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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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heres my s-10 with 6000k in the low and fogs
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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i got my 6000k lows installed now i cant decide to match the fogs or go with 3000k yellow? help me decide
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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My 6000 and 8000 are coming in today.. so im goin to swap mine out and put my 8000 and 10000s in my buddys Colorado.. so if my camera cooperates i can get some comparission pics for ya..
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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put 6000k HIDs in the Colorado today in the low beams and fog lights

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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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Check out this guy. I got my HIDs for my Jeep from him, real good price, good guy to work with. He's a member of the Jeep club I'm in (NAXJA) and will cut you a real good deal and they aren't just cheapo things either, they're from Xentec. I haven't installed them yet, but a number of other guys have and the difference is amazing.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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I've got Denali headlights with HIDs in all 4 headlights. They're cheapo ebay jobs, but I love them. Here's the alignment on the 6000k lowbeams.

When I first put them in, they pointed out and up very badly. I turned them "in" (clockwise on the left, counterlockwise on the right) a quarter turn and shimmed the bottom out with the plastic bulb holder to get the alignment right. The 4300k highbeams are probably aligned high too, but holy crap, are they ever bright. Kind of a weird, sci-fi greenish yellow to them, which I like.

Here's what snow looks like when illuminated by 6000k lowbeams. (Yes, I have a cracked windshield and my swapped cluster thinks my airbag has issues.)

...and here's the same snow with some 4300k highbeams helping.

Here's what the Hi 4 mod looks like.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Darky
Check out this guy. I got my HIDs for my Jeep from him, real good price, good guy to work with. He's a member of the Jeep club I'm in (NAXJA) and will cut you a real good deal and they aren't just cheapo things either, they're from Xentec. I haven't installed them yet, but a number of other guys have and the difference is amazing.
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You need to go with some that you actually know who make them. That way if an issue comes up, you can call them. I'm sure you don't want to spend $80 twice when you could have spent $90 once. I have several buddies that bought the cheap eBay kits and were happy with them. They say that they are so much brighter, then I ask them who makes them and they have no clue. And one had a ballast go out and the kit that he bought had a one year warranty. No big deal right? Well he tried getting in touch with him and the guy went out of business. ... So he had to buy another set because no one would sell him just a single. Finally he got his new set in. In the mean time I went and bought a set. I bought a set of Co-Way 6000K lows. My lows are brighter than his high and low eBay set. Granted, I did pay the same for one set as he did for two. But my set is much brighter. Mine also comes with a two year warranty. It's all on the person buying them. The same goes to people that buy cheap tires. Some people buy them and get 80,000 miles out of them, some only get 15,000. Why not go ahead and go with the good set and get a guaranteed 65,000? This principle applies everywhere.

Remember this saying, "You get what you pay for."
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:08 AM
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Here's mine 8000k in the lows and fogs (stock housings)...yet to decide what to get for my highs.



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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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I just bought a Bosch 12000K HID kit for my SSS! Will post pics after the install next weekend!
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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Does the attached link have really good customer service? I am sick and tired of having problems with my HIDs that I bought from this place http://www.shopxenon.com/vi_60.htm STEER CLEAR of them....they are aweful to deal with and I have 3 defective ballast in my garage and they aren't returning my emails. I have had to have them send me about 12 total between 3 kits and the last time they just sent me 3 at once. Now I have used the 3 they send me and I can't get anymore. I am so sick and tired of getting the run around and I would love to have a good company to go with. Also what is the best metheod on an 04 GMC Yukon to do the HI4 mod? What is needed to hot wire the fogs so they come on all the time with the auto headlights?
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