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HIDs for ranger

Old Aug 5, 2007
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HIDs for ranger

anyone know where i can look at HIDs for my truck? iv seen only a few places and they are like $400 bucks for the kit.

and does anyone have them?
 

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Old Aug 5, 2007
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DIY... with some projectors and a dremel I guess, but thats still gonna be about 200... sometime in the feature hopefully someone will make them...
 
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Theres a ton of people that have them, check ebay they have a lot of different kits on there.
 
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oh, lol I thought you meant projectors for our trucks... shoot for a lil kit, yeah I say ebay you can find kits for $150
 
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oh, lol I thought you meant projectors for our trucks... shoot for a lil kit, yeah I say ebay you can find kits for $150
or less i got my fog lights for 120 on ebay...my gf payed 400 for my mcculloch's for my head lights

this is the 10000k on mines

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how are those at night? do you miss high beams? cause I really want HIDs when my check comes in... fogs will be done later, I'm gonna paint the bulbs with amber bulb paint, so I'll have amber fogs...
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
how are those at night? do you miss high beams? cause I really want HIDs when my check comes in... fogs will be done later, I'm gonna paint the bulbs with amber bulb paint, so I'll have amber fogs...
or you can get the 3000k kit and have yellow fogs..
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
how are those at night? do you miss high beams? cause I really want HIDs when my check comes in... fogs will be done later, I'm gonna paint the bulbs with amber bulb paint, so I'll have amber fogs...
it looks daylight in front of the truck, lol...and no i dont miss the high beams, u really dont need them w/the hid's...but if u cant get the fogs right away just buy the amber bulbs on ebay for like $10, or the blue 1's to match the headlights
 
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I want whatever Cadillac's come with, the purpleish color
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
I want whatever Cadillac's come with, the purpleish color
12000k is purpleish color but the caddies look like that because its in projector beams factory caddie hid's are 6000k
 
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Old Aug 6, 2007
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just buy buying the cheap bulbs on ebay doesnt mean you got HIDs
 
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www.xenoneyes.com is a good company to buy from, $150 shipped
 
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Old Aug 7, 2007
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here are my HID's they are 8000k-2 so they have highbeam with a halogen 100w bulb with the HID bulb unlike some of the hid kits that dont have high beam.

i also have the 8000k in my foglights.

they are them best light i have ever had and they work awesome at night/rain/snow you can always see them they dont blend into the ground like some halogen bulbs.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2007
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Guys, I don't know squat about these things. Are they a "bolt on" type of mod? Meaning you just replace the bulb with this thing and maybe splice the two wires leading to the buld? no need to replace the lens? What about more heat than the stock ones give off?

Rich
 
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Old Aug 10, 2007
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I'm getting these for the Ranger (mine is a 98):
http://www.stangmods.com/Mustang-Bi-...68-bixenon.htm
I talked to the guy and he stated it will work for the ranger because it uses the 9007 Bulb. What is special about these is you can have a high beam and low beam (something you need in Texas to pass inspection). THere are cheaper kits, but they don't have the high beam/low beam feature. As far as installing it, it is "plug and play," no cutting, drilling, splicing, etc. The only thing complicated is you have to mount the ballast (a little box thing) per light. With this kit you can go back to regular lights if you have to.
 

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Old Aug 10, 2007
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i found the bi-xenon kit (hi n low beam) somewhere for $175 shipped. its on one of the forums im part of.

rich it depends what kit u get. some u gotta splice n some are plug n play..literally

http://www.xenithxenons.com/ they are a vendor on one of the spec v forums
 
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Old Aug 10, 2007
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Originally Posted by wydopnthrtl
Guys, I don't know squat about these things. Are they a "bolt on" type of mod? Meaning you just replace the bulb with this thing and maybe splice the two wires leading to the buld? no need to replace the lens? What about more heat than the stock ones give off?

Rich
my kit was basically a set of bulbs, and a set of ballasts. the bulbs fit with no modifications into the stock headlight housings, and from there, they plug into the ballasts. the ballasts then plug into the stock headlight harness.

VERY easy.

fyi, i got an ebay kit for like $120 and havent had any problems.
 
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