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Installed HIDs what do you think?

I took off the HIDs from my 99 mustang and put them on my ranger. I forgot to take pics of the before tho hehe sorry. . .im just waiting for Gcustoms to send me my headlights now. What do you guys think, i got 5 people flashing their lights at me right after i installed them. one guy even came around behind me and left the long lights on . . . next mod. . . daylights to the back hehe

 
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oh god...here we go again.....

 
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sounds like you just need to re aim your headlights. ive had HID for 3 months now and havent had anyone flash their brights at all.
 
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people around here are a$$holes. . . the lights arent even that bright. Ive seen cars with brighter lights than mine. I just wanted to have HIDs. Im selling my mustang so im taking everything i can use out of it. Took the cd deck, speakers, subs, amps, and my HIDs so far.
oh god...here we go again.....
. . . something i said. :)
 
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no...not something you said...well. kinda. flashed by people. we got hid haters here. there are a few locked up threads regarding hids. nothing agianst you...but this thread might be a couple pages long. lol.
 
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This thread is gonna go south quick.

Ruben you need to get at least reflector housings. The straight through housings produce MASSIVE glare. That's why you get flashed. HIDs were never meant for the straight through housings. Please put reflector housings on it. And then re aim the light.

I can say that because that's what I had on my 2000 when I had my 4300k HIDs on them... I sold it before I had a chance to put the housings on it, but I got a nice talkin' from a cop about them where they were and the housings they were in. Just forewarning you... People are gonna give you ****. (I know you already said you're getting housings... but I'm just saying that so you know!)

Color looks good though.

I'll never run without HIDs again lol

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Are the housings a complete new head light? If so those get pretty expensive.
 
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You think you guys have a lot of lights....check out Shaklakan, hes got 6 lights as a grill on the front of his truck lol!
 
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If you count all my exterior lights (externals)... I've got 4 back up lights... 2 trail (courtesy) lights... and 2 aux fog lights and 2 factory fog lights... Not counting head lights... Let's just say I don't have a hard time seeing at night lol... Like Justin won't either when and if he ever gets this done! lol
 
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You need to aim your headlights down more if people are flashing you. They aren't flashing you because they think its cool. They are flashing you because it is BLINDING them and you are going to cause an accident and hurt someone. It will be 100% your fault.
 
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All personnel, hold your fire. Hold your fire. Hold your fire. Weapons on safety. I'm dealing with this "problem" right now. Just stop with the replies for a few here. Thanks!
 
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https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=66141

Ok guys. Problem resolved peacefully without incident. I removed pretty much all the BS from this thread in light of Ruben realizing his mistake and apologizing for his actions. So with that, I'm going to leave this unlocked and we can all continue this discussion in a happy utopia.
 
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Like Justin won't either when and if he ever gets this done! lol
bite me...haha
 
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