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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 08:24 AM
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Cool 5000k HID pics
Warming up.....
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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Have a DB Base. Finally got some picks of them. BTW they are the Brightstar 5000ks.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 10:32 AM
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Looks great thunder. I have had mine for about 4 or 5 months now and cant say anything but I love them. There are many satisfied members on this board with them. Anyone with a base model I highly recommend them. They can be purchased from importhookup.com and are very reasonably priced. Great guys to do business with too.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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Hey Dave, I did have to send my kit back one time though, b/c of a deffective bulb. I know you have the 5000k too, Ive considered going to the 8000k bulb but its way too expensive. It seems like their are not to many bulbs that have the conectors going to the ballast like other hid bulbs. Like the stock hids for example setup is way different than ours. You know of a bulb that would fit our ballast other than from the brightstar bulbs?
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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That im not too sure of. Im sure that someone on here would be able to answer that.
8000k may be a little much though IMO. I believe that the higher you go up it starts to get very blue and wont put out as much light.
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how much was it for the lights? what did it take to install?
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It was about $400 for the kit. Everything was included to install it. It was Plug and play, no splicing required. I installed it myself in about 1 hour.
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 06:58 AM
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nice, but still 4 bills is a bit... hehe, thanks for the info dude.
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Originally posted by thunder0880
It was about $400 for the kit. Everything was included to install it. It was Plug and play, no splicing required. I installed it myself in about 1 hour.
1 hour ? wow... even for a newbie ? (me) ... how much would a bodyshop charge to install it ?
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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1 hour ? wow... even for a newbie ? (me) ... how much would a bodyshop charge to install it ?
I felt the same way when i installed mine. I had just bought the car and I was scared to touch anything like that. It is actually so easy to do even if you are not very mechanically inclined. Took me about an hour and a half. Hardest part is trying to find a place for the ballast on the passenger side. PM me if you have any questions.
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 02:53 PM
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nice, but still 4 bills is a bit... hehe, thanks for the info dude.
$400 is actually a good price for an HID kit. Most of the kits are $500+.
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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yea, but dont we alreay have hids?
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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base models doesnt come with hids, plus the visibility is higher with me and dave's than the stock hid setup.
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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Originally posted by thunder0880
base models doesnt come with hids, plus the visibility is higher with me and dave's than the stock hid setup.
Definately agree with that. I had mine side to side with Conceyted's Z last night with the lights on and have compared several times before. The Brightstars are much brighter and put out much more light than the stock HID's and much much more than the halogens.

Also what part of Mississippi are you from Thunder? I am from New Orleans so you may be close by depending on what area.
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From Biloxi (where all the casinos are), last time I was in NO was new years. It was a blast.
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The trips only about a hour, somewhere in there.
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Nice thunder...

I have the 5k Brightstars too! Did you adjust headlights yet??
I didn't realize how nice they could be until I calibrated the headlamps with an extra long philips. Apparently our factory halogens were set-up pointing almost straight down.

I love my HID's. The other day some 30 something guy was in his brand new EVO. We intersected each other in the lot and he was just staring at my headlights. I was doing likewise at his car because his HID's were pretty nice too especially in the sea of halogens.

The guy finally caught up to me while I was walking into Barnes and Nobles and he was like,

"Hey man did you change your bulbs...your headlights definitely look more beautiful than the other Z's I see around!"

I was stoked!


And dave, I finally changed my parking bulbs to high intensity LED PIAA's. I definitely know what you mean now. Totally awesome and clean looking!
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Originally posted by thunder0880
From Biloxi (where all the casinos are), last time I was in NO was new years. It was a blast.
Oh cool thunder. Not far at all from here then. We go to Biloxi 3 or 4 times a year to go to the casinos or to the beach.
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And dave, I finally changed my parking bulbs to high intensity LED PIAA's. I definitely know what you mean now. Totally awesome and clean looking!
Awesome Zeph. I know I was very happy when I changed mine. It made all the difference in the world and cleared up the light so much.
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