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    I've had an opportunity now to drive with the new Xenonriders (10k) for a few hours now. All I can say is WOW

    They are beautiful! The 10ks are a bit more blue than the previous HID set but I love them. If I wasn't satisfied with the color I could have swapped them out (no charge) but I'm definitely sold on these.

    The ballast in this kit is smaller than the other kit and so I thought maybe they won't be as bright and brilliant because the other kit was AWESOME (for the 2 months of operation). No problem, these are just as bright, just a bit more blue tint than before. If I remember correctly Joseph said these were about 2500 lumens, a technical spec I could not retrieve from the other kit's retail package. When driving you can see the reflective tape around the stop sign aaaaaall tha way down at the end of the road along with the reflective paint on both sides of the road and inner lanes. The lights bring out so much more visibility that it's actually such a more safer environment to drive in. I can't brag enough . . . however . . . it's still to be determined (although others have had success) if these will be troublefree.

    As always, I'll keep you all posted but for now we are all good
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    Ty

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    Ty,

    Can you take a quick photo of the install? I'm really interested in the head light assemblies themselves. Do you have to get rid of the little reflector in front of the halogen bulb, or is this truely a "plug and play" installation?

    Thanks for the info, and thanks for keeping us up to date.

    Mark
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSHardeman View Post
    Ty,

    Can you take a quick photo of the install? I'm really interested in the head light assemblies themselves. Do you have to get rid of the little reflector in front of the halogen bulb, or is this truely a "plug and play" installation?

    Thanks for the info, and thanks for keeping us up to date.

    Mark
    Plug and play. The little reflector works perfectly with these bulbs. The easiest way to do this is to take everything apart including the rubber boot and see what you are dealing with. Practice putting on and off the connector ring on your stock headlights to see how it correctly clips them in there. Then try with the HIDs. Really is easy as cake just takes a few tries to get the hang of it. Seriously though if you have changed your lights before you can do this, just runs a couple of extra wires.

    Ty, if you don't put some photos up maybe I can when I get the VX back from Aamco. Ty, glad everything worked out for you. I ran the ground directly back to the battery, and I did not have to modify the connection at all, however on the Mustang and Pathfinder, I had to switch around the connection plugs until the hi were hi and low were low. Glad you got that little bug figured out. Sometimes on those connections you have to sightly bend the metal part to make good contact, but be careful and make sure no power is going to anything.

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    Wow, I guess he offer's us a discount. I just placed my order and was excited, and after the price quote am smiling ear to ear. Thank's LittleBeast.
    Greetings, Earthling. We come in peace... Never mind "Paris to Dakar", the VehiCROSS looks ready for the Martian desert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rowhard View Post
    Wow, I guess he offer's us a discount. I just placed my order and was excited, and after the price quote am smiling ear to ear. Thank's LittleBeast.
    No problem, hope they work out as good as mine have been

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    Well it's been some time now and my headlights still KICK ***!!! I love them so much and so many people comment on the color. I purchased the ones that were 1 grade away from being the most blue. I love them, no tickets and many cops have looked at them, even when I'm driving alone at night at 3am on Fri/Sat nights (knock on wood :bwgr: )

    I'm loving these HIDs!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tysamigo View Post
    when I'm driving alone at night at 3am on Fri/Sat nights (knock on wood :bwgr: )
    Yea, knock on wood is right. I have thought about changing the lic plate lites to green LED's, but it would be the night when I had 3 instead of 2 glasses of wine that I would get pulled over, bang go's the job seeing I drive for a living.

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