter and scotspitch need to change their SL member tag to SE tags under their Avatar

but good info guys, and gals! Keep it coming!
we do ?
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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lol...oh yeah. i dont pay attention to that..

cliffud has a topic in our forum and several members bought from him
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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can anyone help me out onmy last post??
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by scotspitch56
Originally Posted by Scott8
except walter and scotspitch need to change their SL member tag to SE tags under their Avatar

but good info guys, and gals! Keep it coming!
we do ?
well I figured it looks a little goofy that your Avatar is the SE logo, but then you have SL member under it...
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Wan
I dont get it.... I have an 07tC and I want Bi-Xenon(for hi and low beams)...what do I put under bulb size and under kelvins?? I want a medium blue color....white/blue mix...
white/blue is 6K
blue is 8K

So you want HID's in both high beam and low beam? trying to figure out what you want to do with your set up?
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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arent bi-xenons hi and low beams???
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Wan
arent bi-xenons hi and low beams???
aren't bi-xenons for cars that don't have 1 bulb for low, and 1 for high?
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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IDK lol I know nothing about HIDs...
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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if u want hids for ur highs and lows, ur gonna need two kits for ur highs and lows. tcs dont need bi-xenon bulbs.
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Wan
IDK lol I know nothing about HIDs...
if you drive a tC, you have high beams, and low beams.

so you would probably only want to invest in HID's for you normal driving low beams. if you have stock headlights and not an aftermarket headlight housing, your low beams are style 9006

only problem with running hid's in a stock headlight, you tend to blind oncoming traffic. so you may want to get projectors before you get the hids
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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damn it walter!!! you beat me
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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what bulb size for an 07 tC???
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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9006. pls search!!!

sorry scott, i guess ur bored at work or something so ill let you handle things now ...that n i have to go to work now too, but seriously, go mobilehid. i've ordered 3 kits from cliffud, two for myself and one for my brother, excellent customer service, and fast shipping. (my brother has yet to pick up the kit or pay me, fyi.) but i'll let you know.
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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for bi xenon its the same thing 9006 for low and 9005 for hi's and u want a medium blue color that would be either 6K thats more on the white side and 8k is more on the blue side anything after 8 k turns from dark blue to purple...i have 12k its blue/a tint of purple
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
Originally Posted by scotspitch56
Originally Posted by Scott8
except walter and scotspitch need to change their SL member tag to SE tags under their Avatar

but good info guys, and gals! Keep it coming!
we do ?
well I figured it looks a little goofy that your Avatar is the SE logo, but then you have SL member under it...
didnt know you could change that, i just knew i could in one of my local forumns because it says "site rice king" (since muscle heads think all imports are rice, damn greaseheads)
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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are these easy to install?
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by WAlterEgo
cliffud has a topic in our forum and several members bought from him
cliffud never responded to my PM.

Operatic always did.

i bought from operatic. the kit arrived next day. 8K. only problem was that my ground wire was loose. after that. they've worked beeeeeeautifully. they come with a 1 year "hassle free" warranty.
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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wait wtf?? I dont get this at all....If i get normal xenon..its normal HIDs right?? so they are either on or off right?? no hi beam or low beam anymore...just on and off right??? What are bixenons??? are they the same as normal xenon just hi and low beam , instead of on and off(found in the normal xenon)?
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Wan
are these easy to install?
if you know how to work on cars they are pretty easy.

if you don't know what you are doing, have someone that knows help you
Old Nov 7, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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plz answer my othe rquestion..



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