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Old 05-24-2009, 07:26 PM
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ANYBODY UPGRADED THE BULBS IN THERE head Lights? I like the looks of some of the vehicles I have seen driving around with the blueish tint. But i wonder if they really help any?
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 01:40 PM
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i upgraded to the brighter bulbs for my dually after i tinted the headlights. Its now just a tad brighter then stock. So its helped me out
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 06:22 PM
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what brand bulbs did you buy?
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 10:23 PM
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I believe they where the Sylvania brand, I didnt want to buy the cheap ricer ones.
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 11:21 PM
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do they have the same bulbes for the dodges. i have them blue things and they are crap
 
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Old 05-25-2009, 11:25 PM
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your probably seeing the trucks with the hid's bulbs installed on them.
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty
your probably seeing the trucks with the hid's bulbs installed on them.
what does it take to make that conversion?
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by REDRIDE13
what does it take to make that conversion?
not much, $60 ebay kit. You get special bulbs and ballasts. You basically plug the stock circuit into the ballast and put the bulb in the housing and connect the two. One downside to remember is HIDs take about 10 seconds to warm up fully, so they aren't good if your flipping your highs on and off all the time. The improvement is argued constantly, but I like em.

When you order you can specify the color temperature. I put the coldest temp in my dad's fogs (did the 880 or w/e conversion on the LMM) and they are definately bluish and definately bright. But they are basically pontiac low beam bulbs in the fog housings.
 
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Old 05-27-2009, 09:58 AM
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ah I see that seems easy enough I wonder if anyone has taken pics of this install?
 
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by FastCR
not much, $60 ebay kit. You get special bulbs and ballasts. You basically plug the stock circuit into the ballast and put the bulb in the housing and connect the two. One downside to remember is HIDs take about 10 seconds to warm up fully, so they aren't good if your flipping your highs on and off all the time. The improvement is argued constantly, but I like em.

When you order you can specify the color temperature. I put the coldest temp in my dad's fogs (did the 880 or w/e conversion on the LMM) and they are definately bluish and definately bright. But they are basically pontiac low beam bulbs in the fog housings.

he could disable the headlights from starting up when its dark, i got mine set up like that
 


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