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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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Well Im in the market for some HID light kits for the dodge in my sig and my 96 dodge. Im just seeing what is out there. Im looking for someone who makes one that will just plug into my exsisting However if thats not the case then I dont mind doing some wireing. Ive found a few just wanting to see if there are more options out there. Thanks guys!
 
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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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We just installed a set of ASM HID lights. Customer had a 97 without factory fogs, installed the mopar fog lamp kit, then ASM 6000K HID's in the head and fogs. WOW! What awesome, clean light. We have installed many HID kits and these are awesome. About par for the course on price too. You can go cheap and find kits for less, but the quality of the balast and the bulb is questionable. Trust me, I have cheapies in my 91.5 and expensive ones in my 06. Night and day difference.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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idk about you guys, but i put i a VERY nice expensive kit, with brand name parts, and a full lifetime warranty on everything, and the light scatters and crap so bad its horrible. heres pics

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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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hey how is it driving down the road it doesnt look like you would get very good coverage.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel Nut
We just installed a set of ASM HID lights. Customer had a 97 without factory fogs, installed the mopar fog lamp kit, then ASM 6000K HID's in the head and fogs. WOW! What awesome, clean light. We have installed many HID kits and these are awesome. About par for the course on price too. You can go cheap and find kits for less, but the quality of the balast and the bulb is questionable. Trust me, I have cheapies in my 91.5 and expensive ones in my 06. Night and day difference.
hpw much we talking for fogs and headlights bulbs
 
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselMinded
hpw much we talking for fogs and headlights bulbs
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Originally Posted by CumminsCrazed
idk about you guys, but i put i a VERY nice expensive kit, with brand name parts, and a full lifetime warranty on everything, and the light scatters and crap so bad its horrible.

You may be fighting against your housings. You have reflectors inside the housing then fluting on the face of the housing. On the set we just installed we went with crystal clear housings.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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I agree with Diesel Nut... You're lighting issue is with the lenses, not the HID kit.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CreeperSleeper
I agree with Diesel Nut... You're lighting issue is with the lenses, not the HID kit.
i think its the reflector style housings, not the lenses. ive got the cyrstal clear ones and my HIDs scattered just like that, i had the nice expensive kit from ASM too. i actually just sold it to a friend who had put aftermarket projector style housings in his 2000 and it worked really well, much better then mine did. Im now running 85w/100w bulbs again but they are better then the HID, they scatter less and i dont have people flashing their highbeams at me even when my low beams were on. id say get a set of projectors, they work better with HIDs as it creates a shaped beam instead of a scattered beam like the stock style
 
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Old May 7, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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Duke, do you have any pictures of the projectors with HIDs in action? Pictures at night of road and beam pattern and front of the truck day time with lights off would be very much appreciated.
 
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