HIDs

[Kenny]

You're right, they're night and day. One of the best Mods I've done.

The ones Tone supplies are great! They're all plug and play. Running the wires in a clean way and tucking them away nicely takes the most time (~45 min. if you take of the front cladding).

You'll still have to play with the retention clips, but they're not as much fun as trying to pull off the big rubber "hat" from around the stock bulb's power plug (grease 'er up!) .

[pbkid]

i had a question/comment also if anyone could help me out....
i heard somewhere that HID blubs are better for offroading because they arent a filament so they interior of the bulb cant be broken by just shaking and bumping...is that true?

[LittleBeast]

I too have the HID's Tone sells and they have been awesome no complaints here. No matter what you decide to buy make sure you get HID's that have the HI and Low beams, whether it is through one bulb with a moveable shield like the ones I have or with two HID bulbs just don't go the cheap way with HID lows and halogen highs. I am about to install some HID fog lights we will see how that goes.

I have heard that same thing about HIDs being better for off roading, if you got the monet why not try it?

[pbkid]

well i dont have the money, but if its true i could consider saving some money...

[MZ-N10]

i have a hid low/halogen highs and its one of the best mods ive done(rite next to rearview camera). make sure u check ur local law to make sure hids r legal. ive had a few friends pulled over for illegal hids in CA.

[Tone]

MZ still can't type using complete words.... guess he never will.

Technically it is illegal to change to HIDs if the vehicle didn't come with them but with a clean install, no one would know, certainly not the popo. There is talk about excessive glare because the reflector was not designed for the HID but what they don't understand is that the arc that produces the light is in EXACTLY the same place as the filament in the quartz bulb. Plus our enclosures have reflectors in front of the light source to control glare there. I seldom was hi beamed with correctly aimed lights. Once you have HID, you'll never drive with quartz 'candles' again.

[tbigity]

ok, I hate to be the noob, and I feel embarassed to even ask it. But I will be the last to feign being a "car-guy" or knowing car jargon ("cargon" if you will). Anywho...HIDs...what technically are they?

I've seen the mod on Tones site and wondered this for a while, but this thread has really piqued my interest.