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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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Has anybody upgraded their S5 foglights with HIDs? what kind of bulb do you use? Do you need two extra ballast to power them or you can use the same ballasts from the headlights? I want to install HIDs on my foglights too but I´ve been too busy lately to check the foglights... does anybody knows?
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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Why? So you can make even more glare? I hear there's a new trend, taking out your headlights and retrofitting in flood lamps like the ones they use in construction. You should try it out, same goes to everyone else in this thread putting HID's into fail H4 housings. I hear the results are great.
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Well someone has their panties in a bunch about these things. I dont understand why there is so much of a love/hate with these. I like them, alot of people in my town have them, and they never cause a glare when they are in oncomming traffic. TTT made some good arguments but E dub's only argument is glare, but seriously it isnt that bad. Ive had a harder time being blinded when a lifted truck with Sylvania bulbs pulls behind me.

Oh and E Dub, you cant retro fit flood lamps silly. It would draw too much amps. (joke)
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Well I want to upgrade my foglights with HID's because I want them to go with the headlights. My HIDs will be intense no doubt about that, but ill try to prevent the glare by lowering the aiming. I could care less if you dont agree with me, its something I want to do in my car. ****, I dont agree with wide wheels-stretched tires and their 30mm to 50mm bitch fenders but hey people do it anyways... still, its not of my concern. So if yall gonna act all technical up in here, then go bitch at them Initial D fan boys and Drift punks, you could be VERY useful there and making us a HUGE favor.
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT
OMFG!!!!!!!! REAL HID BULBS!!!!!!!!!! THUS FAR YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WITH REAL HIDS IN THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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LOL jk jk...

You ARE making good points though TitaniumTT... but come on, put some cream on that itch and let it go... people are not going to spend $1200 for Rally HID. They would spend that money WISELY, not on some lighting thingies. Plus most people do it MORE for the looks.
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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The fogs hardly even have a reflector..all your going to do is have this mass amount of light emitting from the front of your car that doesn't shine down the road at all. Not to mention zero cutoff and no beam pattern.
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Well sorry we cant please you E Dub
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Well why bother paying for an upgrade if it's totally ineffective?
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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i have hid headlights and foglights.

how's the visibility at night with those w/o the fogs on? i wanted to do the same but it seems like most of the light wont be used to its full potential, looks good though!
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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with the foglights off, its pretty tough to see since it just points forward. If i didn't have the foglights i wouldn't run them like that.
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 01:45 AM
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more recent pics of my car. pretty happy with these projectors. 1st pic = above cutoff (no glare, yey). 2nd pic taken below cutoff.








next headlight setup will be a tsx projector retrofit, because of the funky colored + super sharp cutoff they produce. example (not mine)

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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 01:46 AM
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oh yeah they are 4300k for anyone wondering. there are no oem hid's over 4300k, that blue color that everyone wants is all in the optics, has nothing to do with bulb temp FYI
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 03:56 AM
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i actuslly realy like the look of that headlight assembly in there
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeffc3s
Well I want to upgrade my foglights with HID's because I want them to go with the headlights. My HIDs will be intense no doubt about that, but ill try to prevent the glare by lowering the aiming. I could care less if you dont agree with me, its something I want to do in my car. ****, I dont agree with wide wheels-stretched tires and their 30mm to 50mm bitch fenders but hey people do it anyways... still, its not of my concern. So if yall gonna act all technical up in here, then go bitch at them Initial D fan boys and Drift punks, you could be VERY useful there and making us a HUGE favor.
This doesn't make any sense at all. Wide rims and stretched tires have a clear benefit to stability and handling, making the car safer and faster. Fenders are completely harmless.

Ebay HIDs stuffed into crappy H4 housings can blind oncoming traffic and result in loss of life.

Not very technical, shouldn't be that hard to understand the point of the posts in this thread. That said, there are always going to people who have the attitude that they will do whatever they want to their own car no matter the fact that it might be unsafe or even damaging to their cars.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 09:52 AM
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do u got any pictures hos is it look like on the road

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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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H4 to D2S/D2R Adapters

Has anyone tried using these adapters???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H4-to...Q5fAccessories
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:41 PM
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does any body got know anythink about these easy retro fit lences????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H4-HB...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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these 2 last post seemed pretty good TTT what do you think of these 2 items. the 2nd one looks like its more promissing then the first. minus the fact even with these they are mostlikly illegal.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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some of you guys are gonna loose your high beams if you dont go with a high/low kit
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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i dont think it is illegal and it has a high and low its a bixenon lens that spouse to be for retro fit.
But it seems like they are no pictures or info online about it that i could thrust to buy. Its not cheap
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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bump... curious about last couple links posted also...
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 01:38 AM
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The more I think about this crap, the more I want to redo my setup with new projectors. Has anybody else been thinking about trying to install actual projectors and retain the stock pop up look?

This is kinda what I am thinking:


Check out this thread from a Nissan club:
TSX Projector retrofit and HID popups
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 07:42 AM
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The problem with TSX projectors is that they aren't bixenon, you'll lose your hi-beam which, around these parts at least, will fail you at inspection. Yes, my car passes legit inspection
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