Any interest in a custom HID headlight for the FC?

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Sep 18, 2004 | 02:54 AM

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slidebabyslide

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lol, **** i wrote that like at 12:am something, i can't remember, don't hate lol, i know how to drive, hum any one been to carmel valley? :-) some guy from skip barber racing skol, crash there.....hahaha. my 7 is out right know, it's down :-(. man yeah i just read my reply and it's hard for me even to read it...lol. Man i just got out of high skol(school) i don't want to get flame for not spelling. Hey madrx7 do u know how to fix a n/a s4? how much u charge if u do?

Sep 18, 2004 | 02:56 AM

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slidebabyslide

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oh, and that crashing part was a joke, but i just want to know if hid's aren't gona crap out on me if i crash or something. ok peace. If u do fix 7's pm ok thanks

Sep 19, 2004 | 09:00 PM

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2ndGen.rocket

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I think you should make a wise investment in your future and go back to highschool, learn how to write, and then come back.

Sep 19, 2004 | 09:10 PM

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Wankels-Revenge

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Found two pics of the first FC headlight we made...

Holy crap i'd buy em. Something in the range of $500 bucks is a little pricey, and probably not a wise investment, but if i wanted to make a good investment i would've bought RRSP's instead of an FC.

I dunno if anyone's asked this yet, but how much more juice would these lights need compared to the stock lights?

Sep 20, 2004 | 04:44 AM

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NZConvertible

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About 2/3 less.

Sep 20, 2004 | 06:00 AM

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Kenteth

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dont they run on ~20 amps or so NZvert?

Sep 20, 2004 | 06:19 AM

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They have a very high starting voltage (potentialy hazarous), but the actual power consumption (and hence current) is much lower than incandescent bulbs.

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Sep 20, 2004 | 06:42 AM

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neit_jnf

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I want a kit for the FD!!! Will it be low beam only or have the option of high beam?

Sep 20, 2004 | 12:08 PM

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SirCygnus

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ok, i kinda drift and i kinda crash in the mountains and ****, and the s4 bumber is strong as ****, and well i have about 600 bucks in my account and **** i was gona buy some rims but , i cant see **** at night, thats why i crash alot, but any ways will hid lights get fucket up? like blow? cuz i know thewy look sick , my friends evos and celicas they look sick, but if the lights go up and down the i will buy some, u yeah im young and broke, but i have some money saved up, and if the lights won't blow ill buy some, but i first want to see how they look like in the fc and if they go down and up, i don't want to bea dic and i appreciate what ur doing but, i don't want to get jack the lil bit of money i have saves up , u know, ok thanks latez

dude, lol. thats funny as shitpoop.

Sep 20, 2004 | 12:09 PM

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SirCygnus

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ill buy them if you can put them in a lopw profile housing so that i can get sleepy eyes and it will still look good.or make it like the re kit. if you make a 500 or similar re kit, you will be god.

Sep 20, 2004 | 01:51 PM

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Ni5mo180SX

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Im selling my HIDs

Sep 28, 2004 | 12:59 AM

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J_J

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We checked out the headlight and projector clearances and it turns out the projectors we want to use are still too big. There really is little to no space to work with. We're going to try the absolute smallest HID projectors available. They are pretty hard to come by, which would make this modification pretty expensive.

I'm going to try to do this mod for own car because I know the difference it can make. I'm no longer pushing it as a mod I'll be selling due to the cost, however.

Jan 18, 2006 | 09:33 PM

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The DJ

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pm me if the newer smaller ones work out - I'll take the pair for my FC & if I like it I'll take ones for my FD also

Jan 18, 2006 | 10:05 PM

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iceblue

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I want a flush kit but it would be nice to see them on the car actualy.

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Jan 18, 2006 | 10:23 PM

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SirCygnus

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ummm.... you know that cutting metal to make them go up and down is still a viable option. wink wink.

Jan 18, 2006 | 10:55 PM

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coldfire

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see my headlight link in my signature.
the low beam projectors i used can be fitted with a real HID system. right now i just have high output halogen. good enough.
i know you can get HID retrofits that put an HID bulb into a replica light housing. this is usually crap since there is no lens system to properly cut off the light. when you are dealing with high intensity source, a sharp cutoff is needed like that found in a projector.

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Jan 18, 2006 | 11:54 PM

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Thunder Shift

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i think he has probably given up on them, seeing as this thread is from 2004 :p

Jan 19, 2006 | 12:20 AM

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iceblue

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we musent give up hope even though I dont want a pair ;-)

Jan 19, 2006 | 04:16 AM

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There are no projectors that work better than from an s2000... With the help of a friend who has done it before I was able to do it on the tc using 5500k just so that we get that white bright light. WTF doesnt spend $500 on their car to make a noticeable improvement? I understand if you dont have the money, but increasing the visibility and making the car stand out is well worth it.

Anyways here are some pics of the s2000 on the tc

Those were the pics from the guy who helped me out... my girl crashed the car and havent been able to take pics of it... When I did the convertion on the 7 I used 300zx and audi a4 lights... None gave a better lighting than the s2000....

Jan 19, 2006 | 04:29 AM

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I would love to get better lighting. If someone were to modify a 6054 lens with HID, I'd buy it in a heart beat.
I agree, the S2000 lighting is amazing. I drool at those HID systems when I'm next to them.

Jan 19, 2006 | 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by boosted1205

I would do it, but based on the responce that this guy got, its definately not worth it. What I could do, is just make the headlight assembly without selling the HID, which would drop the cost considerably, but you would still have to buy a set of HID's.