Nub question about hid lights

[Vincenttam]

So i want to get lights but im stuck atm. I see alot of vendors selling the entire kit for a hid setup whilist the others are just selling a bulb? Am i seeing this wrong? I understand the normal kit comes with something that adjusts the power while other people just go cheap and replace the bulb. Whats the beneficiary difference?? Also anygood recommendations for 6000k kits??

[N1rve]

A kit will come with the bulbs and the ballasts.

You want a full kit that includes the ballasts.

diode dynamics makes a good HID kit.

[Moletheus]

The Morimoto h11 bid conversion kit. They are expensive but well worth it. Warranty is really nice and they warm up super fast. There are many other inferior eBay kits and some decent mid priced kits as well. From my experience the 5000k morimoto kit looks as close to an OEM hid's that you can get. 4300k if you want even more of that "sunlight" look on the road. 6000 will give you a little more of a bluish tint to the bulb. The FRS has surprisingly good projectors so you don't have to worry about blinding everyone after you do hid's. Theretrofitsource.com has exactly what you need and tons of info.

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[86-tundra]

3 ways

1 - New bulb. Cheap. <$50

2 - HID Projectors. Basically just add more power to a new bulb. Horrible, disgusting, unreliable, worthless, rice. IMO. at least. $100-$120

3 - Full retrofit. Won't blind people. ~$300 and some of your time. Fun and easy to do.


6000k to me is quite blue, and I am not a fan of it. Pure white, 5000k, highly recommended

Do a full retrofit. theretrofitsource.com.

[Moletheus]

Full retrofit is nice but not everyone is willing to bake they're brand new headlight and spend 3x as much. I don't have the retrofit YET but I think it looks amazing with just the stock projectors.

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[mrlewistan]

for hid lights youll want a kit and not just a bulb only. heres more info for you to read
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/trs_tech.php

[Moletheus]

I do understand the concept of true hid lenses. They are different and made for hid's. There is a less chance of blind spots on so on but i have had oem hids blind me in my rear view. They are bright and supposed to be focused. In the frs we are lucky to at least have halogen projectors. Mine look great. Even compared to retrofit hid kits. However my cheaper alternative is waaaay better than stock and I set it up in about an hour. I only have 3000 miles on the car and I'm not ready to break my headlight seal yet and I think others would agree. I do however want to do a full retrofit and paint the inside black one day... but for some people, $150 and an hour or so for much better lighting is well worth it.

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[Moletheus]

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[TOTO_86]

Haha had the same question....glad to see this post. I was thinking of just buying the bulb. I was going to buy the bulb from this website. http://www.modbargains.com/GP-Thunde...Subaru-BRZ.htm

[Moletheus]

If you already have hids or a kit i think just a morimoto bulb will make a difference for sure. A friend of mine just put the morimoto 4300 h1 bulbs in with some xentec ballasts and it looked a lot better than the cheaper eBay hid bulbs he had previously.

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[Vincenttam]

Hmmm, i think ima get the 6kk from diode dynamics. They've been good too me, too bad i can't find that 10% card they gave me =(. I wonder how the 8000k drl look like. Anyone have a picture?? And should i get the hid relay as well?

[Enraged21]

bought 8k from autolismo and they're closer to 6k. I love them though. Honestly, the cutoff of HID bulbs in the halogen projectors are pretty good

[Mikem53]

I keep thinking about getting a hid setup using the stock housing and all..
But the stock lights are pretty damn good as they come.. Halogen and all..
The light is even and throws a nice light.. Wish it was more white.. But the coverage and brightness is pretty descent..
Every time it go to read more about it.. I end up getting more mixed up with all the options and various vendors!
I do hate the yellow drl look.. But I don't want to give up my high beams for an led bulb.. Would love to get a condensed list of the best way to go..

[Ryuu0u]

For the love of god please get a retrofit. I'm tired of being blinded by cars with HIDs in stock projectors. If they were meant to come with HIDs then it would have.