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by **gmacrae** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:36 pm

Can anyone tell me a decent brand of HID lookalike bulbs (bright white/blue etc). I need some in HB3 and H3 - just tried narva arctic blues and they look yellow as :?:

by **dougsop** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:57 pm

i brough mine off this guy is great, blue as and bright 99% HID Alike

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=61118187

by **gmacrae** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:41 pm

ta, but he isnt selling them anymore... anyone else?

by **aesc** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:15 pm

GP Thunders are probably up there, 8500K colour temperature. They are pricey around $50-60/pair but good. Had them in my ae101. Also the Takata ones arent bad either.

The spotlight type bulbs, like H1, H3s etc dont look as blue as the H4s do though not matter what type. The colour diff on my ae101 between the H4s and H3s was quite noticeable

by **Stu-** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:44 pm

Does anyone remember that thread on making the "bmw" ring type headlight thingy in caldinas using some clear perspex and a led?

by **soopachargen** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:55 pm

Stu- wrote:Does anyone remember that thread on making the "bmw" ring type headlight thingy in caldinas using some clear perspex and a led?

http://forums.toyspeed.org.nz/viewtopic.php?p=75986&highlight=angel+eyes#75986

by **Stu-** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:59 pm

Thats the $&#$%..
Cheers

by **soopachargen** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:00 pm

Stu- wrote:Thats the $&#$%..
Cheers

you dont wanna give a certain 4agte powered toy to show your thanks do you? :twisted:

by **UTERUS** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:10 pm

I bought these for my car and they have lasted 6 months so far, can't complain for $15 which is $5-10 cheaper than the other ones for sale on tardme.

clicky clicky

by **Stu-** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:18 pm

soopachargen wrote:
Stu- wrote:Thats the $&#$%..
Cheers

you dont wanna give a certain 4agte powered toy to show your thanks do you?

Haha, nice try.

by **soopachargen** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:20 pm

Stu- wrote:
soopachargen wrote:
Stu- wrote:Thats the $&#$%..
Cheers

you dont wanna give a certain 4agte powered toy to show your thanks do you?

Haha, nice try.

if you dont ask you dont get anywhere in life:P

by **Stu-** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:21 pm

Very true

no grip · by **Akane** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:12 am

aesc wrote:GP Thunders are probably up there, 8500K colour temperature.

I have GP Thunders for the last 2 years, they're pretty good for a filament bulb, but no where near the quality and brightness of a HID.

by **aesc** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:23 pm

Yeah, but what do you expect when comparing a $50 product to about a $1000 product

by **SuperSupra** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:53 pm

HIDs go for about $300 per set including ballasts and wiring harness. Its a 30min plug and play job on a mkiv, not sure on other cars.
Just fitted some 6000K dipped on my supra, $&#$% awesome result, much better visibility and and the road signs are *really* illuminated

by **Stu-** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:58 am

Where did you get them from?

by **MasCam** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:19 pm

SuperSupra wrote:HIDs go for about $300 per set including ballasts and wiring harness. Its a 30min plug and play job on a mkiv, not sure on other cars.
Just fitted some 6000K dipped on my supra, $&#$% awesome result, much better visibility and and the road signs are *really* illuminated

You do realise that these are completely illegal on road cars in new zealand :?:

see here
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/vehicles/get-your-lights-right.html

Chris.

p.s. where did you get them for $300?

by **gmacrae** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:16 pm

SuperSupra wrote:HIDs go for about $300 per set including ballasts and wiring harness. Its a 30min plug and play job on a mkiv, not sure on other cars.
Just fitted some 6000K dipped on my supra, $&#$% awesome result, much better visibility and and the road signs are *really* illuminated

So you actually put a HID kit in yours? Thats a lot of money to spend on lights man lol

Where do you get GP thunders?

by **4000GT** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:19 pm

SuperSupra wrote:HIDs go for about $300 per set including ballasts and wiring harness. Its a 30min plug and play job on a mkiv, not sure on other cars.
Just fitted some 6000K dipped on my supra, $&#$% awesome result, much better visibility and and the road signs are *really* illuminated

Got a link to that kit?

by **SuperSupra** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:54 pm

$300 aint alot for the clarity and brightness they provide!, + they make the car look a lot newer at night

looks like they arn't exactly legal to use however

, but seeing as they can be removed, and the old halogens put back in about 30mins, i'll simply do that before the wof.

as long as the headlight alignment is set right and you go for the average colour spec (6000k), then you shouldn't have any problems dazzling people or getting in trouble for the colour.
The place I got them from is http://stores.ebay.com/Genuine-Auto, they are about $350 there. (i got them for 300 because of a group buy)

Only thing is that you need to be sure of is the type of bulb you need as my car is supposed to take 9006J (apparently not aval. outside japan) but 9005's fitted fine.

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