retrofit or not?

[rigo_jones]

The cutoff on those valeo's should look a lot like this. That's what they retrofit into my Jeep.

yup looks like that.... uhmmm i got the wrong bulbs with my kit i order d2s bulbs and got H fucken 7s. but it was cool cause i had an extra 2 6k d2s from my audi and guess wht? one is out so i order a new pair of d2s bulbs they should be here in a WEEK! . if any body wants to see i can show 1 headlight in action but im going to wait for the bulbs till i post pics. its a big difference nice and clean cut off i cant wait.

 

[DenaliAK]

yup looks like that.... uhmmm i got the wrong bulbs with my kit i order d2s bulbs and got H fucken 7s. but it was cool cause i had an extra 2 6k d2s from my audi and guess wht? one is out so i order a new pair of d2s bulbs they should be here in a WEEK! . if any body wants to see i can show 1 headlight in action but im going to wait for the bulbs till i post pics. its a big difference nice and clean cut off i cant wait.

That's what you get for a $43 ebay kit....



I'm torn between going all-out with new Matsushita ballasts and Philips D2S bulbs, or just getting a kit for less. I may go with Digital (the brand, not the type) HID's so I can color match my fogs, too.

 

[rigo_jones]

does any body know if i can use a 35w hid bulb with a 50w/55w ballast?

 

[Eagle]

It will reduce lifespan but a friend had to do that for a week or so until he could get 55w capsules from DDM.

EDIT; I feel I have to mention that a '55w' bulb is actually still just a 35w capsule that is overdriven by ~40%. This is where the ~40% lighting improvement comes from, and the reduced lifespan.

I think he needed a new set of capsules because:
a: he didn;t know this,
B: it was a 4300 and his other one was 6k
c: they should be replaced in pairs because the color does change over the life of the bulb.

 

[Markus01]

That is cool how hard was it to pull the headlight apart?

 

[rigo_jones]

oh ok thanks bro. im going to retrofit another set of headlights but im lost on which projector to go with. its simple to do but some times i rather just buy some depo projectors and call it a day.


the hard part was getting the headlight cover to clear.

 

[Eagle]

I can't wait to see how they look on the `hoe.

 

[rigo_jones]

what do you guys think? i bought some osram d2s bulbs and boy do they make a diferance against the ebay ones. im gonna do all OEM on my next retrofit. im going with the fx projectors.

 

[DenaliAK]

I finally found a set of OEM used Denali headlights at a salvage yard. Haven't looked at them yet, but the guy said they are in great shape. $300 for the set, gonna go take a look in the morning. I hope they are good lenses, because then I can finally start the retro!!

Yay...the best ones to use are the GM ones, so if this works it should be great.

 

[rigo_jones]

I finally found a set of OEM used Denali headlights at a salvage yard. Haven't looked at them yet, but the guy said they are in great shape. $300 for the set, gonna go take a look in the morning. I hope they are good lenses, because then I can finally start the retro!!

Yay...the best ones to use are the GM ones, so if this works it should be great.

cool make sure they dont have rock chips on the headlight. u should do a how to thread. im going to retro a second set with a better projectors, then i will do a how to thread.