I am in houston but my girlfriend goes to school in waco(Baylor). Her hometown is in Center Texas(the middle of no where). I visit her there every once in a while and i usually drive there after work which means at night. The lights on my 2k1 are just not bright enough and i dont want to drive with my brights on. There are deer and armadillo all over the place and deer whistleres are NOT an OPTION. I am not a hick. I have heard about driving lights from piaa and hella but are they better than an aftermarket HID kit. I would do not think that just replacing the stock bulbs with piaa or raybrig 5000k bulbs would be enough. What should i do. I am willing to spend up to $450 but only if i have to.

 

With a retrofit kit, you'll lose your highbeams UNLESS you go with a high-low kit, but that's going to be more then $450.

High beams are something I couldn't give up, however people who have done the swap say you don't need high beams anymore. I just couldn't get over the habit of flashing high-beams or having another setting to see FARTHER ahead.

Personally, I'd do both. Add a retrofit kit along with a relay that activates HIGH POWERED Hella or PIAA driving lights when you switch to the highbeams. If I didn't have 2K2 HIDs *THAT* is what I'd have right now.

 

actualy i can get a high low beam kit for 5300k - Our Price: $475.00 or 6000k - Our Price: $495.00 from http://www.ultrabrightlights.com/.

 

dude dont if u dont have fog light... buy some hella angel driving lights and put em in your fogs they are so freakin bright...

 

i have fog lamps. Are the hella that much brighter than the stock housing with an aftermarket bulb in it

 

Hmmmn...never heard of them. However, you get what you pay for.

Yes, ANY quality driving light will KILL a fog lamp with "upgraded" bulbs. I have PIAA super whites and it's not any brighter, just better color.

 

they keep posting in the classified forum. I have a friend who works at circuit city and he can get catz for cost. I am not sure if catz is still selling there HID kits though. Any body know of a good dual beam kit at a good price

 

I've hear Catz are bright, but do they have a hi-lo kit?

 

supposedly they do. i usually runs for like 7 bills but i can get it for $585. I am leaning towards the other deal though i have not heard of anybody buying anything from this guy. I hate blind faith(except for religion)

 

I HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU:

Put a HID kit into your foglights (Like I did) and it will light up the road like WHOA!

Take a look at it, you be the judge:

 

yes but where to get one

 

I believe from member "juice" or something like that.

Igor - Can you take some with ONLY your fogs on?

 

sure thang...

I'll do that tonight

 

If the fogs are the only thing i will need then that is cool with me. I will get the hid fogs and some piaa h4 bulbs

 

I'm sure hids in the H3 housing will be MUCH much brighter then stock, however the problem is that they are so low. So, without the extra height they won't illuminate the road like the H4s w/hids. You can aim the H3s higher to help cast light further, but I *DOUBT* they'll illuminate far away like the tight beam of driving lights. However, the drawback of driving lights is that they typically are high-wattage, therefore REQUIRE an upgraded harness. Hids in the fogs will work just fine with stock wiring.

 

how hard was it to install them in your foglamps. any fitment issues plus where did you mount your ballasts

 

Give me about an HR and I'll run outside and take some pics.

Install was a breeze for me

 

Technically it is now illegal to sell any aftermarket HID kits, so be careful...

 

Ssshhhh....I won't tell if you don't.

 

yah i have gone looking and found many but not in new york. I am not going to tell anybody but i want those HIDs from ultrabrightlights.com except i just dont trust them. i really want HIDs real bad. Can i get in trouble for buying them?

 

Here are the pics I promised:

Ballast Pics:




Fogs Pic During Day 5:00pm:

 

what brand are your HIDs

 

Kops

 

if you want, I can go make an AVI of them starting up and stuff

 

ok that sound cool but can you pull them into your garage or something. If not thats cool to

 

Sorry, I don't have a garage.

Here is the crappy avi I just made though:
HID VID

 

Can you post pics of how they look while in the drivers seat at night? not just the front view? i cant tell how much it luminates the road, thanks

 

damn will u guys PAY ME FOR THIS!?

If I drive tonight I'll try