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FR-Slide · 03-05-2014, 08:33 PM

@KI_ZN6 and @Diode Dynamics - are you running HIDs in glass lamps, or plastic?

I was leaning towards getting the Spyder kit if I went with HID's so that I had a switch to use, rather than the always-on type tapping of the parking or headlights. But Spyder uses the plastic housings and lens, which worries me a bit in terms of stuffing in HIDs. But the yellow lens is mighty pretty!

The Diode kit uses glass lenses, but has no wiring provisions for a switch, meaning I'd have to only run fogs with a tapped source. That, or try and scrounge up a switch and stuff.

Not sure which I trust less; plastic housings and HID or my skills as an electrician haha.

Edit: Also just saw that Spyder uses H16 bulbs, while DD kit uses H11. I know H11 HIDs are available, but is H16 even a thing?

03-05-2014, 08:33 PM	#13
FR-Slide Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 13 Whiteout 6MT Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 246 Thanks: 104 Thanked 65 Times in 51 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	@KI_ZN6 and @Diode Dynamics - are you running HIDs in glass lamps, or plastic? I was leaning towards getting the Spyder kit if I went with HID's so that I had a switch to use, rather than the always-on type tapping of the parking or headlights. But Spyder uses the plastic housings and lens, which worries me a bit in terms of stuffing in HIDs. But the yellow lens is mighty pretty! The Diode kit uses glass lenses, but has no wiring provisions for a switch, meaning I'd have to only run fogs with a tapped source. That, or try and scrounge up a switch and stuff. Not sure which I trust less; plastic housings and HID or my skills as an electrician haha. Edit: Also just saw that Spyder uses H16 bulbs, while DD kit uses H11. I know H11 HIDs are available, but is H16 even a thing?